Wingapo Friends! I am incredibly excited to announce I have met my 1/3 goal!
This past year I did this really crazy thing where I worked at a summer camp. It was crazy because I didn’t like children, I was the most extreme of introverts, and I didn’t really want to. But God called, and I followed….reluctantly and terrified.
I learned that I love children; they are incredibly smart and willing to learn. And I learned that God takes us just as we are and uses it. God did not change the level of introvert I have; he gave me a few coping skills and used me as I was. About half way through the summer, I realized that I just had to let God do it because there was no way I could. With this came the idea that I should have joy in what I do.
I’m a pretty positive person, but at some point in college I gained a pretty negative attitude. I had not realized it until having a conversation with my younger brother. Since then I have been focusing on choosing to be joyful of spirit, So last week when one of my teammates invited the rest of us to join her on a fast God immediately invited me to fast from negativity. You know the old expression, “pray for faith and God will give you opportunities to be faithful?” Its gone a little something like that.
From a nail in the tire, to worrying for a friend, to shattering my cellphone, to my card getting shut off while out of gas, and getting the update that we have a fitness test to pass, it has been a week. Opportunities to be positive everywhere. Yet I consistently find that every time I make the choice to be positive and remind myself that these are not my problems but the Lord’s, I have been blessed beyond measure. While I may not volunteer to relive this past week, I would most certainly wish to keep it the same. Now for week 2.
