It always amazing me how God works His wonders when I least expect it. In the weeks leading up to Haiti I have felt Satan on my back trying to derail me...and he has honestly.
To make matters a little more interesting and a dash more stressful i have been feeling a bit under the weather. There is this evil little virus running around and somehow it found me. So this morning after a fitful nights sleep I decide to go to a minute clinic to be sure it's nothing serious. I was expecting the same battery of questions and a nice but not friendly nurse but what I found was my soul refreshed. I met Emily, a young CPN who love the Lord and has served Him in many overseas mission trips. Not only did she give me extremely helpful medical advice that my doctors failed to give she also gave me spiritual encouragement I so desperately needed. There is no doubt in my mind that God was behind such a divine meeting. I left feeling not the least bit healthier physically but on top of the world spiritually. I am so thankful for Emily who loves the Lord and prayed for a complete coughing stranger. She has no idea what God just did through her.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Planning my purpose away
We are exactly 30 days away from our Haiti trip and there still feels like there are a million and one things left to do. I don't think you ever leave for a long trip feeling 100% prepared. But I would rather leave my deodorant behind than go to Haiti spiritual unprepared.
My mind gets so focused on making sure everyone knows what they need to do, that we know our goals, that money comes in and blah blah blah that I forget to focus on what God has laid down before me. I think many people going on an overseas mission trip feel like they are bringing God to people who have never heard but it's rare that this is true. I think it's easy to get this mindset because we are going to experience so many unfamiliar things. It's hard to think outside of our daily box. But God is already in Haiti He doesn't need me to go for His gospel to be shared. However He laid down a path for me to go and be a part of the growth of His Kingdom. That's what I want to be prepared for. I want me and our team to be spiritually prepared for what God has in store for us. I don't want to come home and realize that I missed God moving because I was so wrapped up in details.
Please join me in praying for our spiritual preparedness! That we are willing to be used by Him in any form it presence itself!
My mind gets so focused on making sure everyone knows what they need to do, that we know our goals, that money comes in and blah blah blah that I forget to focus on what God has laid down before me. I think many people going on an overseas mission trip feel like they are bringing God to people who have never heard but it's rare that this is true. I think it's easy to get this mindset because we are going to experience so many unfamiliar things. It's hard to think outside of our daily box. But God is already in Haiti He doesn't need me to go for His gospel to be shared. However He laid down a path for me to go and be a part of the growth of His Kingdom. That's what I want to be prepared for. I want me and our team to be spiritually prepared for what God has in store for us. I don't want to come home and realize that I missed God moving because I was so wrapped up in details.
Please join me in praying for our spiritual preparedness! That we are willing to be used by Him in any form it presence itself!
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