ShiningLight: 3DAYS!

BEYOND MEASURE

"OUR DEEPEST IS NOT THAT WE ARE INADEQUATE.
OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WE ARE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE. IT IS OUR LIGHT, NOT OUR DARKNESS, THAT MOST FRIGHTENS US.
WE ASK OURSELVES: WHO AM I TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS, TALENTED, FABULOUS? ACTUALLY, WHO ARE YOU NOT TO BE?
YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD. YOUR PLAYING SMALL DOES NOT SERVE THE WORLD.
THERE IS NOTHING ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE WON'T FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU. WE ARE ALL MEANT TO SHINE, AS CHILDREN DO.
WE WERE BORN TO MAKE MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD IN US. IT'S NOT JUST SOME OF US. IT'S IN EVERYONE.
AND AS WE LET OUR LIGHT SHINE, WE UNCONSCIOUSLY GIVE OTHER PEOPLE PERMISSION TO DO THE SAME. AS WE ARE LIBERATED FROM OUR OWN FEAR, OUR PRESENCE AUTOMATICALLY LIBERATES OTHERS"

(Marianne Williamson - and quoted by Nelson Mandela 1994 at his inauguration!

Monday, June 29, 2009

3DAYS!

3 days to go and I will fly out to be with friends and supporters from my sending church in Oregon and after that I will fly to Germany to see my family and friends there. I am excited and nervous. I haven’t been in Oregon for 2 years!! I haven’t been in Frankfurt/Germany!!! I cannot wait. However, at the same time, my heart is sad because I will miss my new home: Coastlands Community Church in Table View/ Cape Town/ South Africa. I am thankful to God for having 3 homes, three nations in my heart: my own (Germany), The States and South Africa!!! 3 more nights in my apartment that has been such a blessing to me in the last 2 months!