I find it so much harder to trust the Lord when I am in America. It is so much easier to trust Him and lean on Him when I don't have myself to lean on. When I am overseas it is just so easy to rest in Him because I couldn't make it through my day serving homeless, hurting, dying people without Him. But here...here it is so much harder because life is so much easier. Modern conveniences, people that speak your language, and family that is always there. I am not satisfied with a life like that. What fulfillment do I or anyone else get from a life like that?
He requires so much more of us because He has given us so much. For instance, I have a roof over my head, a comfortable bed to sleep in, food on the table at every meal (and anytime in between). I pray I never become comfortable with a life like that. I pray that I am meant for something more, something greater, not because I want people to look at me and my accomplishments, but so that they will look at God and see His glory and how mighty He is. I pray that God will give me a ministry here in Virginia that makes me live bent low. I pray for me and for you that we would never get comfortable with living our lives on my feet, but that we would always feel the need to live bent low.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
New Place, New people, New peace.
Hi Guys!
Well I am finally "home." People say that home is where your heart is and you never know how true that is until you go spend a 6 weeks in another country and come back to find that your parents have moved to a new state! Haha! No, but it has been great! I love our new city! We are in a little town just outside of Roanoke, Virginia! It has been great! I love this city because it has the small town feel but we still have the little conveniences that we all know and love! I absolutely believe that this is where God wants us to be! Everything has worked out exactly in His timing, exactly how He wants it!
Still I struggle with missing my friends in Memphis and when I have those days, I have to be reminded that God is strongest in my weakness. Even when I struggle to fit it or I struggle just wanting to get back into some kind of normal, He is there ready to catch me. He is there always, and He cares for His children. So today my message is, run to Him! When you feel like you can't go any further, run to Him! He is there to catch you when you fall! He is there to comfort you when you are hurting. He wants to comfort you! Just rest in His peace!
Well I am finally "home." People say that home is where your heart is and you never know how true that is until you go spend a 6 weeks in another country and come back to find that your parents have moved to a new state! Haha! No, but it has been great! I love our new city! We are in a little town just outside of Roanoke, Virginia! It has been great! I love this city because it has the small town feel but we still have the little conveniences that we all know and love! I absolutely believe that this is where God wants us to be! Everything has worked out exactly in His timing, exactly how He wants it!
Still I struggle with missing my friends in Memphis and when I have those days, I have to be reminded that God is strongest in my weakness. Even when I struggle to fit it or I struggle just wanting to get back into some kind of normal, He is there ready to catch me. He is there always, and He cares for His children. So today my message is, run to Him! When you feel like you can't go any further, run to Him! He is there to catch you when you fall! He is there to comfort you when you are hurting. He wants to comfort you! Just rest in His peace!
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