Somehow, one thing led to another tonight and in search of a photo of a Bible verse I painted on the wall of our old house, I stumbled across some of our blog from our first six months in Haiti. I could spend hours poring over forgotten Faithfulness of our Father, but my "newbie awe" in this post popped out at me as still true tonight.
"...As a matter of fact, much of our prayer time, lately, has been spent thanking God SO MUCH for God. I'm sure there is something theologically confused about this, but we are SO grateful for ALL that He is in our lives, and so dumbfounded whenever we think about where we would be without Him. He carries us in a way I never realized He did before we moved here. The poverty, the "fish-bowl" we live in, the cultural differences, the hardships, the difficult issues at the seminary, and simply the ministry has all stretched us far beyond ourselves, and formed in us a reliance upon the Lord that is...desperate.
As far from home, comfort and the familiar as we have felt these past 6 months, God has made Himself so intimately known to us. Where would we be if we found Him a stranger? A "good feeling" that was far-off and inconsistent? Instead, we have found Him to be our Stability, our Provider, our Dear Friend. What a journey walking with the Lord is, one we wouldn't pass up for anything in the world, hardships and all!
When the Bible talks about the FULL-LIFE, the life with many rewards, we always thought it was talking about heaven. But Jesus didn't just come so that we could have a full-life in heaven, but that we might live life HERE to the fullest. It's not talking about houses or cars or romance or glory, families or job satisfaction, money or vacations. It's talking about the kind of life that comes from KNOWING HIM...and knowing Him more each day. The more we seek Him, despite how difficult things have been, the more we are experiencing that full-life, those rewards which cannot be taken away.
And our JOB here it to tell people who are lost about this full-life in Christ! Family, that's the job we each have! ...and what a blessing of a job it is.
Even if you don't have
even a cup of cold water,
you can still say the same thing
as those who have meat.
"Thank you Jesus.
You were born on earth for me."
No one can say more.
Menm si ou pa genyen
menm yon tas dlo fret,
ou kapab di menm bagay
ak moun ki gen vyann.
"Mesi Jezi, ou te fet
sou la te pou mwen."
Yo pa ka di plis.
As far from home, comfort and the familiar as we have felt these past 6 months, God has made Himself so intimately known to us. Where would we be if we found Him a stranger? A "good feeling" that was far-off and inconsistent? Instead, we have found Him to be our Stability, our Provider, our Dear Friend. What a journey walking with the Lord is, one we wouldn't pass up for anything in the world, hardships and all!
When the Bible talks about the FULL-LIFE, the life with many rewards, we always thought it was talking about heaven. But Jesus didn't just come so that we could have a full-life in heaven, but that we might live life HERE to the fullest. It's not talking about houses or cars or romance or glory, families or job satisfaction, money or vacations. It's talking about the kind of life that comes from KNOWING HIM...and knowing Him more each day. The more we seek Him, despite how difficult things have been, the more we are experiencing that full-life, those rewards which cannot be taken away.
And our JOB here it to tell people who are lost about this full-life in Christ! Family, that's the job we each have! ...and what a blessing of a job it is.
Even if you don't have
even a cup of cold water,
you can still say the same thing
as those who have meat.
"Thank you Jesus.
You were born on earth for me."
No one can say more.
Menm si ou pa genyen
menm yon tas dlo fret,
ou kapab di menm bagay
ak moun ki gen vyann.
"Mesi Jezi, ou te fet
sou la te pou mwen."
Yo pa ka di plis.
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