This month in Vietnam has been a mixture of so many things; A smorgasbord of heavenly lessons! Seriously! It’s been beautiful yet hard, challenging yet victorious, and peaceful yet raging to say the least!
Side note: As you read this blog, I apologize for the spastic nature of my thoughts, they are still processing this crazy goodness! He will fill in all the gaps I miss.
It’s been a month of opposites; polar opposites. Peace and enemy attack, beauty and ugliness, as well as disappointment and encouragement. This all sounds weird now, but don’t worry, He is helping me tie up loose ends.
From the time I entered this beautiful place, I knew God had something HUGE to reveal in this city. The Holy Spirit is crazy present here! He never disappoints…that is for sure! He is bold in His love for us!
This has been a month of God revealing more of His character; through people, hearts, and trials! The service and humility I have seen this month has changed my heart forever. Divine moments made up the majority of this month.
This month my team has had breakthroughs and we have all had our own breakdowns; be it from sickness, need for alone time, exhaustion, stress, or just missing home.
But…through all of this and more, God has made one thing ever clear- His pursuit to take our hearts deeper! His deep desire to make His heart known to our hearts. He is fiercely passionate about making His love known and wanting us to better understand the roots it requires!
This has been an odd month for me personally as well. I had the ‘mumps’ (aka parotitis) for about 2 weeks; leading to hospital visits, ultrasounds, IV’s, isolation, and so much enemy attack. I didn’t really know how to take the diagnosis that I would have to be in isolation for over a week. I love our ministry this month with such a sweetness. I am also a big people person and isolation and I have never done well. But, God knew I needed rest and He used this rest to raise me higher and higher. His plans are always for our best interest.
Little did I know God was using this time to raise up the fearless warrior in me even more. He was pressing my identity in deeper, He was showing me His heavenly glory through visions and sermons. He was letting me experience the tangibility of His love.
It may seem like a small revelation to some but this was the month I experienced God’s love personally, tangibly, and physically! His love is real and His love can be felt as much as any. He used such a painful time to call my heart to deeper places. He asked me to trust, to claim, to believe, to walk in faith and not sight.
His love is the force that never loses momentum and His love is what calls us to more. He loves us so much that He wants to rid us of anything not pleasing to His heart. He wants us to walk in love, so others may see and experience the beauty of the freedom it holds. He wants us to breathe when He breathes and rest when He rests, so we can always stay in reach of love. He wants us to be lovers of sharing love. He wants to consume us and it starts with resting in His love.
I know He has much to reveal on this race but ultimately it is about His love and walking in step with His heart! Knowing we have every power under His authority to claim His promises and to walk in complete freedom. To shake the heavens for eternity with His love; to champion His name!
Tune in for more…He is so good!
