Acknowledge the miracles the Lord has placed in our lives and share these blessings with a heart full of hope, love, and joy.
Everyday the Lord blesses us whether it is big or small these blessings should be shared and celebrated for! Another privilege to become better servants for the Lord.
Praise God!
AMDG
For the past week I’ve been balancing my days with conference preparation. 9 days left! The Lord has been radiant in every creative practice, every video filmed, every email sent, every paintbrush stoke, and in everyone preparing for conference! Although the days are busy from morning to night, mission never sleeps and the Lords love never stops. I am greatly reminded that with everything The Lord asks of us we must always return that love and passion back. It is for Your glory, not mine.
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!
Ever since I was assigned to the Vancouver cluster for my mission assignment as a mission volunteer I would have never thought of loving the cluster itself. I always saw Vancouver as my mission area, and that was it. During the Leader’s Enrichment Retreat in Squamish I was showed wrong. Serving and witnessing the passion and growth of my mission area was humbling. I witnessed the hope each household member wanted to see happen in their households and how much love and compassion they had for God. Vancouver is in good hands, God’s hands, and I believe that the Lord will forever be present within each and every household. Although my 2 years of being an MV is coming close to an end, my mission area Vancouver will continue to stay close in my prayers. This cluster has allowed me to stay patient, love humbly, and hope endlessly. Within my service as an MV and serving as the 100% free advocacy head I don’t have a lower household to pastor but Vancouver has blessed me with sisters who I love and mentor and that’s all I could ever ask for. Each sister imitates Mother Mary in their own way of service, independent, strong, and so beautifully made, these women of Christ. The Lord is truly gracious and deserving of all of my love. As His servant, I’m proud to say that I love my mission area. I love the Vancouver cluster and I pray that every brother and sister who serves in Vancouver may witness the love this cluster has for one another and the love they have for Christ.
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under the heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.”
– Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
This beautiful verse affirms me of how perfect the Lords plans are. His timing should never be rushed or forced. Everything is made purposely. The only way we will find peace in our lives is if we believe that whenever something happens it will happen accordingly only in Gods time.
Lord, please grant me a patient heart.
It’s rare that my family spends time together as a whole due to the business of our lives as well as the distance between one another. On Friday I was blessed to go to Kelowna with my family for my little cousins 16th birthday. I was able to see all my God parents and spend a lot of time being present with my family. I’ve been here for almost a week now and praise God for blessing me with this opportunity to spend as much time with my family. Although there are so many things on my mind from back home in Vancouver like conference prep, the Lord has given me the chance to be at peace with my trip in Kelowna. Praise God for my family and the little time we were able to spend together as one.
LOVED.
The dominant feeling I felt during Pacific Regions area core SHouT. I have never felt so much compassion and love from, and for sisters. Truly the Lord has granted me a beautiful household. I have learned to love, I have learned to serve, and I have learned to carry my cross and journey along side my sisters. The Lord has revealed to me that I cannot do it alone and that I need the support and accountability of them. The foundation of sisterhood is built with love and I feel so blessed to be surrounded by such strong women of God. There was so much joy within the SHouT House that even the simpleness of singing reflections with my sisters was so affirming to witness the Lord in each and every one of them. Pure beauty is simplistic and original. The pureness of the joy that I feel is so liberating. I feel so blessed and so spoiled with Gods love through these sisters. Praise God for sisterhood, praise God for my beautiful household.
“Praise God and God Bless!”
It has almost been 2 months since I graduated college. Ever since then, I lost my job and have been on the search for a new one. My time has been focussed on serving and spending as much time as I can with my family. The fact that I am now unemployed makes it difficult to support my family as well as pay off debt. There are so many financial worries I have on my mind, everyone I talk to keeps telling me that “the Lord will provide”. I’ve been asking the Lord if I’m actually going to go to conference this year. Although I know I don’t have the money, I trust in whatever the Lord will provide me. The Lord desires what we desire. And whatever His plans are for me, all I can do is obey Him. It is only through the faithfulness of our hearts that will set us free.
Jesus, King of Mercy, I trust in You.