Goal: Tenaciously Faithing

Yay! My first blog ever! I'm pretty technologically challenged, so this is a pretty big step into the 21st century. *Pat myself on the back* This is mainly my reflection forum on what it's like to be actively and doggedly FAITHING in God on my missions trip to Toronto. Hopefully, I (and maybe you too, dear reader) can glean some wisdom and sense from this sure-to-be-adventure. In addition, I'll try to post a list of things that would be great to pray for so that great things can happen.

Why is this blog called "faithing"? Because I was reminded this past Sunday (thanks Teacher Stephen!) that although "faith" is often synonymous with "belief", it' roots are actually closer to "trust". And that as an active follower of Christ, we aren't called to just believe, but we're called to action. And rare is the positive action that's based on belief alone without trust.

For those of you who aren't sure what I'm talking about, when I start speaking vaguely about adventures and trusting, let me enlighten you. In 6 days, I will board a plane to Toronto, and when I get there, some people from a church are going to take me somewhere, and then for the next 6 weeks, I'm going to do something that I pray will further God's glory. Never before have I gone somewhere where I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what I'm doing, and just trust that God will use me to do some good.

Those of you who know me well also know that this year has been one of my most difficult years to date. And my confidence in being able to be used for God's glory has been diminished. Yes, yes, I know, God can use anyone, even disorganized messy people such as myself. But like I said, just believing that doesn't do much good; you have to TRUST. And so it seems that God knows I need to be thrust into a situation where I HAVE TO trust God. But I doubt it'll be easy. And that's where the 'Tenacious' part of this blog comes in. I want to tenaciously trust God in spite of myself.

So here're my prayer requests for today:

• That God will have mercy on me and give me grace to trust Him
• That God will give me courage and the will to do what's good and right

I'm sure I have a whole laundry list of prayer requests, but those are the biggest and most pressing. Thanks!