Africa may be calling, but the Lord is saying don't answer the phone...right now

A few months ago I wrote about possibly going to Africa and working with the Medlin family. Well, I sent out my letters and we had the ball rolling on everything. I was going to be there for 6 weeks with 2 other girls and at first it seemed like it was the Lord's will. As time went on the support money just wasn't coming in like it had last year when I went to Honduras and I didn't have a peace about it. My parents eventually told me they didn't have a peace about it. So it just seems weird because last year all the details started falling in place for Honduras from the very start! So I began praying that the Lord would give me a very clear sign that it wasn't His will for me right now. So, my parents and I were talking about the possibility of me staying here this summer and very very oddly, I was OK with it. And if any of you know me, you know I am very determined. When I get in my mind I am going to do something, my whole heart is in it and this time my heart just wasn't in it. So, I felt because of that the Lord was telling me, "Not right now." I know one day I will make it to Africa and get to meet all my babies the Lord has planned to be part of my life. I am waiting patiently, but anxiously for the day when the Lord allows me to do what He has called me to do (work with orphans) knowing that His timing is perfect!  

Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you, not to harm you plans to give you a hope and a future."

Resting in His plan,
Kati

New Life

 

One of my favorite times of year is Spring time! I absolutely LOVE all the flowers and trees growing again! It reminds me of the verse, 2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old has past away; behold new things have come." How glorious! The tress and flower produce new fruit! The old is gone. Last years flowers are gone. Last years apples are gone and forgotten, but now new life has sprung and and it is beautiful!!! Just like those flowers we can be the same way! The Lord offered Himself for you and for me so that we can have new life! Whether, it means accepting the Lord as your Saviour if you are not a Christian or if that means being renewed in your walk with the Lord, if you are in a dry place in your walk with Him. What a perfect time to be renewed! The flowers are blooming, the trees are budding, and you have a renewed relationship with The King of kings!