Some times the littlest things in life just strike me with
huge meaning. This week I was in London taking some downtime after leading a
group in Ireland for the past three weeks, I went around to see the sites, the
first stop was Buckingham palace. As we arrived I could not believe how many
people were standing there, just hoping to get a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth or
maybe even the royal baby. I wondered what it would be like if we did that with
King Jesus? You know, what if we looked at Him all day with such joy and
excitement to see Him move, to see what He would do next? What if we took joy
in just being in Jesus presents? What if we had that twinkle in our eyes when
we looked at Jesus, that twinkle of pure wonder and excitement?
My favorite part of the day was going to the Westminster
Abby, I did not have the money to pay the fee to get in and walk around which
was fine because I found out you can attend an evening worship service for
free. I was all over that! A time to worship Jesus in a super cool old church
Yes please! It was amazing seeing this long line of people waiting to get into
this church for the worship service. Now I understand that a lot of people were
there for an experience and not necessarily an experience with Jesus. But it
was just interesting to me to see all these people waiting to get into a
church. What if the churches back home were like that? People being so excited
to worship the Lord that we stand in a line that stretches down the road to get
into the church to worship Jesus? How crazy and amazing that would be.
During the service there was such a sense of wonder it was
almost magical in there. They had two teachings, one from the Old Testament
and one from the New Testament, however both of these were just scripture. They
preached scripture. Now thats pretty cool. Over all it was such a unique
experience for me. The Lord really spoke to me during this time. I am so
thankful that I was able to listen.
I am so thankful that the Lord spoke to me during my time in
London, I often feel so guilty taking trips like this because people are so quick
to judge. As a person who is support raised I often times feel like people are
looking into my life like you would look at a painting in an art shop. You can see what you want to see but the
artist may have painted that for a different reason than you are interpreting.
Some times it feels like I should live in a poverty mindset because people help
me pay my bills but the thing is Jesus took time to spend with His father, to
reflect on things, to listen. Thats something that I have to remind myself. Its
ok to live life. Its ok to take a break some times and just spend time with
Jesus, to get out of the normal routine and just spend time letting Jesus speak
into my ear. I am so thankful for the time I have spent here with Jesus; I feel
so refreshed going back home and go back looking at things a little
differently.
I pray that you get to take time out of the busy norm to get
away for a few days and just spend some time with Jesus. It is so worth it.
I am trying my hardest to seek His kingdom first in all that I do. I still make mistakes everyday and I know that I will continue to do that but I am so thankful for Gods grace over me for without Him I would be nothing.
