As I was lying in our house here in India with a 102 fever and body aches all over, I was reminded of God’s promise to me that He will never leave me. In those moments I needed to know that He was with me, and He was so faithful to comfort and reassure me that He was right there with me through it all. Two times while I was lying down He gave me the image of Him lying next to me and rubbing my forehead. Honestly that image will stick with me for the rest of my life.
I had thought I was already at the point of having nothing left in me, just from being in India and constantly being pushed out of my comfort zone. The first day in India was very hard, the spiritual darkness here is very thick a long with all the other changes I was not used to. As I prayed that day God clearly said, “I have you here on this trip, because it’s too hard for you.” What?? Are you serious God, I can’t do it if it’s too hard? Then He said, “I need you to fully rely on me.”
If I'm honest I have purposely not put myself in really any situation that is too hard for me. I usually willingly choose the easy road or the path that I know I can succeed on. I am so excited as I venture down this new road that is taking me to places that are too much for me to handle, because I know God is going to have to show up; and He already has!
It's easier said than done, but it was reassuring knowing that it’s ok to be having a hard time adjusting to culture, learning to gird yourself up in prayer all the time because of the darkness, and being completely out of your comfort zone in every single area.
I know that God has big plans for this whole trip, but right now I am living day to day, most of the time minute to minute; reminding myself and trusting Him that His grace is enough for me in this moment, in this day and that I can fully rely on Him because He is with me through it all.
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. Just as the sufferings of Christ flow into our lives so also through Christ our comfort overflows. If we are distressed it is for your comfort and salvation, if we are comforted it is for your comfort which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. “
“We are under great pressure far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed in our hearts we felt the sentence of death, but this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.”
2 Corinthians 1:3-6, 8b-9
**HUGE PRAISES:
WE PRAYED FOR A GIRL HERE IN THE VILLAGE WE LIVE IN, THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS SCHOOL SHE HAD APPLIED FOR AND SHE GOT IN! (THIS WAS SO ENCOURAGING TOO BECAUSE HER FAMILY HAD A PRAYER MEETING BECAUSE GOD HAD ANSWERED THIS PRAYER! SO COOL TO SEE THE THANKFULNESS IN THEIR HEARTS!)
WE PRAYED FOR A WOMAN AND HER FAMILY IN ANOTHER VILLAGE THAT HER HUSBAND (HE WASN’T THERE AT THE TIME) WOULD STOP DRINKING AND STEALING AND TRY TO FIND AN HONEST WAY TO PROVIDE. TWO DAYS LATER HE WENT TO A MAN THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH AND TOLD HIM HE DECIDED TO STOP DRINKING AND HE WAS GOING TO BUY A TUT-TUT (TAXI) TO MAKE AN HONEST LIVING TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY.
WE HAVE ALSO SEEN TWO PEOPLE DELIVERED OF DEMON POSSESSION, PRAISE THE LORD!!
