The Chinese Fortune Cookie said, \u201cA part of us remains wherever we have been.\u201d My first thought was no wonder I\u2019m so tired. I\u2019m spread over all fifty states, every Canadian province and fifty-nine countries. However, a lot of travelers have been to these places and not left any of themselves behind, so the proverb is not always true.\u00a0 In fact, some have been on what is labeled \u201cmission trips\u201d but found themselves participating in nothing more than what my late friend, Calvin Miller called, \u201cspiritual tourism.\u201d\u00a0 Why then, do I think I have left remains where I have been, while others have been to the same places and left nothing behind? It is because I am chosen, called out, and commissioned. When the apostle John wrote his second letter, he addressed it to \u201cthe chosen lady\u201d (2 John 1).\u00a0 It is not that she, nor I, nor anyone else fitting our description, is more special than those who are not called, but rather that we were simply chosen. One more point – you don\u2019t have to be special to be chosen.\u00a0 You just have to be available, willing, and responsive. So, don\u2019t just go somewhere and leave.\u00a0 Go somewhere and leave something behind.<\/p>\n
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