As most of you know, Nicaragua already has such a special place in my heart from the previous trips here. So of course I’m loving every second of this rockin’ life God has chosen me to experience.
I’m living on Island Ometepe, which is in the middle of Lake Nicaragua. I’m staying at a children’s home named Cicrin. It’s essentially a safe place where kids, in abusive and not so great situations at home, can grow up with a christian community surrounding them. I haven’t had this much overwhelming joy yet. God always knows what each of us needs in a season of rest.
The mornings here are the sweetest of them all. I wake up before anyone else, before the sun is full and awake, and before there is even coffee made. I take this beautiful time and I run with it. I’m given this amazing opportunity to just sit in the presence of God, with little to no distractions at all. How could you ever pass that up? God always knows what each of us needs in a season of rest.
I’ve been studying the Gospel of John since being here and its been beyond sweet. John was a pretty cool dude, and I’m a huge fan of him. God has forsure been asking me to just trust him and I’ve definitely said sure of course, but I’ve never really known fully how. It’s a game I’m always playing with Him.
Until I read, in John 13, when Jesus says someone is going to betray him and “the disciple whom Jesus loved”, is just sitting back chillin, reclined on Jesus. RECLINED. Hey Jesus can I just recline back on you? Ok cool!!
In all seriousness though, I want to be in such a place that I have to trust the Lord with all I have that I can just recline back with Him. I’ve had a whole lot of time to sit and think about life, which can be great or it can really suck. I’ve gone back and forth between what I’m going to do after this whole race thing ends. Between moving to Cambodia to potentially going to college, things have gotten pretty crazy.
I’ve been reading a book recently, The Circle Maker, and it believes in circling your biggest dreams in prayer and in praise. So my list of dreams is pretty much full of almost impossibles. But I believe I serve and worship a beautiful savior who makes the impossibles possible.
He’s just waiting for me to unlock the power of prayer and to start the beginning of complete full trust in Him. Because if I don’t believe He can make the impossible possible than what am I going to do, because all my dreams have to have God in the picture. I want to challenge you all to begin to think about your biggest dreams and start praying for them. Start even praising him for them, before they even happen. We serve a God who is worthy of our praise.
Abba, I am in awe of you. Thank you for who you are and of all you are capable of. Thank you for hearing my prayers and thank you for even answering them. You are in all ways glorious to us. Let us never forget or even take advantage of what you are capable of.
xoxo
vick
