It has been hard. I’ve been in Peru for a week, and I feel as though I’ve been here much longer. Now in a new home, I must again learn expectations of the family, how to work the shower to get hot water, figure out how to pay for meals or which ones will be cooked in the house, and if wireless internet is a possibility at the house. I am thankful that I don’t have to start over with the language. My progress is very little, I think, but it is there. Somewhere…
Even with all the confusion and frustration of the past week, I have been incredibly blessed. Blessed with people who care about me without knowing me well, simply because God’s love is pouring out of them for me. He is here with me! He is providing for me. Blessed with Lauren, no not my “hermana” –because everyone that meets us asks if we’re sisters—but yes, my sister in Christ J I am blessed to have her support as we go through this together. God didn’t want either of His daughters to be alone. I am also so thankful for His Word—His Word that is reminding my forgetful mind of truth each and every day. His Word that declares His faithfulness, His care, His listening ear, His mercy, His grace, and His love. He is and has been giving me His peace.
Also, God has awakened in my heart a desire to spend some morning time with Him. When the day is new and quiet—when the confusion and frustration has not yet begun. I am spending some of my afternoon with Him, but I want to (finally) allow Him to discipline me in the early morning. This will get my head straight at the beginning of the day, allow me to meditate on His truth throughout the day, and glorify Him tremendously!
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord, forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. (Isaiah 26:3-4)
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