Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone, to have a deep soul relationship with another, to be loved thoroughly and exclusively, but God to a Christian says, "No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled, and content with being loved by me alone, with giving yourself totally and unreservedly to me, and with having an intensely personal and unique relationship with me alone, discovering that only in me is your satisfaction to be found. Only then will you be capable of the perfect human relationship that I have planned for you, exclusive of any other desires or longings. I want you to stop planning, stop wishing, and allow me to give you the most thrilled plan existing, one that you cannot imagine. I want you to have the best. Please allow me to bring it to you. You just keep watching me, expecting the greatest things, keep experiencing the satisfaction that I am. Keep listening and learning the things as I tell you. You just wait. That's all. Don't be anxious. Don't worry. Don't look around at what others have gotten or what I've given them. Don't look at the things you think you want. You just keep looking off and away up to me or you'll miss what I want to show you. And then, when you're ready, I'll surprise you with a love more wonderful than any of you would dream of. You see, until you are ready and until the one I have for you is ready (I am working even this morning to have you both ready at the same time) until both of you are satisfied exclusively with me and the life I prepared for you, you won't be able to experience the love that exemplifies your relationship with me. And dear one, I want you to have this most wonderful love; I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with me, and to enjoy materially and concretely the everlasting union of beauty, perfection, and love that I offer you with myself. Know that I love you utterly. I am God. Believe it and be satisfied."
Author - Unknown
Monday, June 7, 2010
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
To Judge or Not to Judge?
"We are judged by the face that looks back at us from the bathroom mirror. We are judged by the faces of the people we love and by the faces and lives of our children and by our dreams. Each day finds us at the junction of many roads, and we are judged as much by the roads we have not taken as by the roads we have"
~ Fredrick Buechner (1973)
This is true but sad. We as Christians should not fit into this statistic but sadly many do.
I was listening to a sermon by Dwayne Sherrif the other day and he was talking about how we are made in the image and likeness of God, our creator. And since we are made in his image and God judges so we judge BUT Pastor Dwayne went on to say that when it comes to judging we are not to judge others in any way shape or form but we are to judge what we watch on TV or movies or what we listen to. And if you are parents to judge what your children watch and listen to. We have to realize that we are different than the world. We do not have to be like the world because we are not of the world. Take a stand, make a change. Realize that what you put into your mind is what is going to come out. Stop judging others by what they wear or how they style their hair but start judging what you put into your life.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Survivor Week
11 Missionaries - 1 week - no showers...can we survive?
This week came as a suprise to all of us because we were told that the rest of the time here would consist of finishing classes and then closing down the school. They decided, like they do every year, to have us play Survivor!
So Sunday morning we were told we had four hours to get everything we would need packed (not including food) and that at noon we would leave for a villiage. They said we would be dropped off there and have to survive the week. We had to buy all of our food there but thankfully we were aloud to bring gas travel stoves and we were able to sleep in a church. When we got there on Sunday all we did was set up camp, cook, and go to sleep.
Monday we started our first ministry out reach. We choose to go door to door and share the Gospel. That day we were able to lead 6 people to the Lord (2 adults and 4 children) One lady that we lead to the Lord was extremley poor her house was one bedroom made out of dirt bricks and a dirt floor. She had a little fire in the middle and was cooking coffee and what looked like leaves from outside for dinner, we did not even see a bed. One thing that we, as Americans, never realize is how grateful we are. You never seem to realize that until you see someone who has basically absolutly nothing.
On Tuesday we choose to do childrens ministry. We worshiped with the kids, told them the story of Adam and Eve, had an altar call, and then played some games with them. There were around 15 kids that gave their lives to Christ this day!!
In the evening the church we were staying at had a service that we participated in.
Again on Wednesday we went door to door. This time there were five people that came to Christ.
On Thursday we did childrens ministry again! The story we shared this time was of the prodical son. I had the privlage of doing the altar call this day. I was able to lead around 7-10 kids to the Lord. After that we had a coloring contest with them and whoever colored the nicest got a big package of craylons (they all got little ones to take home with them).
So to answer the question at the begining can we survive? The answer is yes with some bug bites to top it off! This week was a lot of fun Im not going to lie I was a little nervous at first because we were told that we might have to kill a chicken or a pig so we could eat but thankfully we found tiendas (little market stores) that sold chicken and meats already killed, plucked, gutted, and cut! Also, it rained alot while we were there and on Thursday night as we were trying to go to bed it rained so hard that the water was coming in under the tin roof threw the sides hitting off the ceiling and on to us getting us wet so we had to move our cots into the middle of the church and pick up all of our bags and put them on chairs.
I can not believe that in about one week I will be on a plane home.
This week came as a suprise to all of us because we were told that the rest of the time here would consist of finishing classes and then closing down the school. They decided, like they do every year, to have us play Survivor!
So Sunday morning we were told we had four hours to get everything we would need packed (not including food) and that at noon we would leave for a villiage. They said we would be dropped off there and have to survive the week. We had to buy all of our food there but thankfully we were aloud to bring gas travel stoves and we were able to sleep in a church. When we got there on Sunday all we did was set up camp, cook, and go to sleep.
Monday we started our first ministry out reach. We choose to go door to door and share the Gospel. That day we were able to lead 6 people to the Lord (2 adults and 4 children) One lady that we lead to the Lord was extremley poor her house was one bedroom made out of dirt bricks and a dirt floor. She had a little fire in the middle and was cooking coffee and what looked like leaves from outside for dinner, we did not even see a bed. One thing that we, as Americans, never realize is how grateful we are. You never seem to realize that until you see someone who has basically absolutly nothing.
On Tuesday we choose to do childrens ministry. We worshiped with the kids, told them the story of Adam and Eve, had an altar call, and then played some games with them. There were around 15 kids that gave their lives to Christ this day!!
In the evening the church we were staying at had a service that we participated in.
Again on Wednesday we went door to door. This time there were five people that came to Christ.
On Thursday we did childrens ministry again! The story we shared this time was of the prodical son. I had the privlage of doing the altar call this day. I was able to lead around 7-10 kids to the Lord. After that we had a coloring contest with them and whoever colored the nicest got a big package of craylons (they all got little ones to take home with them).
So to answer the question at the begining can we survive? The answer is yes with some bug bites to top it off! This week was a lot of fun Im not going to lie I was a little nervous at first because we were told that we might have to kill a chicken or a pig so we could eat but thankfully we found tiendas (little market stores) that sold chicken and meats already killed, plucked, gutted, and cut! Also, it rained alot while we were there and on Thursday night as we were trying to go to bed it rained so hard that the water was coming in under the tin roof threw the sides hitting off the ceiling and on to us getting us wet so we had to move our cots into the middle of the church and pick up all of our bags and put them on chairs.
I can not believe that in about one week I will be on a plane home.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Guatemala Final Weeks
The last couple of weeks we have been learning about Church History. We started off talking about the 400 silent years and went all the way to the 1100's the first week and this week we learned about the 1200's to the 2000's.
One thing that I thought was interesting for the first half was all the Christians that got persecuted during this time. They got eatin alive or burned at the stake and many other different ways. They got killed because when the emperor wanted them to bow to him and confess him as god they would not. They believed Jesus Christ was and is the only true God. One guy that was interesting was a guy named Polycarp. When the soldiers came to his house to take him to be killed he prayed for one hour while his wife cooked the soldiers a meal. When they took him out to the lions he would not denounce Christ so they let the lions out to kill him. Well, the lions just came and sat beside him and did not eat him. So, they brought out new lions and they would not kill him. Then, they tried to burn him and two times they were unsuccessful and the wood just burnt all the way, not even burning his clothes. The whole time he was praying and when they lit the third fire he died instantly. It is very interesting to learn about how the church today started. This week we talked alot about all the different Christian Religions that were started. Like how Martin Luther stood up to the Catholic Church because he did not agree with what they were doing and what their doctrine said. Next week we will be learning about Missions history and then our final week, thats crazy to say, we will be shutting down the school painting and cleaning everything preparing it for next years students!
Today we went to the feeding center to feed the children lunch. We cooked the food - frijoles, soup, tortillas, and hard boiled eggs. after they got done eating we did worship with them and then had a clown come and do a short service/activity with them. they really enjoyed it!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Medical Trip
Hi everybody!!!
So 2-weeks ago I took a trip to the port to do a 4-day medical outreach. I was extremley nervous at first and was not sure what to expect. I ended up loving it. Through out the week we were supposed to switch positions every day, going from doctors helper to pharmacy to prayer and so on. Well I started off in the prayer area and was enjoying it, the time that I was in there we lead 2 people to the Lord. That same day I switched from prayer to pharmacy because they needed help. I ended up being in pharmacy all week long. I really enjoyed it and was able to work for the Lord, which by far is the most important of all things. That week there were about 50 people who accepted the Lord!
So 2-weeks ago I took a trip to the port to do a 4-day medical outreach. I was extremley nervous at first and was not sure what to expect. I ended up loving it. Through out the week we were supposed to switch positions every day, going from doctors helper to pharmacy to prayer and so on. Well I started off in the prayer area and was enjoying it, the time that I was in there we lead 2 people to the Lord. That same day I switched from prayer to pharmacy because they needed help. I ended up being in pharmacy all week long. I really enjoyed it and was able to work for the Lord, which by far is the most important of all things. That week there were about 50 people who accepted the Lord!
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