Good Soil

 
 
I’m currently in month three and I feel like I am finally hitting a rhythm with the Lord that is so refreshing. I can’t remember the last time I have felt this hungry for more and discontent with anything less.  I am hearing from the Lord and absorbing so much truth through my time with Him.
 
One word I received from my friend Thomas was that as he prayed for me he saw soil and thought of the parable of the sower and how some seed fell among thorny ground, rocky ground, shallow soil and none of it grew, but then some also fell on good ground and produced a harvest, (Mark 4:1-8). Thomas said that he felt the Lord saying that the seed was falling on good ground in my heart where as in the past it hadn’t. Since then I have encountered words about soil through the word, friends, and books. I am learning that I need to do my part of keeping the soil of my heart tilled by investing in myself so that when the Lord does plant a seed it can take root.
 
I’ve been waking up early every morning with my dear friend Kacie to brew a hot cup of coffee with my REI French Press (Thank you brother in-law, Joe). Spending time reading mostly in Proverbs and a book called Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero (I highly recommend it). I feel like an old person, but I’m absolutely loving it! Now I just need some fiber cereal to complete my mornings.
 
I just want to thank everyone for giving to my ministry. I was just able to share this message about the soil with the Bolivians at the rehab facility that I’m helping at this month. Three others and I are working with three couples that are coming out of drug and alcohol addictions. We have been painting the facility in the mornings and playing cards and dice with them in the afternoon. It has probably been my favorite ministry yet. Each couple seems to love each other so much, I can only assume its because they have been to the pit with each other and have chosen to come out of it together. I don’t know their stories in detail, they are not mine to know, but I’m excited to see Jesus enter them and transform them.
 
I am currently $1600 from my next deadline, April 1^st.  If you feel led to give I’d love to have you join my ministry and share my journey with you. I’m so grateful for everyone who is reading this and am praying for you!