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  • We are learning so much here and these are a few bullet points about what I’m learning but these don’t even scratch the surface! I have loved learning about Islam so if you wanna hear about that too, let me know! Also, if there are any questions you have, PLEASE write them down in the comments! 

 

  • Shame: shows up in my life when it comes to my intelligence. Or my reputation with others. I sometimes have trouble believing that I’m worthy or valued. I think that to truly be loved, I need someone to know every part of my life. There are so many lies that shame brings to my life and to others too. These are a few that I tend to believe. the cool thing is that while it is true that I feel these things, the truth is that I am worthy, valued, and wanted. It may be true that I feel shame but truth is Romans 10:11 “For the Scripture says, ‘Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.’” It is crazy that I have lived my whole life not really knowing the difference between true and truth. Jesus is truth. The word is truth. The things that I feel are not truth even though they are true. 

 

  • Forgiveness: Question.. if I spit in your face, will you be mad? Your answer would probably be yes if you’re being honest with yourself. Another question.. did I spit in your face or did I make you mad? This question hit me really hard. Forgiveness is not justifying the sins/actions but it is a response. If I were to hold onto a physical representation (let’s say a bottle of water) of a wrong someone did to me, over time, the bottle would get heavier. The longer I hang onto it, the bigger the offense seems to be but in reality, it’s still the same size water bottle. Forgiveness can not change the past wrongs, it doesn’t make it smaller, it just gets the offense taken from you. It’s not that you forget everything that happened, it’s that you remember but you choose to not let it affect your future. When we let go of the wrongs of the past, we get to look to the future and take hold of things the Lord has for us. We cannot hold everything in our hands and sometimes it takes letting go of the heaviness of the offense to take on the lightness of the Lord. 

 

  • I just love this quote by Charles Spurgeon. “With utmost reverence would I say that God himself cannot be glorified by the promise without you. If he intends to feed the hungry, then the hungry are essential to the accomplishment of his purpose. If he would clothe the naked, then there must be naked ones for him to clothe. Is there not a mine of comfort here for you who have been almost without hope? I trust that some of you poor lost ones will say in your hearts, if you do not utter it with your voices, ‘Are we really essential to God’s glory? Does God need our poverty, and our sinfulness, and our nothingness, in order that he may, through them, display the greatness of his grace? Then we will certainly come to him just as we are.’ Do so, I pray you. Come! Come!! Come!!! May the Holy Spirit, by his omnipotent grace, draw you now, for our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake! Amen”

 

  • Prayer Requests!!! I would love prayer for staying present here, clarity on where the Lord wants me, my team and their hearts, fundraising for some of the girls on my team!, just a new perspective and growth with the Lord 🙂