Preparing and Waiting

This week I was reminded of the Lord's faithfulness and that we can have hope in Him.

I remember about 2 months ago when I decided that I wanted to do a Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack here at school. I was super excited about it for about a week, until I started talking to professors and others on campus who have a say in something big like this. After talking to them, I started doubting and thought maybe I should just give up. However, the Lord wasn't done with this project yet. He continued to put reminders in my way of my passion for this organization and for helping feed malnourished children. Then, I had someone come up to me and tell me that they wanted to do this event, it was then clear to me that I couldn't let people stop me but that I had to be obedient to the Lord. We have been discussing some fundraising ideas and planning to present the idea this week so that we can set a date. I am greatly blessed to have my wonderful friends support me and be willing to help with this. All of them have different gifts and ideas; it is great to be able to bring all of our talents together to work on this event! They have been so supportive through this. Not everyone wants to hear about my life and my passions or the things on my heart, but they are always so willing and eager to listen to me share my joys, which has been such an encouragement to me. I had kind of forgotten about how doubtful I was about this event happening until Melinda reminded me earlier this week and I then realized that the Lord is so incredibly faithful and that when He places something on our hearts He doesn't leave us to do it on our own.

Another thing that has really been on my heart is the season of Christmas. Sometimes it can be really hard to remember why we celebrate Christmas and it can seem like "that time of year again". This year I have really been trying to hear the story in a different light, I want to really understand what this time of year is about. When I was a kid I never could have explained advent to someone, all I knew was that we would light a candle on Sundays and open a gift each day to count down until Christmas. Well, it is way more than that! It is about the Lord coming to us, and even though we reflect on advent during this season we really should be living everyday in preparation for the Lord's coming. God is always with us, not just during this time but in every season. So, I guess this year I have been realizing that the Christmas story shows God coming to us and I have been reflecting on all the ways He has been with me in the past year and again how faithful He is. (Luke 1)

There are times when I begin to question God and whether He really knows what He is doing with my life. I look around and wonder why He has asked me to wait for certain things and then I realize that God is the perfect love and that He can do so much in my life if I will allow him to. He gave Zechariah and Elizabeth a baby in their old age. Zechariah needed proof and because he didn't trust God, his voice was taken from him until the day came when they had their baby. We can't limit God. We don't know what He is going to do in our lives. He may want us to go overseas, he may want us to move to the other side of the country, he may want us to go into a field where we may not be making much money. Who knows? But, because the Lord knows we have to be patient and we have to wait. Maybe for years, maybe for months. We can't be afraid to hope because we can't put a limit on God. God doesn't forget either so right now it may seem like he forgot about a certain area of your life, but He didn't! Maybe there are just other areas of your life He wants to work in first. I am continually learning about the love Christ has for me and how I can give Him complete control and place my hope in Him.

Hope in the Lord- Psalm 39:7