I'm at SeaTac right now, waiting for a flight to Philadelphia, then Brussels, then Ougadougou.
Pray for God's will to be obvious and that I would obey.
love you all
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
moved out
Tomorrow, I need to turn in my school keys. Then, I'm all moved out of the classroom that's been "home" for the last four years.
Over half of my material possessions are already stowed away in the shed of a generous friend. The rest are stacked in piles in my parents' basement. WAITING TO BE SORTED.
I leave for Burkina on June 30th, which is coming up soon.
God, You're the faithful God of the details. Help me trust You in this season. You work out all things for Your good. Get the glory!
Over half of my material possessions are already stowed away in the shed of a generous friend. The rest are stacked in piles in my parents' basement. WAITING TO BE SORTED.
I leave for Burkina on June 30th, which is coming up soon.
God, You're the faithful God of the details. Help me trust You in this season. You work out all things for Your good. Get the glory!
Thursday, June 14, 2012
November anthem
Maybe I posted this in November....
I'm packing (yet again) for a new season. This time, it's a season of couch-surfing and sleeping on my trusty green thermarest. Burkina Faso is suddenly days away (15!).
In a box of art supplies, I found this prayer from a retreat in November:
God, you really are THAT good. You're the light so deep it chews up darkness. Your words are life. You're what matters. Hope is Your breath. Peace is Your way. Your plans are beautiful. Your ways are transformation. YES!
You come and solve the unsolvable. You restore. You make the dead alive. That's who You are. You are miracles. You are love.
Joy is Your wake. Forgiveness is Your voice. Gentleness lifts us up to relationship with You. Haha, and You're so faithful.
Take this offering. I can only say what has already been said. Oh, thank you for loving me.
Mercy is so sweet. You can't buy this stuff! Oh, grace tastes better than wine. Your life is better than our imaginations.
Spirit, show me to be still.
love, love, love
I'm packing (yet again) for a new season. This time, it's a season of couch-surfing and sleeping on my trusty green thermarest. Burkina Faso is suddenly days away (15!).
In a box of art supplies, I found this prayer from a retreat in November:
God, you really are THAT good. You're the light so deep it chews up darkness. Your words are life. You're what matters. Hope is Your breath. Peace is Your way. Your plans are beautiful. Your ways are transformation. YES!
You come and solve the unsolvable. You restore. You make the dead alive. That's who You are. You are miracles. You are love.
Joy is Your wake. Forgiveness is Your voice. Gentleness lifts us up to relationship with You. Haha, and You're so faithful.
Take this offering. I can only say what has already been said. Oh, thank you for loving me.
Mercy is so sweet. You can't buy this stuff! Oh, grace tastes better than wine. Your life is better than our imaginations.
Spirit, show me to be still.
love, love, love
Saturday, June 9, 2012
trust
If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan? -Jeremiah 12:5
It's the home stretch! One week before I move out. Two weeks of classes left. Three weeks in country.
My Earth-body is getting tired. Track season is over, so I'm literally finished "racing with men on foot." The safe land is excited and sending me out.
But, Heavenly citizenship equips additional discretion.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.- Isaiah 40:29
Not only does God remove exhaustion, but he shepherds our very souls. He is worthy of trust, in Kitsap or in the thicket. Megan texted me this verse on Monday morning:
He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. Isaiah 40:11
Preparing for a season of saying goodbye to hundreds of fragile-hearted teenagers, I love the promises nestled into these passages.
What a Great King! What a Good Father!
I place my trust with Him.
It's the home stretch! One week before I move out. Two weeks of classes left. Three weeks in country.
My Earth-body is getting tired. Track season is over, so I'm literally finished "racing with men on foot." The safe land is excited and sending me out.
But, Heavenly citizenship equips additional discretion.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.- Isaiah 40:29
Not only does God remove exhaustion, but he shepherds our very souls. He is worthy of trust, in Kitsap or in the thicket. Megan texted me this verse on Monday morning:
He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. Isaiah 40:11
Preparing for a season of saying goodbye to hundreds of fragile-hearted teenagers, I love the promises nestled into these passages.
What a Great King! What a Good Father!
I place my trust with Him.
Monday, June 4, 2012
ridiculous
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and my ways are higher than your ways." Isaiah 55:8
Oh, life is just ridiculous.
God has bigger plans than I can see. His story is intricate and delicate. Very grateful for the love of our Great King.
Oh, life is just ridiculous.
God has bigger plans than I can see. His story is intricate and delicate. Very grateful for the love of our Great King.
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Ephesians 5
Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints. Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting – all of which are out of character – but rather thanksgiving. For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them, for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light – for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth – and find out what pleases the Lord. Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention. But all things being exposed by the light are made evident. For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says:
“Awake, O sleeper!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you!”
Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise, taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil. For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is. And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church – he himself being the savior of the body. But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, so that he may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church, for we are members of his body. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This mystery is great – but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church. Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.