Ireland has been quite the experience thus far…awesome ministry, great contacts, and I’m surrounded by people I love. Yet things have also been hard. I felt stagnant for a while and I didn’t quite know why or what to do…so I didn’t do anything. I continued on in the motions of what I was doing. I saw God’s confirmation of things He had laid on my heart. I basked in His greatness, the joy and peace that He placed over me. But through these things I also had a sense of being disconnected. It was a strange place to be…but then God did something amazing…
We spent yesterday at a home for men with drug and alcohol addictions. In the afternoon I was sitting with a squadmate and sharing my testimony with her…my whole testimony, which not many people know, but that I know God wants me to share more. (As soon as I get the time to write it all out, I’ll share it on here as well.) As I was telling her about my past and what God has brought me through I just felt God restoring my joy in Him. He reminded me of how great He is and how much He has already done in my life!
“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”
~2 Corinthians 12: 8-9
~2 Corinthians 12: 8-9
I didn’t even realize what He was doing until we finished the conversation…and my spirit was overflowing with joy and peace. Through talking about all that God has done in my life my spirit was lifted and I felt like me again. Have you considered what God has done in your life? We serve an amazing God, that even through our brokenness He is there, and He will be glorified through it all!!!
p.s.- I will post a fun blog soon…all about my weekend in London!
