Sometimes it's a struggle …
It's a struggle to sleep with three other people in a double bed.
It's a struggle when I’m trying to communicate with people who simply can't understand me.
It's a struggle when I have bugs crawling on me constantly while I’m trying to eat, sit or sleep.
Sometimes I don't want to try to understand a different culture.
Sometimes I don't want to live in a cockroach infested home.
Sometimes it's hard to love people.
Sometimes I just want American food …
It's in these moments when we struggle, that we realize how amazing our God is. Every day, I ask God to use me, to help me to see with His eyes. When I am weak – He is strong. He is the source of our strength. He is why we are doing this, and because of who He is I can deal with infested places, horrible smells, and weird food. I can even love the unlovable because His love is in me. It's all about Him in us; He makes it possible to press on. God makes it all worth it. Every struggle is worth it when:
When I get to pray for someone.
When I see the smiles on the children’s faces as we teach them a new song.
When I get to love the unlovely.
When I get to sit with the poor.
When someone gives their life to God.
It's in these moments that I am reminded why I am on this race. Why I choose to live this way, and why it is all worth it. Every struggle is worth it because of who He is. We serve an awesome God! I am so thankful that He can use me even in the struggles.
