My heart stopped beating when our ministry host told us we would be in charge of speaking at every chapel service this month. Then he explained that chapel happened not every Sunday, but everyday in the morning and the evening. After hearing that I knew it would be pointless to try to brainstorm ideas of how to get out of public speaking. It was going to happen, if I liked it or not.
When I sat down to plan my first chapel talk, it was incredible to see the blank paper transform into a beautiful outline. Scripture was the foundation while personal and visual examples were woven throughout it. And when it came time to present my sermon about trust, I was so excited! It brought me so much joy to see the light bulb go off in the students’ mind about trusting God with their resources and to trust that God is real. At the end I asked if anyone was struggling to trust God. Many hands were raised and we were able to pray over each other. It was amazing!
I didn’t feel obligated to do my next chapel talk, like the first, because it was my desire to share. I was eager to spend time with God to see what He wanted the students to hear from me.
Love.
Love is what He wanted me to talk about. And how He wanted me to explain it was by displaying the similarity of a hug and Jesus dying on the cross. I had no clue how to tie the two together, but He knew and did!
Check out my vlog for this month to see glimpses of how God used me to teach about love and how His love is always wide and open for us!
Needless to say, God resuscitated my heart and passion for public speaking! I know He does not want me to leave this new found passion for public speaking in Myanmar, but He wants me to take it with me for the rest of my life.
