Working in the Shadowlands?

Often I get asked, why do I work in the Shadowlands?  
Why do I give my time, my effort, and my heart to reaching those at the edge?
Why do I pour my time into the outcasts, subcultures, and the underground?
Why do I, one who has served as a missionary among the Dine' (Navajo),
now work in the shadows?

Because I have a duel calling?
Because even when I try not to, I am?
Because my Lord asked me to,
Because I don't go, who will?

This is my purpose, my calling, my place.
This is where I serve.


Yes, I serve locally, but even then it is among America's oldest subculture,
the Cowboys, alongside my husband.  
Yes, I sing, praises to the Lord, and am beginning to find my own
Southern Gothic style...
Yes, I am still a missionary, going back on trips to Dine' Bikeyah, and here in the shadowlands.

This is my place in the thick of things...
This is where I serve...

Where are you being asked to serve?

In Umbra Terras,

Lady Morria



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