God's Divine Plan

     Yesterday I made the trip up the Kenai Peninsula to Anchorage for the 10th time or so. This stretch of highway is one of the most beautiful stretches of highway I’ve seen in my life and God continues to speak to me through His creation. One well known facts about Alaska is that it is a land that leaves you speechless and it is beauty that you can’t capture in pixels. As I look out on Alaska reflecting God’s glory, I remember God’s plan of His creation; that is, to reflect God’s glory. We are all a part of God’s grand composition and we live to glorify our master. God’s plan has trials in it to make me rely on Him for strength. God’s plan has grace in it to lead me to sing praise to Him. God’s plan has community in it to bring us closer to Him. God’s plan has beauty, such as Alaska, in it to remind me of His omnipotence. God’s plan leads us to one purpose and that purpose is to glorify Him.
    
If we live with an awareness of God’s plan for our lives, we don’t have to walk through life blindly. We take steps forward that are glorifying to God and by doing so, we remain in God’s divine plan.

Kodiak Crab Fest

Our first leg of missions this summer took place in Kodiak Alaska, a small town on Kodiak Island. Our focus this past week has been on the Kodiak Crab Fest which is a five day festival on the harbor. Alaska Missions partnered with a Frontier Baptist Church to serve at the festival as well as go out to the community for service projects.

God has already began to move in powerful ways this summer; we were blessed with two amazing teams from Louisiana and Missouri that created a great environment to kick off the summer. God has also worked wonders in team bonding with the summer missionaries; I am beyond excited to serve with this team this summer and to see what God has in store for Anchorage. God has also been moving in my life in powerful ways; He has shown me the meaning of iron sharpening iron for me specifically. Much like a rock tumbling under the tide coming in and out, the rough edges are smoothed out by other rocks. God has put me in this specific spot with the people I'm with to smooth out the areas in my service that need to be.

Please pray for Frontier Baptist Church as they continue to reach out to the community of Kodiak.

Thank you,
Patrick Tayne