Selah
As we approach summer and start to dream and pray for the next year, we have realized rather than move forward with plans and ideas, God has something else in store for us….
As we approach summer and start to dream and pray for the next year, we have realized rather than move forward with plans and ideas, God has something else in store for us….
We forget because Jesus is God that He was often tired, burdened for people’s situations and needed rest too. If the Son of God took time to care for his soul and body, why shouldn’t we?
His commands are the ONLY firm path. Do not worry or hesitate! We can run confidently in them for they are the means by which God sets our hearts free.
Whatever your promised land is, like the Israelites, we are all on a journey. Where we are now, is not where we will always be.
God sees you as perfection by the covering of His son. Not as a waist size, not as a number on the scale. And He gifts us with His power, the power that raised Christ from the dead! He enables us to win every battle (spiritual, mental, physical) over our bodies.
Instead of fighting against the lies that Satan and the world would have us believe, we fall into them and eventually those lies become our distorted truths and negative self-talk.
In our brokenness, we often feel unseen, unloved, unwanted by God and others. I realized all this planted needed was a couple of stakes to help it stand, some nourishment, and to be brought into the light. So it is with those who might be hiding in pain around us, or you yourself.
A rare jewel is not easily found; one must search long and often deep for it, but when it’s found it is to be celebrated and treasured. Thus is Christian contentment.
As I’ve gotten older, the awareness of my mortality and the ridiculousness of this tin machine in unpredictable skies has only served to increase my wariness. I am acutely aware of my need for security in something, in Someone, greater than myself and this flying metal contraption.
We believe that if we rescue one girl from human trafficking, we will be opening up a spot for other girls to be victimized. So, slowly, we are developing relationships with brothel owners and offering employment if they shut down their business as usual and reopen their business as a handicraft co-op.