Some much needed supplies for the trip to Indonesia!
Last week God really impessed on my heart the importance of being prepared. In Matthew 25:1-13, (the parable of the 10 Virgins) we see 10 ladies getting ready for the bridegroom to come! In their excitement they grab their lamps to go wait for him. Five bring extra oil, five decide to go without. The bridegroom is a long time in coming, so long, that the oil has run dangerously low in everyone's lamp! Scripture calls the women who brough an extra jar of oil wise, and they are able to go with the bridegroom, while the other five miss out.
Being prepared ranks around a 2 on my scale of mental functions (1 being I don't care to 10 being I can't stop thinking about it. . .funny how dessert almost always scores a 10).
With my upcoming trip to Indonesia I realized, being prepared is incredibly important. Not only do I want to have the right medicines, extra contacts, heat reducing clothes (do they have these?), I want to be prepared with knowledge of how to communicate the love of Jesus. I need to know about the culture and religion of this people group I will be living with for five weeks! How else will one share a message of truth if they do not know what their audience believes?!
With that said, my days are full of prayers and reading books in preparation to this great adventure. (Along with trying to figure out how to cure my overpacking disease.
