It was hot and very humid – we were walking quickly toward the car to get out of said humidity – and we saw the seats in the van M.O.V.I.N.G. They were covered with ants. Little tiny ants. Thousands of little tiny ants. Crawling every where. This would be the same vehicle that we needed to drive home in just a few days?!!!
This was just one of the many adventures that our time in Atlanta provided us. We went in faith (we didn’t have the money to go, until 6:30 on the night that we were to be leaving at midnight, but we continued to pack and prepare to go, despite the lack of finances) and came home the same way. (Faith that the ants wouldn’t climb into the baby’s ears or other orifices….or our own, for that matter.)
Our time there was very powerful – but not in the way that I had expected. It was very eye-opening and educating – but not in the way I had expected. It was all about relationships – but not the ones I expected. This time was fraught with answers – but not to the questions that I was expecting answers for. This time created new questions – but not the ones I thought it would.
While I have no doubts that every bit of our trip was orchestrated by our loving Lord, I still need to a) figure out how to get all the ants out of the van and b) what to do with the information that we brought back. It’s just really not what I ant-icipated, at all.
So, give me a day or so and I’ll be back, to share my thoughts and input on Ant-lanta and all that the Lord is teaching us. I don’t know that it will be useful to anyone else – but if you ever go to Ant-lanta yourself and need ideas on how to handle them thar little critters crawling all about your vehicle, by then, I ought to be FILLED with good ideas. 
For the King and His Kingdom ~ Dawn
2 Comments
August 29, 2007 at 6:30 pm
I am anxious to hear all that the Lord is teaching you. Sometimes the best lessons are the ones we least expect. The Father seems to work in that way. After all, who was looking for the son of a carpenter when he sent his Son?
I am longing to carve out some time for focused prayer in seeking the Lord’s guidance. I really need to work through some of your thought-provoking questions from pre-atlanta blogs. With school in full force it is hard to find the time.
The idea of a brain-storming call intrigues me. I would love to plan that.
August 30, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Margie,
It IS hard to find time to really enter in to think. I know you really excel at time management – but Mary Jo is going to put her call up so folks can listen to it. It was good – she gave some particulary helpful suggestions at the end, when she was talking to people.
If there was ANYONE who needs to figure out how to structure time, it’d be a single mom of 4 boys.
What I ended up doing was setting my alarm 30 min early for a few weeks, so I could get up and meet with Father. It wasn’t “enough” time at once, but over the long haul, it was helpful.
The hardest part of it is just knowing who Father has made you to be, because somehow that seems to get lost under all the things you “should” be.