I went for a walk yesterday. I went expecting to see and hear God in the community. Each block had a different ethnic restraunt or store. I saw almost 11 countries represented on a short 5 blocks. I thought Wow, Lord show me your glory in this place. I walked by a store selling Buddhist worship materials. I stopped and prayed. I met a man begging. I stopped to chat with him. He was very honest and sweet. He told me about his life and new job opportunity. I told him that I would be praying for him. I shared with him and he said he would pray for me. I continued to see the hussel of people going places. Going places. I wonder where they are going. I wonder what there story is or if they ever tell it. I wonder if anyone will listen. This is my community these are the people I live by. I walk and wonder if I take enough time to look for a person waiting to tell a story what will God tell me through that person. (I quickly answer my own thought, No, I need to take more time, time to listen, reflect, share.) There is so much in a story. When I hear a story I feel all the emotion and at times feel like I am walking with them.
The Gospel, a story, a true story that speaks to every culture, every worldview, every person! The greatest story of all. It speaks to my heart, my very being and brings me to the foot of the cross and in the sorrow there is rejoicing that the Lord is risen and will come again! There is hope, grace and redemption for all. For the Lord did not come to condemn the world, but to save the world. I am a sinner. By God’s grace alone. Through His Son, Jesus Christ, He has offered and given me a relationship that I do not deserve and can never earn.
I pray that everyone’s story will glorify the Lord. That my story will only show the glory of God in my life. I would not be who I am without God. May I only reflect His light and humbly walk in it all of my days.
I have been hesitant to blog. I do not want this blog to be about me, about what I am doing, about what I see, about my view. I want this to be about God, what He is doing, what He is showing me and about His love for His people. I realized that as I continue to go to the Lord, it becomes about God and what he is doing. When I continue to focus on Him His passion becomes mine. All the passions in my life now, I never had before. The Lord gave me these passion. He is giving me His heart not because I deserve it not because I earned it. All because He Loves Me and believes in me. HE LOVES YOU and Believes in you TOO. It is a constant struggle to believe that He loves me and believes in me, Since I struggle to believe in myself and love myself. I wonder if that is why Peter started to sink and Jesus said, ” O you of little faith?” was it faith in Jesus or faith in Himself.
Until next time…..
