Life After Moving.

"How's life in Canada?"

Everyone asks us this. I suppose the correct answer would be the boring one "Pretty much the same as it was before, except all the people, surroundings and circumstances are 100% different"

People have said that moving countries must be a "life-changing" experience that they wish they had the guts to do. 

Well that might be true for some people - but maybe there wasn't that much about my life that I wanted to change?

Maybe we took a bit of a leap of faith in coming here, but the leap didn't come from our own desire to move. 

In fact, I'd have been quite happy to stay in Swindon. 

So what's the point in moving? I have to honestly say that we don't yet know the full answer to that question. Maybe we never will. But that's the risk you take when taking a leap of faith. 

We're certainly enjoying the adventure. 

But I've realized (sorry, realised) this. God doesn't care for our comfort. 

Don't get me wrong, he cares for us. But he doesn't care for us (you, me, everyone else) having comfortable, same-old same-old lives. 

God cares about the Gospel reaching the ends of the earth. So that everyone has the opportunity to hear, consider and respond to the whole Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Everyone.

And each of us have a part to play in that. For those who haven't responded to the Gospel yet, it means saying "yes" or "no" to Jesus; and being fully aware of the consequences of either answer. 

For those of us who have said yes to Jesus. It means being concerned with what he is concerned about - as many people as possible hearing the message that God loves them, cares deeply for them, that Jesus died for their sins, and was raised to life so that they may have Life in all its fullness. 

And that will mean different things for different people. But Jesus is clear when he tells us to love our neighbour (sorry, neighbor) as we would love ourselves. That's a great starting point for the Gospel to go out from. 

And it's this same Gospel that we are seeking to serve here in Canada. 

So for us, right now, 'Life After Moving' is the same as 'Life Before Moving' - seeking to serve the Gospel of Jesus Christ in whatever way we can. 

Heaven knows we're not perfect at it. But God, in his infinite wisdom, chose ordinary people like you and me to advance his Kingdom. And God has given us his grace and power to accomplish the tasks he gives us to do. 

So I'm going to go all out for it. I'm not great at it. But I'm going to try. 

How about you?

PEACE.