It was my
first semester at Lee College, Cleveland, Tennessee, in the fall of 1988. I was sitting in my Foundations for Ministry
class, chatting with a friend before class began. I told her I wasn’t sure if I would have
enough funds to come back for a second semester at Lee unless God somehow
opened some doors for me.
Class began
and Mr. Boone, a Bible professor, began talking to the class about a Bible
class being offered in the spring semester that would be going on a two-week
study tour in Israel. At first I did not
give it much attention, but the more he talked I began to feel this mounting
interest inside of me. It seemed a Voice
was saying to me, “Carol, you are going on this trip. I want you to come and see My land. I want to show you where I walked while on
this earth.”
I had never
even been interested in going to Israel before, but when this Voice started humming
inside of me, I came alive. Every fiber
within me was alert and listening---to the Voice, and to Mr. Boone. I thought, “This is silly! I just told my friend that I could not hardly
afford to come back next semester, and here I am thinking of going to Israel to
the tune of $1,400. Lord, what are you
doing?”
I heard Him
answer, “You’re going, Carol. This trip
is for you.” I was so excited about it
that when I got to my next class I started telling my friend Brenda about the
trip, hoping she would be interested also.
Then I told the Lord that I needed to know for sure it was Him talking,
and not just my own imagination. If it
was truly Him calling me, would He please give me one female friend to go with,
and would He please send the down payment money as an indication He would
supply the rest. That sounded reasonable
to me. I did not want to go on a trip
with all preacher boys, especially if I had to borrow the money to do so. Time
passed and nothing happened. Meanwhile
the 25 slots available for the study tour were filling in.
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