Yes. I am a few days off. There is grace for that.
I am safely home with my awesome husband and sick kiddos and so thankful to be...they have my heart and were missing mommy almost as much as I was missing them.
Dearest My-My has been finally discharged and she and my sister are just struggling to get a flight home, but on standby throughout the day...praying for an open door and for continued healing for her! RSV, a respiratory virus, is no joke, and while most kiddos have RSV at least once a year (she got it from her dear big sisters, who picked it up at school before they came to Haiti), it only greatly impacts little ones with lung/respiratory issues, which Mayah has due to her 26 week gestational period. RSV will almost always hospitalize preemies, and the recovery period can be as long as three months...heavens.
I'm so thankful for how God touched her and has her heading home, and I will FOREVER be grateful for the opportunity and leading He gave me to BE there right when needed. Being in Haiti NEVER has me the closest person to ANY Stateside need...but this time it did and I praise praise the Lord. It was a gift. Keep on praying for Lisa, and sweet Mayah.
Due to all that excitement and the graciousness of our God to give me those gifts, I missed the end of the year, I missed our annual Chinese themed New Year's Party, I missed Dad's few days in Haiti.
I am forever grateful for Anne-Yolie, Shelley, Rick and Carol, Gertha, Julie and Bill, Shayla, Nick and Nikki, Noel, Micheline, and all of our various tribe who came around my people and loved and helped them well. We are rich rich.
So Happy New Year with His Grace and let me tell you what He's teaching me for this New Year.
His perspective.
That's my word, that's my theme, that's my focus for this year....His perspective.
Aside from God's Word, which I just can't get through a day without, I rarely have time to read. But I took advantage of all the travel time and devoured a book Matt gave me two Christmases ago, "Mrs. Oswald Chambers" by Michelle Ule about Oswald Chamber's wife, and the powerful ministry of her life, a life totally poured out to the Lord.
As I read about their ministry, their lives, etc, I was struck again and again by the simplicity of their faith. They believed what God said was true, was true. They lived it out in every decision, every emotion, every choice. They took on each day, each person, decidedly and determinedly, with God's perspective, God's view,...which made ALL the difference.
This is refreshing and renewing me, even in this challenging time.
Simply, do I believe these struggles to be in His plan, or to be His mistake? Do I believe the challenges Haiti is facing, that you are facing, that I am facing, to be to His detriment or to His glory? Do I trust Him, with each and every person on this island, with each and every person in my life?
-start each day with this prayer...Lord, Today, I give this day completely into your hands, so that YOU will look after what and who comes
-remember that the kids are God's gift specifically and unquestionably to ME, and they are not gifts to be given away to God, but instead God's supreme call on my life to His service.
-remember that my life is to be a ministry of interruptions. My calling is not to a certain job or task, but to our God, and I will trust that those He brings my way He has brought on purpose.
-be in the habit of going right to prayer with the burdens of the day...prayer, the greatest work
-learn to leave the conviction of sin to the Holy Spirit in other's lives...to leave the responsibility of other people to our God
-be more disciplined to take "the necessary pauses"...to better incorporate rest and care into our daily lives, for His glory
-look at events in my life from God's point of view, in every situation of my life. Simply, I want HIS reality to be THE reality for my life, emotions, relationships and perspective
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