It’s crazy to think in three hours I will be on a bus headed back to Bangkok! There is so much about Chaing Mai that just feels like HOME. Although, I have come to realize that making a place my home for the month is usually up to me. I get to choose to love and live where I am placed, no matter where that may be. It’s my choice to love people and open my heart one more time. Allowing strangers (who are now family) see me for who I really am! I am a broken vessel for The Lord.
Psalm 51:17 says, “The sacrifice You desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.” That’s what we all are! BROKEN! And it’s okay!
It has been an astounding month in Thailand!! We taught English. Led Bible study with a group of boys everyday. We were able to build relationships that last! But most importantly we LOVED! Demonstrating love, some days, might look like doing dishes while singing, dancing until you feel like your gonna drop dead, or sitting on the front porch with a lice comb and brushing through some of the most beautiful hair! Showing love by talking to strangers on bus rides, at the waterfalls, or literally WHEREVER you are, just telling them about Jesus!!
Some days are easy and well…some days are a struggle! But somehow, I know we are going to make it. I know, because, I am HIS! And it’s sweet reminders, like that of a child, telling you that she loves you, or when you keep getting called “mom”, or watching children and adults worship the ONE TRUE GOD with such passion!! Those things are what makes it HARD, but they are also what makes it worth it! It’s worth every tear! Worth the pain my heart feels! I am broken, but it’s worth it! THAT is the sacrifice God desires…my brokenness. Glory to God!
