” Don’t Do”… Just “BE“…
I have arrived safely to Haiti…thanks for all your prayers. My team and I are just outside of the city called Port-au-Prince and have been here for almost a week now. It’s quite humid and hot here…sweating a lot. Since the earthquake and the death of 300,000 Haitians…there has been a lot of good happening. There is a spiritual thirst and hunger which many Haitians are coming to CHRIST(becoming Christians). GOD is moving so please keep praying for this country!
Currently GOD is teaching me…that our relationship with HIM isn’t always about “doing”, but sometimes it’s just “being”.
BEING…
><> Still to hear GOD when HE’s trying to teach you something;
challenges;
><> Content in any and all circumstances and situations;
><> Patient in the midst of waiting;
><> A smile to those that don’t have much to smile about;
><> A hug to those that don’t receive them, but need them;
><> A friend to the friendless;
><> Available to help with laundry and doing it by hand;
><> A teammate to play soccer;
><> A teacher to help teach English;
><> A positive role model;
><> Relational to the unwanted;
><> Hope to the hopeless;
><> Change to the helpless;
><> Light to those who can’t see;
><> Truth in the midst of lies;
><> Comfort to the hurting;
><> Joy to the joyless;
><> Family to the homeless;
><> Love to the loveless;
><> JESUS’ heart, hands and feet to orphans.
Above is a description of what GOD has been teaching me and how HE is using me and my team in an orphanage where we are staying and are helping at for the rest of this month (August). This orphanage is called “Foyer Renmen” where there are about 50 kids from the ages 2-20. It has been challenging, but humbling to see how GOD breaks down the barriers through acts of HIS unconditional love through my team and I.
Personally, I have had a tough time transitioning from last month in the Dominican Republic, where we were “doing” things, in comparison to this month, where we just need to “be”. In Luke 10:38-40, GOD prefers us as HIS children to “be” rather than “do” because HE is a relational GOD that desires a personal and loving relationship with all of us. How can you get to know someone if you don’t spend time with him/her? This is only possible if you spend time with that person, etc. And in realizing and understanding this, I can say with thanksgiving… “FATHER always knows best.”
So I leave you with the following verse from Psalm 46:10 until I write again:
“Be still, and know that I am GOD; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Spend some time with GOD…HE wants to spend time with YOU. So “Don’t DO”… just “BE”… and spend time with a GOD who is waiting anxiously for you.”
