– think i’d go horseback ridding in the philippines (thank you Jeannie for picking that as your birthday activity!) – think i’d be okay with the rediculous amount of ants that surround me ever day – think cold showers would be so enjoyable – think i could break the habit of throwing toliet paper in the toliet so quickly (TP goes in the trash can) – never did i ever realize how much sharing makes your day so much better – never did i ever think i could hear so much JOY and songs of praise coming from the mouths of orphan children – never did i ever think i could laugh so much in a day – never have i ever realized how much work my relationship with God is. sure i’ve ‘worked’ at it in the past, but I’ve never wanted it so badly and intimatly as i do now. and i’ve never pursued something so hard before in my entire life. – never have i ever realized how increadible a relationship with God really is, that it goes way beyond what i’ve experienced in the past. “tip of the ice burg”
never did i ever……..
it is so crazy how love really can (and is) changing the world. The older girls at the orphanage have lice. Lice grosses me out. and yet the girls still want to be held, and told they are loved and are beautiful, and they want to play games and sit on your lap. As much as I want to run real fast away from that, I think to myself ‘Jesus wouldn’t run from someone just because they have lice. In face, he would probably love on them more.’ So i wear my hair up & covered, & we do lice checks for each other. And I realize that love is holding the orphan with lice; love is getting past the awful smell of rotting fish that you walk by to get to the orphanage. Love is walking so closely with God its not something we strive to do, its something we are.
