Fear factors laid @ the cross

Whether you be a member of the Mission Team or the Home Team, whether you be a spouse or a parent, whether you be a friend and/or a prayer partner, there are probably some deep-seated fears (or perhaps even surface tension) that you might have at this time as we begin talking about and preparing for the mission trip. What might some of those be? What keeps you up at night? What questions and concerns walk with you throughout the day?

From the mundane (is there enough toilet paper? hand sanitizer?) to the meditative (will we forget the presence of the Holy Spirit?), I worry about all sorts of things, and I'm not even traveling! Will there be problems getting the Mission Team into the country? Will there be enough money to help pay for the air tickets? Will someone become terribly sick? Will our trip have purpose? Will we at home remember our purpose for this trip? Will we recognize the good that we'll do? Will we create positive change?

Others out there who are members of Kumi Konnect will undoubtedly have other fears, and I invite us to share them in the Comments section. Why? Naming some of these fears and worries might help relieve the anxiety, true, but verbalizing them will also help remind us of connectional living -- of being a community that shares in the common work of spreading Peace, Love, and Justice. Sharing our most vulnerable allows others to help lift us up and by lifting one another up in our weaknesses -- that's allowing Christ to shine through us, right?

More importantly, naming them is like laying them at the foot of the cross. Then we lift them up as prayers and trust in God's all-encompassing love.