Nostalgia in a White Manila Envelope

Today I decided to start putting actual objects, that I intend to take to Madrid, into an actual suitcase that will be going to Madrid.  It definitely felt a little surreal.

But, in the process, I discovered this picture hanging out in a white manila envelope.

It's from the Campus Crusade Denver Christmas Conference back in 2000, when I signed the Millennial Pledge.  If you're not familiar with this particular pledge, here's what it says:

The Millennial Pledge

“At the dawn of a new Millennium there has been born a generation through whom God is moving…”

My Mission

And, because God has called me to be His ambassador; and because all people are lost apart from Christ; and because Jesus commands us to take the Good News of His life, death, and resurrection to all creation; and because the primary hindrance to fulfilling Christ’s Great Commission is a lack of laborers, it is my pledge, the Lord willing, to give at least a year of my life in full-time service to further the work of the Gospel in my generation, in the new millennium.

Some of you are probably wondering why I signed the thing :).  There have been times over the past ten years that I've wondered that as well!  Also, why exactly it was taking so long for the Lord to reveal how He wanted me to fulfill this commitment.  I think we've probably all been told at one point or another that God's timing is perfect.  For me, finding this picture in light of leaving for Madrid with my a-mazing team is a testimony of how true that is.

So, that was a neat way to learn a little bit more about patience and God's timing.