I’ve always been a missionary - can’t think of a time I never was since a little boy & if you are a Jesus follower so are you - just be a good one - What is a good missionary?
We are not our politics.
We are not our positions.
We are not our possessions.
We are not our successes.
We are not our failures.
We are not our denominations.
We are not our enneagram numbers or our social media accounts.
We are the followers of Jesus, the Savior of the world.
Learn 1st. Speak 2nd.
An irony of this information age is that we show ourselves to be less & less informed. We don’t do our homework yet speak as experts. We react to headlines of articles we actually never read. Half the time our replies show we didn’t even read a tweet well.
To practice Sabbath is a disciplined and faithful way to remember that you are not the one who keeps the world running, who provides for your family, not even the one who keeps your work projects moving forward.
It is natural to your spiritual growth to cease believing things about God you once thought true & vital but now regard as false & hurtful. We begin by believing things that bind us to God by dutiful fear as we grow into believing things that bind us to God by voluntary love.