"…to will declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night." –Psalm 92:2
From the moment I opened my eyes this morning I knew this would be a day I'd have to choose joy. Frankly, I could barely pull myself out of bed. This month we are working at a day camp for kids. It's exhausting and often stressful. We're halfway through month ten and we're all running low on energy. In Macbook terms, I am running on "reserve battery power." And as I hit the snooze button on my phone for the second time a thought crossed my mind, "I hate my life." Instantly followed by, "No, you don't. Stop being so dramatic." The inner dialog continued as I attempted to give myself a pep talk, "It's Thursday. You can do this."
After sleepily dressing and brushing my teeth I joined Kaity and Austin at the kitchen table and said the words that I believed would define my day: "I'm going to have to fight for joy today."
And God heard my confession. I needed Him.
As we began our walk to the bus stop, I was flooded with joy. I couldn't explain it, I just began praising God for all the wonderful blessings in my life.
As we crammed onto an already full bus (something that I've allowed to ruin my mornings in the past) I pushed my way in laughing. As the words left my lips I saw what God had done…
"I love my life."
Within a matter of ten minutes He brought my attitude full circle. He turned my day around before it had even truly begun. That alone turned a day, doomed from the start, into a day full of joy.
"I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in the land of faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul" –Jeremiah 32:41
Our Abba Father loves us so richly and so deeply.. He truly is an amazing God.
In September… just a month after I return to the States… I will be moving to Gainesville, GA to attend something called The Center for Global Action. I will be living in community with other alumni racers, working as an apprentice in a department of Adventures in Missions, and attending discipleship classes in the evenings. Check out the video below or the website by clicking on the link above.
And I need your help.
Please Support me as I attend The Center for Global Action
By September 1st I need to have raised $600.
For each month following I will need $300 to continue.
That's a total of $3,600 for the year.
Please support me as I continue my Kingdom Journey. Just click… here.
