Welcomed Home

"Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 2 Corinthians 4:1,7.

Paul shares how our ministries are a treasure from God - full of power and our bodies reflect the death and life of Jesus. All of this is so grace will reach more and more people.

In a day when people experience more and more complexity, they seek more isolation. They are separated from their family, leaving a cycle of uncultivated and/or broken relationships, which serve to all of us to seek distance for discretionary time and renewal. With very few visible moral figures in politics or on tv, how we go about our ministries and moral leadership as Christians are crucial. As spiritually seeking as our country is, the church will have to go to where the building is not to spread the Gospel. Sharing the Gospel by counting heads within the walls serves to maintain the Kingdom now - but Christ wants us to build the Kingdom.

As skeptical as people are these days to authority, sharing the Gospel in untraditional ways, sharing out of the authority and power and joy that Christ brings to our hearts; our ministries reflect grace because our leadership leads with grace.

As I mentioned weeks ago, the journey in this Labrador ministry that unfolded was the adventure in seeing how God was already working in the places I was entering, and then how God enabled me to enable them. They were most receptive in the grocery lines, the ballet recital, in homes, on the campgrounds, and out on the land. That is where they were most comfortable seeking solice and reflection of a God that is bigger than them.

I have arrived safely to the arms of my loving husband George, my family, and have been warmly welcomed by many friends. I am most grateful for the food provisions by Calvary Moravian members. I thank you all for your diligence in keeping up with the posts here. I have decided to continue offering here reflections of what I learned from this cross-cultural ministry as they are revealed to me.

Also as I mentioned in prior weeks, I pray for your ministries daily. May we all rejoice and dwell in His Holy Word - filling ourselves with the breath of God, being renewed day by day, giving us overflowing thanksgiving to the glory of God to bountifully share with the world near and far.

love,
glenna

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You are invited to the 1st Friday Prayer Gathering where I will be sharing stories and pictures of this Labrador journey. Bring a small dessert to share if you can.

FRIDAY-August 7th - 7pm at Christ Moravian Church

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MANIFOLD IS OUR LORD!

Grace and peace in the blessed Name of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! I have nearly completed this task the Lord placed in front of me; what began as a tremendous opportunity through seminary, not realizing that my heart and soul would be changed in immeasurable ways....forever. As my son would say, “I had no clue”. The Psalmist exclaims “O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all”. Everything about this ministry has been laid before us; us meaning all of us. When we wait on Him, He opens His hand, and we are more than satisfied with good. And when He sends forth His Spirit, He renews the very face of the ground.

I asked God to open my eyes so that I may see, and during this brief time in Labrador, the Holy Spirit has opened my heart and mind to countless things. When we become God’s servant and join Him in His presence, being the hands to help; being the voice of comfort; being the presence of love, there is no beginning and no end to how the Holy Spirit can move.

I knew from Day 1 in Labrador, that He did not open all those doors or bring me all that distance, to get sick, to be harmed, or to be plagued with loneliness. I arrived with the boldness of the Gospel and God flung doors wide for me to walk through. THAT was the adventure to this journey. Twice I came desperately close to being crushed by a skidoo, yet He was there before me. As well, I never anticipated sharing the Gospel through radio, tv, schools, huge audience, and the list goes on. Maybe even the most powerful witness to the Labradorans was simply my presence rather than my words. I don’t know.

All I am sure at this point is that I was used. Used! By immersing this ministry in prayer, you enabled Him to move hearts. You enabled me which enabled God in powerful and manifold ways.

Whereever I have gone, the handchimes have brightened peoples lives; schools, churches, community. My hope is that you and the Labradorans have been blessed in as many wondrous ways as I have (and you didn’t have to be buried in 6 ft. of snow). The Labrador land, the humble people that care for it and your obedience and graciousness is a reflection of God’s manifold works, wisdom, and wondrous love.

Accepting the gift of love from the Risen Christ, and sharing that love with others supplies all our needs. God bless you, and see you soon! glenna