When I was in high school and had the opportunity to go abroad for a year, I had many doubts. I had my life planned out, one way or another. I would get my high school diploma, go to college, then medical school, then become a doctor. I knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that this was what I wanted to do. But then, God put this opportunity in my life that I hadn't planned for. Of course, it wasn't a decision like Esther's. There was danger, sure, but above all there was the fear of failure and the worry that taking that opportunity would change my plans. But I tried. And guess what, it changed my life, my plan, my vision of my existence. It gave me the opportunity to see the world in a different way. It gave me the opportunity to see and know God in a totally different way. I stand here this morning certain that if I hadn't taken this opportunity, my life would have turned out very differently and I probably wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have met my wife, I wouldn't have had Ian and Mia, and I would have missed an opportunity that God had placed in my path for ...