Changes

Isn't it funny how much we resist change?   As Tolstoy put it "Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself."  How true is this?  When really we should approach life more like Gandi ;"Be the change you want to see in the world".   Sometimes we long for change other times we resist.
   We have been undergoing some changes in the Billingsley household. Did I ask for change?  Was I discontented with my life?  Not at all, actually I had been very pleased with the way things have been going for us.  Rob enjoys his job.  I have loved teaching at the kid's school, our children were thriving there.  We were starting a church plant with a group of our friends.  We were happy.  We were content.  But I think sometimes, contentment can be our biggest enemy.
   God put the ideas of discipleship and mentoring on my heart for sometime.  I thought I was being called to disciple.  I was still surprised when we were approached out of the blue by someone willing to mentor us.  Someone called to disciple both of us.  Someone in an inner city church in the heart of area full of discontented people. 
  And this is when it began, our new  journey.  We are no longer content.  We want more.  More of Jesus.  More scripture.  More prayer.  More service.  More justice.  More love.  More of His promises.  More of His miracles.  More of Him.  Less of us. 
And this when the journey began.  April 2013.....the journey for more.