There were so many things that God taught me personally. He weeded my heart and cultivated it in a way that I so needed! I am still so humbled that He gave me the opportunity, that He would choose me even when I often feel unworthy. That is my glorious God! His grace covers me and makes me able to stand! I know that the experiences, people, and lessons I learned have seared themselves into my heart. I long to be able to express the ways God moved, in the village where we worked and also in my heart. He gave me peace about leaving my family, granted me strength in serving Him, proved faithful as a provider, and even loved on me as only an ABBA father can… The bottom line is that He is a God who does not deviate. He knows what I need, when I need it and even knows the best way to provide for me. His provision is sufficient, no matter how simple it seems…
Finally, I am thankful that my hope is not in what I have done, how I have served, or where I have traveled. It is solely about what Christ has done! He is a gracious God! He must be because He sent Jesus to reconcile my heart to His. Our team prayer for the trip in the few weeks prior was that we would empty ourselves of us and allow Him to overflow in us and through us onto the lives of others. I believe that we were able to take our eyes off our fears, our doubts, our struggles and to focus on the needs of others who are so desperately lost. In doing so, in believing what God promises for others, we were in turn blessed because our confidence in Him was strengthened. I praise Him for giving me the courage to go, for helping me become who He created me to be, and for calling me to heights greater than my own reach!
During our trip, I was intimately aware of God's never-faltering characteristics. He is Jehovah Jireh, the Lord who provides. He is Jehovah Rah, the Lord who heals. He is Jehovah Shammah, the Lord who is there. He is Jehovah Shalom, the Lord is our peace. He was all these things to my team this week. I met believers on the other side of the world who benefit from the same unchanging nature of God! He is the same, yesterday, today, and tomorrow! He is the same, even on the other side of the world…
This fact is more precious to me now that I am home and have reentered life as I once knew it. I know emotions can flit back and forth, life can sling a doozie of distractions, and the world is ever-changing before me, but I resolve to rest in His peace, in His provision, in His healing, in His presence.
"I'm watching and waiting…looking above. Filled with His goodness. Lost in His love!"
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