I don’t about you, but my brain tends to focus on the next big step or thing I’m moving toward in life. With me easily setting a focus to the “next best thing”, it’s easy to get caught up in thoughts of the new when right here God has purpose and you are where He wants you. I’ve recently woken up and thought of my next step (and where I would honestly rather be) ,but God put Matthew 6:25-34 on my heart and convicted me that my feet are planted here for a reason and He wants my focus on today and not the future.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?“
In January, my squad launches to Guatemala which I’m super excited about! Since November 22, I’ve been home in Woodstock, GA and I’ve been focusing everyday on how I can live missionally here.
The funny thing is that I remember being in Gainesville crying after a hard day and wanting to come home, but I look back on that now and see how God was working and if not for the hard days in Gainesville I wouldn’t have experienced some of the greatest spiritual growth I ever have. I look back and know that as John 15 says God was pruning me in His image during that time and He never promised for that to be easy but it is so rewarding.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.”
Why not try and find as many ways as possible to see the beauty of TODAY and this season instead of dwelling on the future?
thanks for reading and your support,
emma
I am so thankful for the financial support that I have received so far and I wanted to update you that I have a deadline on January 15 to be fully funded. I would appreciate your prayers about partnering with me in financial support. I am currently $4,179 away from being fully funded and would appreciate any donations!
