This last month in Nicaragua my heart was overwhelmed by the love I received. Our team became very close with a family in Nicaragua and they were beyond amazing. They loved my team and I so well, they were such professionals at love, and poured it so well that I questioned if I was loving them enough back. I wanted to serve them more and was so grateful for merely their presence. The thing about this act of love was in this moment was I was struggling with accepting and giving love fully, questioning if I was loving others well and allowing myself to be loved. Still truly working on this concept but I’m truly convinced this family opened up my ability to love deeper than I really knew until days before leaving the country. Each day they cooked for us cleaned for us, talked with us shared their hearts,invited us in their family as we truly were born into it. I couldn’t help wondering do I do this to people I dont know? Well if Im honest not always..but I want to be that person! My team listened to a sermon yesterday as our church service, and the question the pastor challenged his congregation with was to ask your significant other,friends,roommates who ever the people closest to you are – ask them how you can serve them! In doing this the other person will feel a deeper love and appreciation and want to return do the same for you. Now the main topic in the sermon was marriage but I truly think this attitude and action carries such truth in all relationships. The point though is not to receive from the other person but to truly allow them to feel loved By doing whatever they need most In that moment.The sermon was based off Ephesians 5:21 in submitting. I know I’ve personally never been fond on this verse but the depiction in this sermon shed such a beautiful light on submission to being servant ship as equals not one greater than the other. My challenge is to adopt this mindset personally more often and if your curious perhaps you can do the same and see how your loved ones respond and the fruit produced in your relationships.Much Love
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FINANCIAL STUFF
So my next deadline is DEC 1st- which is about two Weeks away. Right now I’m about $3,000 from meeting that goaL,it’s very important to meet my deadline or I cannot continue on this journey.So I could use your prayers right now, if you feel led to help in anyway you can click on my link on the side bar. If you have any questions please feel free to email me personally at [email protected]
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Some memories in Nicaragua
