Do you ever wonder what unconditional love feels like? Or to know someone who will never give up on you or stop pursuing you? I do. Sometimes I catch a small glimpse of Christ’s infinite, sacrificial, redeeming, and abounding love for me. In most cases God reminds me in His beautiful, breathtaking creation. For example, there was an amazing sunset from a few days ago in Costa Rica.
It makes me wonder how much more He has waiting for me. I just can’t wrap my brain around the fact that the creator of the universe loves and cares for me. I’m blessed to even be a small portion of His master plan.
I sit here humbled.
Humbled that God wants to use my life. Humbled by this community (which I call family) that loves and cares for me too.
Today as we were doing ministry work {building a sanctuary} a large palm leaf fell and landed on my foot bruising my tendon pretty bad. I was immobile. I felt helpless. As I laid on the ground in pain, I began to plan how to toughen up and get through the day. Before I could try and stand, help surrounded me. Tiffany and Shelby (my lovely teammates for the month) carried me all the way back up to the ministry host’s home. It was a long journey of rotating piggy back rides and hopping on one foot. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for their help. Not once did they complain. Instead, they just loved.
When we arrived at the host’s home, Heather (my squad mentor) immediately attended to my every need. She filled buckets with water and soap, got on her knees, and scrubbed the mud off my feet.
Here I am, humbled once again.
I felt so undeserving of everything. If you read my last blog you would know how independent I am, and today it was shattered. God simply reminded me of how undeserving I am of His love YET He continues to pour it out endlessly to me. He loves me because He loves me. Not because of anything I have done or will do. But simply because He loved me first. Nothing I do can separate me from Christ’s love.
So here I stand, humbled by God.
