It's not about me.
That simple, yet complex sentence sums up what God taught me this month. This race is NOT about me. Ministry is NOT about me. Loving others for the cause of Christ is NOT about me.
This month has come and gone. When we first arrived here it felt like we had known this place. Like we had been here for so long, but now we are saying goodbye almost faster than we said hello.
God is Sovereign.
Yet another simple, complex sentence. I had a harder time fully grasping the meaning of this sentence. I didn't always see the reason for why we were doing ministry where we were doing it at, but that isn't for me to understand. At times I would get frustrated because I couldn't see the immediate fruit of our labor here, but it's not for me to see. Not this month. God had a purpose in everything I stepped into.
He had a purpose for me sitting with Cristino, praying for him, loving on him, telling him how much his Creator loves him.
He had a purpose for me getting to know Landa, a sweet store owner in Mohados who loves the Lord and knows his goodness in her life.
He had a purpose for my team and I playing with the kids in Mohados. We didn't always realize His purpose there, but if nothing else we played with them and loved on them and got to tell them about the greatest love of all.
Relationships > Stuff
If you think back on your life, what has meant the most to you? Has it been that awesome Christmas present when you were 12? Or was it that time your mom finally gave in and bought you that thing at the store you had been wanting forever? When I look back on my life I can't remember what I got for Christmas when I was 12. That thing my mom finally got me is probably collecting dust in the attic.
BUT…
I do remember when I was learning to drive, how my dad and I would drive in and out of each cul-de-sac for hours in my neighborhood, just talking.
I do remember the summers spent with my family in the Black Hills. My brother and I could have spent all day tubing down the creek outside my grandparent's cabin.
I do remember the multiple nights spent with Jessica, Liz, JennR, Kendal, and Mrs. Ashley when I was in high school talking about anything and everything for hours on end.
I do remember how it was impossible to cook dinner with Lindsay and Melissa without music and dancing in our kitchen.
So this is for the time that I got to spend with Cristino, Landa, The Mohados Kids, Maura, Mayi, Connie, Betsy, Thomas, Horlyn, Amilka, Anna Karen, Marisol, Miguel, and Kristen. I pray that the Lord will forever puts us into each other's hearts and minds so that we can look back on our short, yet amazing time spent together.
What's in store for me next month you ask?
Well, sleeping on a beach in Haiti…with my entire squad…can't wait to see what God does.
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