Beautifull People
Hey Everyone, I would like to just extend thanks as well as apologies for not updating sooner than this. There have been some technical and...
Hey Everyone,
I would like to just extend thanks as well as apologies for not updating sooner than this. There have been some technical and scheduling problems that have caused the updating process to be much, much longer than I would have liked.
I have to say that my original blog post which I currently have saved is a large update about surroundings, scenery, transition, settling in, exchange and all sorts of visible differences between my home in Canada (or even America), and being here in South Africa.
I will not be posting that today.
I feel as though the whole world we live in is really just a distraction from what is important. God and the people he loves. I am so distracted.
Every afternoon the ministry outreach that I personally am involved in is heading out on foot into the black and colored townships and asking God "Where do you want me to go?" and He directs us. And He does direct us. I already have had incredible encounters that I absolutely would have missed without His leading. Some thing as simple and seemingly random as;
"Go left, grocery store and something about bananas"
Is that just our thoughts or is it God? Trust and Go. Learn to discern the voice of The Lord.
Two Muslim men waited inside ready to talk about Christ, the trinity and it was truly incredible.
There's much more to say.
There are so many other people. God's people. Africa's people. That is really where I want to go with you this time.
What follows is a word for word journal entry from Sept 25th, after I returned home from my house visits that day. I will not edit or alter. It is my intent to give you a window into exactly where I was when God convicted me that this place, trip, mission, ministry, journey, really has nothing to do with exteriors in any way, shape or form. You may not understand all the particulars. This does not matter.
People.
Beautiful People.
Thursday, Sept 25th/08
The people of this city are beautiful. So much of there world is ugly but its much the same ugliness in our own country's. The African people are full of joy and pain. Peace and aggression. Softness. Brokenness. But beauty shines among them. They invite me into their homes and they shine. God has always been here. I have not. God always will be here and I will not. I so much want to ask God to just fix all the pain. He isn't going to do that all right now. I don't truly know why but I do know that He is faithful and that He loves these people and that He has a plan of victory and that in whatever way, He has chosen to include me in that.
The children are just like me. They are afraid. They play as I once did. They smile with beauty. They are with open arms.
What will become of them?
I know so little, Lord help me learn your heart.
He tires of school.
I feel like I'm heading further into the space of how can I leave? What else could be this?
If God says "Leave your home" you must go.
Just as if God says "Go home," you must go home.
It's amazing God had done this for me. or that He has included me in this.
May your spirit saturate me so that I drown in your presence.
Do what you will O' God.
Grace and Peace to you all.
The Kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17
I am confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the Land of the living.
Psalm 27:13
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