ROMANIA | Tirgu Mures
Today we had the opportunity to talk and sing for some 6th and 7th grade students at a local school. It was such an amazing time just telling these eager to hear students about everything we had been learning throughout the race. Even though it was a public school, they were very open to the truth that God was speaking through us. We spoke of the incredible relationship we have with our Savior and the miracles we have seen him do.
In one of the classes we were telling them about the money we were raising for a village in Nepal that has no school and how interested they were in making a difference like that too. I forgot how kids see the glass as half full. They always seen the potential and none of the negative.
I think about all the lemonade stands I had when I was little, sure that I would make hundreds of dollars from the world’s best lemonade or seeing my sister start business after business as a kid from dog treats to cookies knowing without a doubt she would succeed. So where does that go as adults? Where does the switch occur from seeing the glass half-full to seeing it as nearly empty causing us to rethink our actions?
I recently heard from a church member after being asked why the church doesn’t support international missions, and the response was “How do we know that the money is going to the right place and not being misused?” PEOPLE, we can’t let one strike keep us out of the game. Just as we can’t stop talking to people about Christ for fear they will turn you away.
God calls us to have faith like children, because the faith of a child is without fleshly walls that keep us from fully trusting in God. I understand that God has given us a brain to use it, but if we constantly analyze every decision, weighing the pros and cons instead of trusting that God will catch you, then our faith is more practical than biblical.
This month I have been praying for a bold faith, a faith that sees the positive and sees God as bigger than my half-empty glass. I want my life to be like my childhood lemonade stand, knowing that I will succeed and God’s plans will prevail because I have the God of the universe on my side.
