It is Memorial Day! I am so grateful for the servicemen and women that have sacrificially given their time, effort and lives for my safety, protection and freedom. I know I take these freedoms for granted—freedom to worship as I please, to work where I want, to receive an education, and how I go to and from places. Thank you God for the physical protection of man to help guard our freedoms in our governments.
It has been 5 days since I submitted my application…and to say the least, I am anxiously awaiting the reply. I didn’t think this wait period would be so difficult. I am so stinking excited though! The more people I tell, the more excited I get. I also start to think about more questions though…how will I keep up with all my stuff? Will it be too heavy to carry? How often will I get to talk to my family? Will I get the chance to email often—once a month or once a week? What activities will I do to raise money? How many journals should I take?
I am praying for His peace…the peace that passes all understanding—that I don’t forget my mission for today. I do not want to be disobedient in the today.
I am reminded that my mission is TEACHING right now. I don’t want to miss opportunities to love and support my students and coworkers over the last 3 weeks of school. I pray for their journeys after me. I pray that God uses their time in fifth grade to plant a seed of interest in Him and that one day another person reaps the fruit! I pray that they see the love I have for them and how much I care for their growth (as a person and as a student). I pray that I encouraged them in word and in action. I pray that they know I would do anything to assist them that I could. I pray that YOU continue to transform their minds…that they find themselves searching for something deeper and more meaningful than this world can provide. I pray they find themselves at Your feet, serving You in all that they do. I pray they become the next preachers, missionaries, doctors, teachers, businessmen, and inventors for YOUR namesake! I pray that I find opportunities to support and encourage my coworkers as well. I pray that when we are stressed and pushed to the limit, that You use me as Your vessel to spread Your love and light into the darkness. I pray that You fill up my cup to be emptied again—I am blessed to be a blessing!
As I attempt to patiently wait, I found this gem today in my devotional: “Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:18
What a beautiful picture that is to be Jesus hands and feet. Jesus didn’t call us to be his mouth. Even though we are to speak His truths and share our testimony, we are to serve others with our actions—putting their needs ahead of our personal desires and needs. My job is to bring hope to the hopeless and show compassion on the needy. I need to receive this hope and compassion from the Lord in daily, and ask that He give me a heart and a set of eyes that are aware of the needs around me. Also, that He slows me down enough to recognize the needs, and choose to answer the call in even the smallest way.
~Much Love
