While digging a trench in the ground, the shovel rubbed blisters on my hands, But I am so Thankful the Lord has provided a great amount of healing of my hands and has taken away the pain of the blisters. Back at home the presence of a Monarch butterfly would cross my path in times of great prayer and in times when I needed to be in great prayer, here in the Dominican Republic I am surrounded everyday by them. The Lord has revealed to me that he is here not because I would get blisters from the shovel from digging, but because this would be a month where I wouldn’t be challenged physically, but spiritually. Here I am struggle it with finding just to get an hour with pure intimacy with my savior. Within this struggle the Monarch Butterfly reminds me He is here and He is wanting me to take the weight off my shoulders in that there is no clear direction, in that I need to be intentional with others and for others, I am not here for just Him. All the weight of struggling this month with my emotions, my identity in Christ, my spirit, my physical challenges, my thoughts, I am learning to give it all to Him. He can bear the weight for more than I can and as my savior he wants to bear the weight for me in everything I am and do. The presence of Monarch Butterfly’s came at an amazing time, they came at time when I needed signal from the Lord most in that I am being intimate with the Lord when I am being intentional with others, In that he has my path pathed and I should never worry or think about my direction because no matter what I am going in the direction of the Lord, in that He has the power to heal all my physical pain, all my emotional and I am here in the Dominican Republic to walk in authority that I am guarded by my savior whom heals all things, whom casts out all fears, whom will carry the weight of all my thoughts and struggles. I may be far from home but here I am Home, because I am sitting, working, empowered, humbled, and silenced by my amazing Father. Thank you Lord for the Monarch butterflies and the healing of my blistered hands.
