I’m Emily Werness and sometimes it’s easy to let my worry take control.
Preparing to leave the country for 11 months is certainly giving me a pretty hefty to-do list and fundraising is one of my top items. I know God has led me here and I know he will provide – it’s kinda who he is! But, there have been days when I get overwhelmed and think Lord, how is this all going to come together??
This one verse never ceases to pop right into my head whenever these moments of doubt take hold:
“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” -Matthew 19:26
And that is exactly what he is doing in my life – the impossible. At every turn he surprises me with a word of encouragement, new donors or, a pretty big surprise – getting an email from a writer from our local paper here that wanted to know more about my travels and interview me for an article!
After reading that email, my heart felt like it was jumping up and down and dancing all around (doing what I couldn’t exactly do in my cube…)!! I couldn’t stop the huge grin that spread across my face as I knew with certainty that God was smiling too – he truly knows me to the depths of who I am – the good, the bad, and the ugly – and he saw that my heart was in a state of doubt. I think this surprise email was just his way of sending me a little reminder that he loves me. I got you daughter – always. It wasn’t hard for him – he’s God!
It was also a reminder to me that I need to get better at articulating DAILY the thankfulness in my heart to my Father. All of this is from Him and I know he is working this all out for my good, even when things aren’t exactly falling into place as I would have them.
His timing.
His way.
Always.
Below is a link to the full article if you want to check it out. Emily Zimmer did a great job of articulating my heart for this journey – thank you Emily!
I don’t know how God will use this or what will come of it, but he does and that’s enough.
I’m Emily Werness and my part is to reflect His glory – and I pray that is what this article and this journey does.
