Longing for you

These bible verses mean so much more to me now after speaking to missionaries who have returned. I could listen to their stories all day long. They form this seemingly instant bond with those they minister to; they love them as if they had been friends for years. I imagine Paul going on his trips and knowing that he couldn't return to see all of them, and probably longing to visit many more that he couldn't get to. You can just tell from his letters how much he loved these people and desired to be back with them.
     If you feel called to mission work, I encourage you to pray about it and see where God will take you. It takes a special person to do this kind of work, but if you are called, you can begin the process to see if there are opportunities where God will use you to do His will.

So, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the 

gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.  

For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; 

for laboring night and day, that we might 

not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:8-9 (NKJV)

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