We've begun working in our Spiritual Journals given to us by DELTA Ministries. Every day there's a Scripture passage and a place for journaling your thoughts and prayers. The first one has really stuck with me. It's from Jeremiah 1:4-10:
"Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.' Then I said, 'Alas, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth.' But the Lord said to me, 'Do not say, I am a youth, because everywhere I send you, you shall go, and all that I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,' declares the Lord. Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, 'Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.'"
As we begin packing and as this trip becomes more real (and some of us start panicking, some of us meaning me), I just pray that we can have the experience that God is planning for us, not the one we plan for ourselves. I am going to be honest here, I just feel like everything is so focused on what we are going to do and see and how we are going to come home changed, it's just a lot of pressure. Don't we need to be focusing on what God is going to do through us? And we are, but I pray that we don't get in each other's way of "changing lives."
Last night as we sat down for our very last meeting, we began putting together care packages for the children. A notebook, some candy, a few crayons, and a toy. With each Ziplock bag that I sealed I just couldn't help wondering what kind of home live the child who received this has. What am I supposed to say to someone who seemingly has nothing?
Pray for us?
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