hello!!
(i posted this on facebook earlier so this post is for my friends who don’t have it!)
today marks 100 days since coming home from the missions field! man oh man, God has been doing some pretty neat things in my life! He has been teaching me lesson after lesson, and i’m so grateful to be loved by such a sovereign God! here are some of the things He’s been teaching me:
– every season has a purpose: leaving asia in november did not feel right, and when i came back home, i felt so out of place. i felt like i should still be there and it was really hard for me to come to terms with being back home. HOWEVER… God proved me wrong and He showed me that His timing is better than mine!! when i came back i felt essentially useless and like my time at home was not being used properly. but God wanted me to slow down and trust in Him. He wanted me home at that very time and He filled each day with lessons and reminders of how good and faithful He is and always will be.
– God is the ultimate comforter: when i came back home, i was a wreck. i was completely overwhelmed by my emotions and being thrown back in to the fast paced lifestyle in america. God was there right next to me through all of the tears and confusion of coming home. He constantly reminded me that i am and never will be alone!!
– God can completely change life plans: i did not know what i wanted to do before leaving. i was overwhelmed with picking a major for college and nothing felt right. within a couple of weeks living in asia, i knew that God wanted me to be a missionary for the rest of my life. He showed me how to love others well and spread the love of Jesus to others in ways i’ve never experienced before. with that, when i was on the field, i knew that going to temple university was no longer the right path for me. i felt like He was calling me in a different direction, but i couldn’t figure out what that meant. it wasn’t until the last week of december that God revealed that He wanted me to go to liberty university… two weeks before classes started. He showed me that i need to be flexible with His plans and that i shouldn’t cling on to what i want for my life. now i’m majoring in global studies and couldn’t be happier!!
God has been so incredibly faithful in these past six months of my life, and these are just a few of the many things He has taught me. coming to liberty was really hard (especially coming in the middle of the school year), but He is leading me down such a great path. He has provided me with the most amazing community of people in lynchburg and i couldn’t feel more blessed. i even had a visit from some of my sweet friends from the world race, which was so amazing! i’m forever grateful for my missions experience and that i’m growing closer and closer to Him everyday!!
“but he said to me, ‘my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” -2 corinthians 12:9
