We have been in Bulgaria for a few days now and I am already learning and we haven’t even started our ministry yet. We have spent most of our time hanging out with each other. I have to say I really love my team. I was reading Romans 12 this morning and it was talking about being different parts of the body and having different gifts. I can already see that in our group and it spurs me on to be better. There is so much affirmation in our group. If you know me at all, I am usually not the one to be an encourager. I know what a surprise. 1 Thessalonians says encourage one another and build each other up. I don’t know about you but I would rather be built up than torn down. But I have been really convicted of that, so I am slowly but surely trying to put down the sarcasm and be the encourager.
I have also been convicted this week about how I spend my time. Saturday afternoon I was standing in town waiting on a bus and we had to wait at the bus stop for almost an hour and then another 30 minute ride on the bus. I’m never one that wants to slow down and sit idle. But as I was riding on the bus God put the word rest in my mind. Rarely do I slow down and seek to rest in God. I think because I live at such a fast pace it causes me to miss out on a lot of opportunities. But in Matthew its says find rest in God and take His yoke upon you for it is easy and the burden is light.
So would you pray with me that I would become the encourager God calls me to be and that I would slow down and seek to live in the here and now and to find rest in Christ. Many thank yous!
