Khmer New Year was officially April 14-16th, butit seemed like everyone dropped everything for the entire week to celebrate.
So did we, on Monday the 12th.
Team Post Office spent the day with the youth and children
of a local church (local to Ba Rai, anyway), ringing in the New Year by playing
games (I’ve got a few new ones up my sleeve when I get home), worshiping,
dancing, eating, and other things.
of a local church (local to Ba Rai, anyway), ringing in the New Year by playing
games (I’ve got a few new ones up my sleeve when I get home), worshiping,
dancing, eating, and other things.
One of those other things included sharing testimonies.
Megan asked if I would give mine as we walked back to the
meeting place after playing the first round of games.
meeting place after playing the first round of games.
There was a small part of me that wanted to say no, because
I probably could have said that and not had to.
I probably could have said that and not had to.
But when it’s something you’ve been praying to have the
opportunity to do for weeks, you don’t turn it down.
opportunity to do for weeks, you don’t turn it down.
You take it and run with it.
So that was what I did. I shared with about thirty Khmer
children and teenagers from Jeremiah 29:11.
children and teenagers from Jeremiah 29:11.
I told them that God has not only plans, but big plans, for
their lives.
their lives.
It wasn’t eloquent.
It wasn’t exciting.
But it was truth.
You see, God has big plans for each of them – just like He
has for you and for me.
has for you and for me.
They may not look big, but how do you know they aren’t going
to be?
to be?
I talked to a girl at the celebration who wanted to be a
doctor – she’s a Christian, and she wants to help people.
doctor – she’s a Christian, and she wants to help people.
When I told her that it was a great dream and she should go
for it, she shook her head, because her parents don’t have the money to send
her to school.
for it, she shook her head, because her parents don’t have the money to send
her to school.
I’m praying God will provide the opportunity for her,
because I don’t believe for a second that God would give her that kind of
desire for her life if He didn’t want to bring it to fruition.
because I don’t believe for a second that God would give her that kind of
desire for her life if He didn’t want to bring it to fruition.
His plan for me got me to a small village in Cambodia,
and is taking me around the world to do amazing things I don’t even know yet.
and is taking me around the world to do amazing things I don’t even know yet.
His plans for others has them preaching, teaching, healing,
bringing the dead back to life…
bringing the dead back to life…
If the God we claim as our own is that great, then why isn’t He capable of making her a doctor?
I’ll lay odds that this same God who can do so much is
completely capable of doing something as amazing in your life as He is in the
lives of the people around me every day.
completely capable of doing something as amazing in your life as He is in the
lives of the people around me every day.
The questions for you are simple.
1) Are you willing to believe He’s capable of what He says
He’ll do in the first place?
He’ll do in the first place?
2) Are you going to ask Him what He wants to do in your
life?
life?
