Here in Harbin, China it's pretty windy and a bit cold. But let's talk about the wind for a little bit. Yesterday Kayla and I were sitting in the courtyard behind our apartment building and the wind was insanely strong. I noticed something. I noticed the trees were dancing. As I sat there watching the trees dance, I realized that nature is sometimes louder than we are as Christians.
Psalms 19:1-4 The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world.
The dancing trees reminded me that they sometimes speak louder than we do with their beauty and they can't even talk! So why is it so hard for us as Christians to speak truth into other peoples lives? If it changes the way people see things or opens their eyes to the truth of Christ, why is it so hard to open up our mouths? What are we afraid of? If we truly believe everything God says is true, why do we fall for the lies that are fed to us everyday?
I was created beautiful and for a purpose, but I have been fed lies that tell me my opinion is not important and nobody cares about what I have to say. So most of the time I keep quiet and have a hard time opening up to people. When I do it's because I feel I can trust that person and that they actually care about my little stuff just as much as my big stuff. This morning I had to face the fact that I have been believing the lies for so long that it has affected most, if not all, of my friendships so far. I'm tired of being quiet and not talking or opening up with people. I want to have deep conversations that actually mean more than what movies I like. Which by the way is hard to do here in China because all of the titles are different.
So I guess I'm asking for prayer on overcoming the lies, that I and the rest of my squad will be able to fully become exactly who we were created to be. And that our voices will become so loud that the trees dancing don't have a chance to be louder than we are.
