Tornado warnings and the work of God?

Hi friends!

It's been a busy last couple weeks as I've officially started support raising for my trip with CTI Music Ministries this upcoming summer. It's been a strange mix of feeling out of control and yet OK with it as I know God has it covered.

I just wanted to share a story about something that happened last week.

So during one of my observation days at one of the local High Schools, we were abruptly interrupted by a tornado warning. As you can imagine, a hallway full of 9th graders with teachers who needed the day to get through materials for FCAT testing during a tornado warning, is not a fun place to be. Being the "go-getter" I am, I saw that the teachers could not control the 100 or so students in the hallway so I decided to take control of the situation and got them all quiet and seated.

As I was walking up and down the hallway, making sure the students were doing OK, not freaking out too much, one of the students said something that made me think. They said, "I know the tornado is pretty close to here... Are we going to die? If so, how come none of the teachers are sitting down with us?"

Without thinking, I replied, "Right now, our main concern is to make sure that all you guys are safe and well taken care of. As long as we have that in mind as the most important thing, we're not concerned about what situation we're in."

The student understood and I walked off. Then it hit me...

It made me think of the first missionaries to Africa. I remember a sermon my pastor gave a while back and he said something along the lines of, "Why is it that [they] packed up all their belongings in a coffin and sailed off? It's because they went with an understanding that they will be doing the work of God until the day they die." It got me thinking... do we approach the work of advancing the Gospel the same way?

I want to challenge all you readers (however few or many there might be) to live life in this way. Be bold for the sake of the Gospel. You never know who you might be influencing.