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We nearly have everything ready for the wedding. I was thinking today just how close we are. The wedding and OKC is around the corner. It's a great feeling to know that you are doing what the Lord has asked you to do. I've done both--either said no or not now, and yes. Saying no or not now eventually catches up with us. We cannot expect the full blessing from the Lord when we know He has led us to do something, and we find all kinds of excuses to not do it. I'm thinking about Moses when the Lord called him to lead Israel to the Promised Land. Talk about excuses! Our God answered each one. I especially like it when Moses said that he had a stuttering problem, and the Lord answered that Aaron would go with him, and help him speak. I grew up with a huge stuttering problem, and always had a dream of being a disc jockey. I never would share that with anyone, because I figured I would be laughed at. Back in the early 80's, I began at a college radio station. When I began, I had to carefully plan what I would say on the air--I had incredible difficulty beginning a sentence with words that began with certain letters. But the Lord used radio to heal me of stuttering, and now I can say pretty much anything. I have done radio for 24 years this Fall, and God has blessed my time with opportunities to work in a few different formats. Just now I presented a child over the air who needed a sponsor, for Compassion International, and a listener called in to sponsor that child. It's a great feeling to be used of the Lord in that.

Let me encourage you--if you have a dream, or a skill--and you feel or hear the Lord call--step out and begin to do it, or begin the preparation that is neceassary to do it. I will continue my studies toward ordination when we get to OKC, and God called me when I was 14. We may not immediately obey, but He will bless when we do.

under the mercy,
Br. Francis