During my last week in Louisiana, I was horrible at reading my Bible. Like so so bad. Like hit snooze 10 times wake up while breakfast is being served bad. You would think I must have come out of this week with no new revelations right? Well, as God likes to show me over and over again, His goodness actually has nothing to do with my abilities. Hallelujah! In this time the Lord has been miraculously gracious, and has reminded me of his steadfastness in the most incredible ways.
I’m going to tell you about some amazing things that God did in the past week from their original sources: journal entries!
A little PSA before you read: I typically write in my journal to clear my mind, and recall the important experiences from the week that I think I should put down somewhere. The story doesn’t always flow, and I’m not expecting to win a writers contest with these things:) Also, Jesus didn’t exactly bless me with beautiful handwriting, so I really hope you can read them!
This journal was written about my first few days in Louisiana. There were so many moments when I wasn’t in a “spiritual” mood, and felt like the Lord couldn’t use me because of it. But God showed up, in more tangible ways than I ever realized He could.
Now I’m sure you may be thinking, “Did a kindergartener somehow get a hold of Graceyn’s journal? What the heck am I looking at?” But this scribble actually has a pretty awesome story behind it! During our time in Texas, riding out the hurricane before we could serve again in Louisiana, we spent some time listening to a sermon on God’s story of the world. I was really not feeling it. I felt like I was bouncing off the walls, and couldn’t pay attention for the life of me. I then felt this stronge urge to just draw, all over my paper. I thought maybe it would get rid of my energy. So, never lifting my pen from the page, I began to draw this very odd creation, until it accidentally fell off my journal, the pen ink hitting my Bible underneath. Shocked, I asked the Lord, “Is there anything you want me to see in this?”, and I looked down to the word “Love” messily placed within the drawing. I know, that seems like the most cliche word he could have used, right?? As soon as this thought comes to my mind, our speaker says: “Draw a picture of God’s story of the world”. It was in that moment I realized the Lord had already drawn it for me. In this world we often try to go many different, crazy directions, but in the end “the Good news about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world” Matthew 24:14. All of creation will point to His glory, and is built upon His love.
This season has been incredible, and I so look forward to sharing all of the new things God will do here. Thanks for coming along!
