Do You Know How Long A Year Is?

To make it, really make it as a medical missionary, it takes major commitment. You have to be willing to give surgery to a patient that may or may not do more damage than good.

Its all about being committed… because if we’re not… we have no business picking up that patient in the first place.

There are times when even the best of us have trouble with commitment.

Sometimes, we may be surprised by the commitments we are willing to let slip out of our grasps. Because, well… commitments are complicated.

I’ve learned that, as a medical missionary, the days are far too rigid, far too demanding, far too exhausting, far too taxing to not commence and conclude the day with God.

You think you have it all figured out, you know? That leaving everything behind to serve your God and show others His love by your daily example… well, that it will in return, cause you to be more like Him.

But here’s the catch – after nearly 10 months away from home and serving in the mission field, I’ve been brought close to God, pushed Him away, been forced to be like Him, and now – I desire Him.

We may also surprise ourselves by the commitments we are willing to make.

True commitment takes effort and sacrifice. Which is why sometimes… we have to learn the hard way to choose our commitments very carefully.

And this commitment, by far, has been the journey of God and I’s life!