I want to apologize.
You showed me such love and support during my Race and I did not properly say thank you to you when I first arrived back into the states. You sent me on a mission trip of a lifetime and my whole life was truly changed. I came home a different person. A person intent on pursuing Jesus with everything I am, and what He wants for my life! Not just as far as a career, but in the everyday moments. Moments like sitting across from a friend and asking The Lord what He has to say to them and speaking life over them! Being willing to change my plans for His.
Thank you for your prayers, and notes of encouragement while I was away. They were a comfort in times of loneliness and brought peace in times of uncertainty. Having those little pieces of home meant the world to me and I still carry them with me now as I’m squad leading.
So thank you! Everything I’ve been able to accomplish this past year and a half has been made possible through you. Thank you for listening to The Lord and being faithful and obedient to His voice. My words may be few, but I hope you hear my heart behind them.
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A little update in the ways the Lord has been working in me lately…
Over the past few weeks the Lord has revealed to me that I am still insecure about how I communicate and knowing that my words have value and are worthy of people’s time. I think this insecurity has inhibited me from blogging as I should or have been as present on Facebook. I have a fear of being misunderstood and because of that fear I take so much extra time to perfectly word what I want to say so that it can be received in the best possible way. It can be exhausting. But the Lord gave me this lyric to hang on to from Bethel’s song You Don’t Miss a Thing, it goes, “ When I’m misunderstood, Your love understands me.” Also, my co-leader Abby dropped some wisdom on me. She said, “He is the Word and we are the mouth. We just need to be faithful in speaking out the words!” I don’t want to let a fear of being misunderstood paralyze me anymore. So I am going to step out even further into using my voice in more ways. I want you guys to hold me accountable to writing blogs and sharing what the Lord has done in my life!
Squad leading has probably been the most growing experience that I’ve gone through thus far. And I’m so grateful for it. The Lord is teaching me so much about Him, myself and how to love others well. I will be posting a blog in the next week going into further detail about some of the lessons He has been teaching me.
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Thanks for reading,
Dani
