"I can't be where the need is
but I can give and pray." ~words from my mom
Sometimes in life we walk through a storm . . . and sometimes we sit in our cinder block house and watch as the storm rages around us. That was me last week. Hurricane Sandy spun herself right over us. While she was tearing up our beaches, wreaking havoc on our marina, blowing down my fence and cutting out the power; I slept although not very peacefully. Every once in a while I would wake up and hear that the wind was still howling, the windows were still rattling, and my shed door was still banging open and shut-- then I would settle back down to rest in the safety of my home. Praise the Lord for safety in the storm! So often I feel like my life is a storm. It seems like there's always something to deal with. As soon as it feels like issues are settled things get whipped up again and I'm back in a funnel of problems. Lately I've been letting these things overwhelm me, consume my thoughts, and effect my attitude. It's exhausting! I don't want to deal with problems; I want to go lay on the beach and feel peace in the sunshine with the sea on the horizon. I think when God listens to to my thoughts and words sometimes He may wish I would go ahead and lay on the beach and just trust Him to be in control. How often I stand in the storm getting upset and frustrated when I should really be praying and running to the safety and comfort of God's grace. Yet if you devote your heart to Him and stretch out your hands to Him...You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by. You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. Job 11:13,17-18 NCM fund for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief "I can't be where the need is but I can give and pray." ~words from my mom
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Why Anything?"Anything is a prayer of surrender that will spark something. A prayer that will move us to stop chasing things that just make us feel happy and start living a life that matters. A life that is surrendered, reckless, and courageous." ~Jennie Allen, Anything. In November of 2013 I moved to Zambia as a full-time missionary with Family Legacy Missions International. Everyone within the organization raises their own support to keep overhead costs at a minimum so donations to the ministry can go directly to the needs and programs for the orphans and vulnerable children we serve. I trust in God's faithfulness to provide monthly and one-time financial supporters for the work I do here for the education of thousands of children from the slum compounds of Lusaka. If you would like to support me, donations are tax deductible and can be made at www.familylegacy.com/alicia
"God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before Him. When I cleaned up my act, He gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to God's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the way He works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to His eyes." 2 Samuel 22:25
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