Dear blogski,
After an early start (4:30 Ukraine 2:30 Uk) an impromptu prayer meeting in Odessa Departures Lounge, we have said a fond farewell to our very dear friends Pieter and Alexei. We are currently awaiting our flight in Kiev. During the flight we met an American pastor who is preaching around Southern Europe. For a brief conversation, it was incredible what two guys can have in common when they know the same gracious God. We are praying for each other as our flights go different ways but our destination will ultimately be the same - a permanent residency with the God who never dissappoints, is the same yesterday today and forever.
I have the truth of Philippians ringing in my ears as i sit in the departure lounge - there is no higher calling than living for the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. To live for something eternal, to have a life shaped by the gospel, and to invest in something which will never perish spoil or fade gives a man great Joy.
If you are not a Christian and wondering what on earth I am on about, let me say to you that coming to know God in a personal and living way through Jesus Christ gives a Joy and satisfaction that nothing else in this world or life offers. He gives you his forgiveness, (no guilt) his family (a people of love and grace) and his satisfaction (everything God creates, redeems and is - is "VERY GOOD", and he will never dissappoint. You will never get to a point with God where you wish he gave you more, he always gives you more than you can comprehend. Whatever you anticapate with God, the reality is always better.
As I log off the Blogski till UKSKI, i just have two words "SLAVA BORG!"
