This week it has been harder for me to think of what I should blog about. I have been asking God to show me something that I can write about. I finally thought of something to write about and God has been putting it back on my mind and I keep thinking more and more about it.
It was another hard week at Dunamis. I thought it would be easier after having almost twice as long days last week. On Monday, we had to move 300 cinder blocks down the steepest hill and then we were told that we would be done for the day. Because of miscommunication between Diego and Boris, we had to do more work after that. I was pretty much drained for the work because I thought we would be done after moving the bricks. I started asking myself on the topic of why I work so hard. Why do I go hard each day and then repeat the same thing the next day?
At first I reasoned I work hard because of my parents. My dad taught me and displayed through his own life how to work hard. My mom also showed how to work hard by doing all of the ‘unknown’ things that she did while raising my brothers and I. I appreciate how both of my parents taught me these things. I also reasoned I work hard because I have known hard work by mowings lawns with my brothers. With mowing, we had to push ourselves very hard in the one day of mowing to get the 43 some lawns done. I am very thankful for knowing hard work in my life because of these two things. These things have set the foundation on how I should work and they have given me the motivation to push through each day.
But I knew that for the rest of my life work will get hard and I will want to give up on some days. I had to find a strong and firm reason of why I work so hard.
For working at Dunamis, we are doing the work as a ministry for the Lord. I would work hard each day and try to give my all in the day for Christ. Jesus gave so much for me, so I should do my best each day to give my all for him. I knew that this reason was the best reason for working hard. God has given me a strong body that I able to do the work and he has called me in whatever I do for me to do it all for his glory.
These past few days it has been hard for me to wake up, put on the same clothes, and ride the buses to ministry. I have been feeling tired and not ready for the day. I have been feeling a little sick, but at the same time I don’t want to say I’m sick when I know I can go through the day. I knew I could pull the I’m sick card and stay home. It would make sense since there were other people sick at home. Yet at the same time it is good to rest if I am sick. I thought, Jesus didn’t give up when he was beat and then crucified. He had the power to have legions of angels rescue him, but he chose not to because he wanted to fulfill the Father’s will. I can choose to go to work and still work my hardest because I can. By doing this I can bring the Lord glory in my actions and by being thankful for the things he has given me.
Thank you again for reading my blogs and supporting me in prayer. There are a few things that you can be praying for:
1. For me, to finish my ‘race’ here in Ecuador well. There are only 2 more weeks before we take a long bus ride to Peru.
2. Also for me to catch up on my dual credit classes and for me not to be stressed out because of it. Long story short, I missed some emails because of not having wifi and not seeing them in my email. So I need to catch up on a lot of assignments.
