This month has been a hard month for me. I was pretty sick twice, began to get very home sick, shared a bathroom with 21 other women, and missed Easter with my family.
But this month I also realized how I serve an unfailing God. There were days when I was laying in my bed and all I wanted was to go home and my mom make me soup, and God gave me strength. There were days that I showed up to ministry thinking I was doing door to door and they led me to a school and asked me to lead an assembly, and God gave me the words to say. There were days I was asked to tell my testimony over and over again not knowing why, but then God placed that one person in my path that needed to hear it.
Then there was Easter Day and I just really wanted to be with my family all dressed up possibly eating biscuits and gravy after church at Denny’s, but instead I was in a village in dirty clothes and I hadn’t had a shower in 5 days. Then God reminded me of something very important, the real meaning of Easter! Jesus died on the cross so I could be forgiven of all my sins, he died to make away for me!
There is a song I have been listening to the last couple weeks by Kari Jobe and it sums up everything God showed me this last week so perfectly. Here is a bit of the lyrics:
What love is this
That you gave your life for me
And made a way for me to know you
I confess you are always enough for me
You’re all I need
I look to you
I see the scars upon your hands
And hold the truth
That when I can’t you always can
Standing here beneath the shadows of the cross
I’m overwhelmed that I keep finding open arms..
God has shown me this week he made a way for me so that I GET to experience this! When times get hard he will give me the courage, wisdom, and strength to keep pushing on. This month has been a real growing month for me and a month for me to really understand what all God did my sending his only son!
Even though this month was very difficult, it was a growing month for me!! A month that showed me God will never stop showing up!! A month that has shown me as a Christian how truly fortunate I am!! Madagascar was truly a life changing experience!!
