Month 3. Puerto Galera, Philippines. White Beach ministry.
What happens when God calls me to put into ACTION this phrase?
When He calls me to love boldly a group of people I would normally run away from?
When He tells me to see them as He would see them?
I didn’t want to. I wanted to be numb to them. I didn’t want to look at them. I didn’t want to understand them. I fought with God. I argued with Him. I didn’t want to actually LOVE them BOLDLY.
What would people think? Would I be glorifying what they are doing? Would I be partaking in their sin?
I wanted someone else to deal with it.
I prayed, “Not me Lord! I am not capable of doing this.”
“Exactly Paola. Keep trusting me. Obey. I will keep guiding you. I am still here. I am always with you.”
“Ok.”
This answer might seem very simple. As I sat listening to the Lord, He reminded me of all that He had guided me through already, the big and the small, by obeying and saying yes. I obeyed and as always He took over.
Who is this group? The simplest explanation. They are called “lady boys” by the locals. They are males who dress and act female. They work at bars along White Beach as entertainers.
Who did the Lord show me? I saw HIS sons. HIS sons who were sent out from home at a very young age to help provide for their family. HIS sons who were never given a chance at a true childhood. HIS sons who have dreams of their own but because of the love of their family stay where they are. HIS sons who are wounded and scarred. HIS sons who had no one to fight for them. I see my brothers who just like me “…are fearfully and wonderfully made…” Psalm 139:14. I see my brothers who just like me need the conviction of God…the grace of God…the love of God… the Son of God.
“For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:23-24
With love,
Paola
