Hi everyone! For starters, I’m SO incredibly sorry for the lack of updates this month. Finding good working Wi-Fi was always a challenge.
This month was one for the books. It was all squad month meaning all 40 of us were all piled together! Most of us slept in tents (yes, I did all month. Be impressed) and were an inch away from each other 99% of the time. It was fantastic!
We all split up and served in different ways. Some worked at care points which are where children go to eat and play, some worked at preschools, some did maintenance for all the care points, and some worked with the agriculture team. We were all over the place. I got to work with Timbali – a company that employs the women who volunteer at the local care points. They make all kinds of beautiful products all the way from purses to kitchen aprons to Christmas ornaments. The product is then sold to help the women make an income to feed and care for themselves and their families. I was in AWE all month of the strength and pure joy each woman carried. They shined with the love of Christ.
Being in Africa does something to you. It makes you realize what matters and what truly doesn’t matter at all. It helps you step outside of the box you’re living in and look at your life from the outside. I have been doing a lot of self reflection the past two months, but especially this month. One night, I was laying in the grass looking up at the stars (I’ve been blessed with the best starry nights). Just in absolute awe of the beauty and the detail of His creation. I started to feel the weight of how small I am, which is something I like to do because it humbles me and makes me feel free. I then asked God to reveal something new about how small I am – to give me a new understanding or a different perspective. He quickly said “BECAUSE you are so small is why it is so easy for me to love you”. I sat up and gasped.
BECAUSE WE ARE SO SMALL, IT IS EASY FOR HIM TO LOVE US.
I get in these seasons where I think my dreams are too big or my wants are too much. I start to downplay what I want because I start to think I need to fit this certain mold. God wants to give us all we want in this life. Sometimes our idea of what is best isn’t His idea of what is best and let’s just praise for that one. I’m so thankful He knows me better than I know myself. God wants us to have full faith that he will give us all of everything we ask for – if not more! He wants us to pray with expectancy and knowledge of His real and raw love for us.
For example, think of little kids! They are SO easy to love. You can spoil a little kid by getting them a 50 cent little trinket that they wanted and it will make their world go round. It doesn’t take much to make kids feel loved or to shower them in goodness. I believe this is how God sees everything we ask for. It’s as easy as giving a little kid some chocolate after dinner. Our precious God wants to shower us in LOVE!
Never doubt that.
We are so small. So incredibly small that all it takes for him to love us is a small little touch. Ask for what you want to ask for. Pray without ceasing or without the worry that you’re asking for too much. Our God is a loving father who wants to spoil you. I believe that.
Walk in knowing this! It has given me such a different perspective and it’s changing the game for me.
I love you all so much and I promise to post so much more this next month!
Xx,
Mace
