Colombia has been amazing! God has orchestrated the wholeness of each moment so far. This journey is so much more than I could ever ask for. I have had my first day of preaching and got to strengthen my faith by stepping out of my comfort zone( such an amazing people moment with God). My message was called( finding faith in forgiveness ) I know it was a message put on my heart specifically for the individuals that were there to hear it and be impacted by Gods word. scary but very great faith builder when the spirit takes the stage and showed me that its obedience that produces fruit. My heart melted as we were able to go into a neighborhood square and round up about 20 kids. The most amazing things happen when people with the heart for God gather with a purpose to share the gospel. We had set up a very low grade speaker and were ready to perform the skits that we have been practicing. The kids were so happy, we had ballon animals and were able to dance for them it was such a blast. Each of the kids were very receptive to hearing about the gospel from us and really enjoyed hanging out dancing/ ballon sword fighting with us.
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while I grow in relationship with God I see that this world is so much more than I can ever comprehend. As I see greater works in this world the smaller I become. I have been so blessed to have a community that supports, loves and cares for me without having walls up to distract our purpose here on the world race. While I have had this conception of understanding life living in the small town of klamath falls Oregon God has shown me this. God has orchestrated this journey and has been showing me all the while that this world has so much more to offer beyond thinking we understand. I have been reading a lot of Ephesians out of the Bible and in this scripture it talks about our values in the eyes of king Davids son. This scripture is so much more than I can ever understand and It has shown me a lot about how we all choose to see life. In this scripture he says this as a king, I have everything I could ever want but I still lack. This king has all that he can ever want including much wisdom but still he searches to grow himself with the material values of this life. This section in the word is true in todays date, we seek to find our joy in splendor and riches! WHY? while God has already given us this scripture to show us that there is only one way to find fullness on earth. The values we put on each other become the joy our hearts feel. The life of value in the world will never compare to the joy accepting God into our hearts will give us as we choose daily to find truth, seek love and live by the will of God in out current situations.
while we choose to seek the riches of this life I have been shown thankfully early in my life that there is no value in the $ we make here on earth. There is a lot more to joy than riches and fame! There is an abundance of love, joy and grace that we can walk into if we are willing to lay down the love of material in this world. While we waste time focusing on things we will not have forever Im choosing to focus on living in joy, love and freedom from the chains that bind all of us. This journey is only directed by God and I know in my heart that once I started pursuing God in an intimate relationship things got real! While I was thinking I had life figured out God showed up and has blessed me and directed me in many new ways. This mission is not just for helping the country we go to it has such greater purpose!!! In my life God has been with me and has blessed me with a chance to be used, to share the love and joy I have inside of my heart for His purpose.
while I have wasted time focused on material and value of this life I encourage you to
Challenge yourself with a deeper understanding of our purpose in life and who we are meant to be!
Ephesians 2:11- but as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless-like chasing the wind.there was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
