Ministry in Thailand has come to an end. This month went by faster then any other. It truly was like a blink of an eye. This month gave us the freedom to really walk in the Spirit’s leading. I LOVED it. We were able to ask God what HE wanted and then do just that. It was a sweet reminder that this is and should be our life. A life that is still before our God. One that listens for His voice and has obedience freely flow from it.
I was challeneged to ask God this month. ASK him for that one person, that one divine appointment. To not get overwhelmed with the amount of darkness that is felt in bars but just to pursue the one that God gives me. This month I have learned this: You Ask, He Answers. He was so faithful to provide that one person, that one divine appointment every where I went. Whether it was in the bars, coffee shop or even just walking the street. When fear, doubt, or worry would try to enter my heart, the Lord would remind me that His faithfulness would be my shield against all things.
‘ He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart ‘ Psalm 91:4
Our Lord’s faithfulness became my permanent shield this month. It truly does protect us from all the enemy’s attempts to attack.
I expected to hurt for the women I met. I expected to feel the bondage they were in but I did not expect to feel it for the men. Over and over I saw american men take the hand of a very young girl. Their faces all had grins on but the Lord allowed me to see deeper. Their souls spoke of so much pain. I have never felt the spirit of loneliness so heavy. My heart started to ache for these men that are searching for something that is not there. My heart breaks for the women who are owned and dont have a choice and for the ones that do. My heart aches for the people who see themselves through the pricetag of the world and not with the price that the Lord bought them at.
After the first week in Thailand, I was overwhelmed with the pain of it all. Overwhelmed with what I was seeing and overwhelmed what what to do with it. I cried out to the Lord asking Him what to do. I was desperate. I needed God to speak because I had no clue what I was doing. He whispered one word, Love.
This word is transforming me. The beauty of His love is transforming. The people we encountered in Thailand were so empty and they were desperatly needing to be loved. To be loved by the one that is love.
‘ Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. …. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we ought to love one another. God is love.’ I john 4: 7-11
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
Thati is what we are called to do. Love….all the time, everytime. Love is not something small, it is everything. Thank you for your love, O God.
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Leaving for Kenya in a few hours…. be praying that we walk in LOVE.
