Today I want to share 2 thoughts with
you.
1) The first one takes me back to March of this year. I wrote in my
journal that Jesus gave me a picture that morning. And here goes the
picture..or scene for a lack of a better word:
I was sitting with
Jesus and I had a pretty heavy heart. Jesus said to me: take your
burdens and your fears and give them to me. Well, that was not a new
concept to me and I gave Him my burdens and my fears. As I watched
Him take them, they actually turn into golden balls in His hands and
then I was so overwhelmed looking at HIS facial expressions. He
seemed so careful with my burdens and fears. Unbelievable. Then Jesus
said: My love, don't you know that even your fears and burdens are
PRECIOUS to me? I have been meditating on that statement from my
Lord this week. It is truly overwhelming but I am so thankful. From
time to time, fears can overwhelm me and my heart is very heavy. I am
so glad He reminded me this week of HIS love, HIS mercy and HIS
favour over me. IN CHRIST I am the righteousness of God!
I did not want to
make this blog post about me and yet I love to share what God is
telling and how that actually changes something in my heart.
I have been on the
mission field for 4 ½ years. This is my life and there are so so so
many wonderful things about it. I hope I make a change in people's
lives in touching them with Christ's love. And so often I battle with
myself.
- The second thought comes from my first year here in Cape Town. Jesus explained TRUST to me. See I love to make an acronym out of a word. So Jesus gave me the content to the word T.R.U.S.T. And here it goes: T. stands for TAKING A STEP back, R. stands for RESTING IN HIS PEACE, U. stands for UNDERSTANDING GOD'S POSITION AND MINE IN THIS, S. stands for STAYING AND MEDITATING ON THIS THOUGHT, and the final T. stands for TOTAL SURRENDER. Trust is a big issue and it comes back into my life again and again. Oh how little I trust God!
