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After sitting on the long beige couch for an hour, it was almost time to leave Amira’s house. My two-year-old had begun walking along the back of the couch, jumping off the arm, and asking for a fifth pack of the little biscuits I had been using to distract him. He was getting restless and we needed to leave soon to pick up his brother from school. But I knew God was opening a door for me to pray with my Muslim friend.
After a busy time of healing, doing miracles and losing a close friend, Jesus said to His disciples, “Let’s go off by ourselves and get some rest” (Mark 6:31). If Jesus, who was fully man but also fully God, needed to rest, why is it so hard for humans to answer His call to come away?
We don’t always get to see how the story plays out. Occasionally, however, God surprises us by revealing that if we continue to respond to movements of His grace in our lives, we will see Him do great things through the individuals and families He brings across our paths each day.
Jay squinted in the sunlight, trying to recognize the man who called him by name. He hadn’t expected to talk to anyone but his children that afternoon, having taken them to a playground for his own relaxation as much as theirs. Yet now someone vaguely familiar approached.
Eleven-year-old Yuri found himself in the loving home of Margré and Peter, Greater Europe Mission global workers who have fostered 23 different kids from unique crisis situations. Having led them to lovingly offer their home, time, resources, and love to children in their time of greatest need, Margré and Peter’s heart for hurting children now bled for Yuri.
This summer, songwriter and Ten2 Project leader, Nathan Mell, wrote the song, “Worth the Risk” in response to a call by Greater Europe Mission’s president, Jon Burns. Jon asked Nathan to create a song that mobilizes us to go to the nations based on the phrase “Worth the Risk.”