"Live each moment intensely"
-Mother Teresa
8.28.2009
8.22.2009
Haiti part one
Emily and I with some kids
Ashley and I with kids (Eddyson, Eberdine, Gessica, Lyberly, and Tarcha.) This was my last day in Haiti.8.20.2009
Have you ever asked the "Why" questions?
Hi friends and family
As many know I've been in Haiti the past three months. A week ago, today, I was flying home from the place and people I had grown to love on my way back to Columbus, Ohio to some more people I love and to finish my internship with Reaching the Nations International.
I plan to add a few posts with photos and stories from those months in Haiti. I am now sorting through my photos. I lost all the pictures I took the first two months but I was given all the photos the Mission took so I'm gonna have to see what I'll have to share.
Coming back was difficult for me, yet God's helping me keep it all in perspective. I'm trying to find my place in Columbus. I've even wondered "Why am I here?" ... Since in Haiti, I've seen area's of growth needed in my life ... now I'm ready to go do what's needed there so I can be "useful". But here I am ... God knows why. All this I'm writing is related to what Helen Morgan wrote once ... ( In our lives ) "How anxious we are to see 'fruit'. When a little appears we tend to brag about it and even photograph it because it seems to justify our existence to others and "make it all worthwhile". But we do not need to justify our existence. God called us and will use us when and how he wants. Dare we say that simply to obey Him is not worthwhile?"' I love that last line - the punch line. "Dare we say that simply to obey Him is not worthwhile?"
In my own life, I want to get on with things so I can "hurry" up and see some "fruit". Aren't you glad God's not in a hurry. That's one thing I love about God. The Bible says, " God is not slack concerning His promise as some count slackness but is long suffering toward us not willing that any should parish but that all should come to repentance." In my impatience I am wanting to "justify my existence" here. I ask, " Why am I here?". I want to be "needed" in my own little corner here. Have you ever felt that way? Dare we say that simply to obey Him is not worthwhile?
Yes, but ...
Dare we say that simply to obey Him is not worthwhile??
Yes, yet Why ...
Dare we say that simply to obey Him is not worthwhile? God called us and will is use when and how he wants. Isaiah 45: 9 says , " Shall the clay say to him how forms it, " What are you making?' ... No that would be silly to even think about. In verse 12 God goes on by saying, " I have made the the earth and created man on it. I - My hands - stretched out the the heavens, And all their host I have commanded. I have raised him up in righteousness, And I will direct all his way; ..." Next time you are out in a meadow full of wildflowers, or gazing into the starry night or upon a mountain sun-rise with the dew softly resting on the grass or are watching your children ponder the Creator of All - Him who by His hands stretched out the heavens - Him who made the earth and created man in His own image. I think that kind of Creator knows what He is doing in your life and mine. Do you?
God knows the beginning and end of the picture. I present a challenge to you if you have ever questioned like me ... Dare we say that to simply obey Him is not worthwhile?
As many know I've been in Haiti the past three months. A week ago, today, I was flying home from the place and people I had grown to love on my way back to Columbus, Ohio to some more people I love and to finish my internship with Reaching the Nations International.
I plan to add a few posts with photos and stories from those months in Haiti. I am now sorting through my photos. I lost all the pictures I took the first two months but I was given all the photos the Mission took so I'm gonna have to see what I'll have to share.
Coming back was difficult for me, yet God's helping me keep it all in perspective. I'm trying to find my place in Columbus. I've even wondered "Why am I here?" ... Since in Haiti, I've seen area's of growth needed in my life ... now I'm ready to go do what's needed there so I can be "useful". But here I am ... God knows why. All this I'm writing is related to what Helen Morgan wrote once ... ( In our lives ) "How anxious we are to see 'fruit'. When a little appears we tend to brag about it and even photograph it because it seems to justify our existence to others and "make it all worthwhile". But we do not need to justify our existence. God called us and will use us when and how he wants. Dare we say that simply to obey Him is not worthwhile?"' I love that last line - the punch line. "Dare we say that simply to obey Him is not worthwhile?"
In my own life, I want to get on with things so I can "hurry" up and see some "fruit". Aren't you glad God's not in a hurry. That's one thing I love about God. The Bible says, " God is not slack concerning His promise as some count slackness but is long suffering toward us not willing that any should parish but that all should come to repentance." In my impatience I am wanting to "justify my existence" here. I ask, " Why am I here?". I want to be "needed" in my own little corner here. Have you ever felt that way? Dare we say that simply to obey Him is not worthwhile?
Yes, but ...
Dare we say that simply to obey Him is not worthwhile??
Yes, yet Why ...
Dare we say that simply to obey Him is not worthwhile? God called us and will is use when and how he wants. Isaiah 45: 9 says , " Shall the clay say to him how forms it, " What are you making?' ... No that would be silly to even think about. In verse 12 God goes on by saying, " I have made the the earth and created man on it. I - My hands - stretched out the the heavens, And all their host I have commanded. I have raised him up in righteousness, And I will direct all his way; ..." Next time you are out in a meadow full of wildflowers, or gazing into the starry night or upon a mountain sun-rise with the dew softly resting on the grass or are watching your children ponder the Creator of All - Him who by His hands stretched out the heavens - Him who made the earth and created man in His own image. I think that kind of Creator knows what He is doing in your life and mine. Do you?
God knows the beginning and end of the picture. I present a challenge to you if you have ever questioned like me ... Dare we say that to simply obey Him is not worthwhile?
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