are working in means I can’t tell you the names of the girls, show
you picture of them, or tell you the stories of how they came to be
where they are. I know that some of you are wanting to know stories,
and longing to here about the girls. Well good news. The Lord
delivered one for you.
I will call her Hope. She is beautiful.
She is goofy. She is full of life, and dreams, and ambition. Her name
is obviously not Hope. I gave her that name because that is what she
represents to me. She actually is a 26 year old woman who works in
the ministry. She has been there eight years. I am not exactly sure
how she came to be there or what circumstances in life introduced her
to this ministry. What I do know is where she is now. She has
finished an undergrad degree in finance and is now attending
university to get her masters in management. In the academic world
and the terms of success there this girl has already surpassed me. I
had the opportunity to get to know her one day. I didn’t even ask.
She just opened up. She showed me pictures of the province she is
from. She talked about her love for design. She designs clothing, and
jewelry. She is gifted at it too. She showed me picture after picture
of things she had designed. She has dreams of using her gifts in her
future.
Sometimes in the midst of sewing into
the kingdom I lose sight of the harvest that takes place. I sew into
this ministry and may never see the harvest of what I have sewn, but
getting to know this girl, and her heart has really given me a new
hope in what we invest in. My relationship with Hope has reminded me
that God blows through destruction. It has also helped me remember
the joy of what I do. I love to watch people grow,evolve, and change.
I love to watch churches and people grow from the ground up. I love
the outcome at the end. I don’t often get to see that, but every once
in a while God gives me a glimpse of the harvest and what is to come.
The future is bright people so get ready.
A glimpse of the future motivates me to
keep investing in people. Hope is the outcome that we all long to see
when we invest in a ministry or in a person. Restoration is not
always the outcome of every person we invest in but people are the
greatest investment we can make and they are worth the risk. A
situation may not turn out the successfully in your eyes. But hey,
its Gods outcome not ours when we walk in obedience to Him. It His
win or loss. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t lose and he defines success
way differently than we do anyway.
So for those of you who invested
financially, or prayerfully in this trip know that you have invested
in the kingdom and there will be a harvest. Know wherever you invest
although it may feel pointless,or invaluable God is faithful to
deliver and restore. There is hope in our future, and our investment,
but mostly in a God who is faithful.
