Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many
This month has been crazy, busy and I can't beleive how fast time feels like it is moving. In almost 1 month I will be on my way driving 20 Hours to Atlanta for Training Camp !!!!! I cannot wait to meet the people who will pretty much be my family for the next year. You guys are in for a real treat ! Haha I could list all the qualities about myself that I think you should be excited to know. But I feel like it's the weird embarassing ones you should be warned of. I won't go into them though on this blog for sake of public humiliation.
This past month, since moving home I can say I have not spent this much time with my family and old friends in over 2 years and it has been great! I am once again overwhelmed with love and support. It was not an easy transition though and have learnt so much in this past month about myself and my identity in christ. I have learnt things the hard way and have never realized more how sometimes even in our worst circumstances (well the ones we let ourselves think are the worst ) the Lord is teaching and showing you that there is no other place for you to be. I think a lot of times we think that as a christians we are able to not show we are suffering or allow ourselves to feel suffering, be happy in all situations, and always have this life of sunshine and rainbows. But where in the bible does it say that?
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
I have been humbled to a level where sometimes I feel like dirt and have found myself in situations where I feel like the loser everyone is pointing at but would do their best to try and avoid. It isn't like he hasnt warned me though ..
And then I think of my King in heaven taking the form of dust on this earth in order to serve when His position is one that should be served.
Philippians 2:5-8 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
This past month though has been a time where I have felt out of place in every aspect of my life accept in my relationship with the Lord and for that I know I am right where I need to be.
1Peter 2:11 Dear friends, I warn you as "temporary residents and foreigners"(Aliens and strangers) to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls
I started this blog titled a 500$ haircut and you are probably reading this wondering how, what I just wrote has anything to do with it. The truth is, it really doesn't. If anyone knows me you know its very easy for me to get off topic. This is a blog though and I want to practice sharing the great things that are happening in my life especially to do with this trip but I also want to put into practice sharing some of my heart, even in the not so fun and hard times. We are all human right. It would not be a blog if I didn't and would probably sound more like a news letter of encouraging happy thoughts and stories. Though a lot of the testimonies I will share while I am away I hope to be just that and to encourage those supporting me financially and prayerfully. But know that sometimes I will need your prayer for spiritual weakness, physical health and mental health when I witness things and events that will break my heart and make me want to quit. I would love to tell you that all of your money will be bringing me around the world to build orphanages, bring joy to the lost and abandoned, see children smile and feel loved, teach people skills and bring people the life saving news about Jesus but I would be lying if I said thats what all your money would be going towards. By donating towards this mission you will be helping somedays to fund my expeditions into garbage dumps, dark ally ways filled with prostitutes and gang members, bars and night clubs … The Lord said
I heard during a sermon on Sunday the pastor say," How can you be a light if you arn't looking for or going into dark places?" The Lord said
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
6 “I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you as a covenant for the people,
a light for the nations,
7 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Isaiah 16:19 The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
Now for my praise report ! I am now 35% funded. I am so blessed with a Career that allows me to bless people with a haircut as well as having a tool to constantly be fundraising ! Just the other day I was forunate enough to see an old friend and give her a haircut. Later she blessed me with a cheque for 500 $ !!! I have never been confident that I will be able to meet all my necessary deadlines for this trip and encouraged that when you let God be in charge of your finances your lives become stress free and taken car of. I want to say a big thank you to everyone supporting me prayerfully and financially and also take time to ask if there is anything anyone reading this blog would like some prayer or encouragement for, PLEASE feel freel to contact me and I would love to chat or answer an questions you have about things written in any of my blogs!
God bless
p.s – tomorrow morning I go for atleast 7 vaccines which means 7 needles :S I can't say I have ever had that many in one sitting. It is a little scary so prayers would be appreciated ! THANKS 🙂
