I started the day off having quiet time at my favorite spot here at the orphanage…reclining in the hammocks overlooking Lake Nicaragua. Why every American does not have a hammock bewilders me. The sounds of my old friends singing me delightful, twangy melodies were my morning comfort. I did not realize how much I had missed country music. I have to visit the sounds of home more often.
Now the sound of home I hear are the waves rolling in and out again. If I close my eyes, I am at the boardwalk at home in Florida. But I am not. I am in Nicaragua. I am on an island with two volcanoes. My toes are digg
ing into black sand instead of white sand. It is a different beautiful. How is this my life??
The other day we were talking about how far Christ has brought us in our lives. I remember when the purpose of my life was to drink as much as I could hold down and to meet as many random men as possible in one night. I remember last year sitting in my office on the computer longing for more in life. I was not made to live an empty life of trying to fill it with earthly pleasures. I was not made to live everyday wishing for more in life. We were made to serve and glorify our Holy Father. I pray to live intentionally everyday of my life.
It is easy here at the orphanage to think I am not doing enough. I am not serving enough. I am not loving enough. But life here is different. It is simple. Is it simple everywhere in the world except America? I have no idea, but I will have more insight next year. But now I choose to serve you Lord in whatever way you will use me. Less of me – MORE of You!
Eph. 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
So on our day off today we relax on the beach. I soak in your presence Lord. I thank you for the comfort of feeling at home. I am yet again reminded that I am at home whenever I am with you Lord.
