{"id":2023,"date":"2018-02-01T10:28:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T14:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2018-02-01T10:28:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T14:28:25","slug":"dangling-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2018\/02\/01\/dangling-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangling Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"

The phrase \u201cBloom where you are planted\u201d has often been used to encourage us to obey God and serve Him where He puts us.\u00a0 Throughout our lives, we endeavor to do this, in whatever plot of ground the Lord places our family.<\/p>\n

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Last May, Jordan kids ready to get on the plane back to the States.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We arrived back to the States in May and put our roots down into this Michigan soil.\u00a0 Our family has served and been active wherever the Lord has allowed, from speaking in churches, to being involved in youth group and Word of Life.\u00a0 It has been a wonderful time, and we have all enjoyed this particular plot of dirt.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s time to be transplanted again.\u00a0 As I, Ginger, lie in bed in the mornings, thinking of all that needs to be done during that day, I wonder why it\u2019s so hard.\u00a0 It seems like it should get easier the more times we transplant, but the reality is that it is harder.\u00a0 Are there really only 4..3..2..1 days until we get on that plane again?\u00a0 Why is it hard?\u00a0 Partly because our roots are exposed and damaged from the uprooting.\u00a0 This uprooting always involves saying \u201cgood-bye\u201d to friends and family, along with leaving behind the weekly fellowship that we have greatly enjoyed.\u00a0 We are in this transition time, between plots of ground, and our roots are fragile and dangling.\u00a0 Yes, it won\u2019t be long until our roots are once again in another plot of ground, on the other side of the world, ready to share the aroma of Christ.\u00a0 Please pray for us during this fragile time, when our roots are exposed.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n

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Ginger with all the kids.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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