Are you a missionary?

I have always had a "secret" desire to BE a missionary. To me, a missionary is a person who travels outside of the US to tell people about Jesus, help build churches in areas of poverty, and many other related things.

Each time a missionary comes to speak at our church it is brought back up in my mind that I would just LOVE to go "sell all of my possessions and follow Him" to the ends of the earth.

Well... recently we had an awesome family at our church, Beau and Rachel Barton, who are living in Mexico (http://www.freedom-ministries.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=57) came to share all of the wonderful things God is doing in and through them there. Those thoughts started back up in my mind again. This time, I did something different... I began praying for God to CLEARLY speak to me about what these thoughts mean in MY life. Because our God is faithful to show us what we ask for, He spoke to me in a clear voice...

"You ARE a missionary!" "Your mission field is in Selma, Alabama!" "Do not waste time.
Continue in the mission I have put before you!"

Wow! Thank you, LORD!! There are so many ways the enemy can sneak into our minds and try to distract us from what the Lord has put right in front of us. I am called to be a missionary right here where I am! In fact, I was called here from another place. Just because I'm not out of the country doesn't mean this is not a place for missionary work. Therefore, I will never have to wonder again if I am in my true calling. I know that I am! Now, I can concentrate on the person God wants me to be. Hallelujah!