Piece
by Piece – The King of My Heart
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Thank you for this
incredible opportunity to fall in love with Christ every day; because of your
generosity, God has poured out his grace, love, and mercy in abundance and has
completely overflowed my heart. Coming into
Full Time Missions, I was prepared to be Martha (Luke 10:38-42) to work and
pour out what I thought was Jesus into all of those people I encountered so
they may encounter Christ. Little did I
know that God would call me to be Mary, to sit at his feet and receive his
love. There is a season for everything
and the Lord is very clear that I am in a season of receiving; receiving his
healing for wounds that I thought were already healed or forgiven, receiving
his knowledge of how intertwined our lives are with the lives of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, and that he is a God who keeps his promises, and receiving
the Holy Spirit who is like water seeking the depths of our souls to purify and
love us in the most intimate and profound ways.
LITTLE DID I KNOW HE WANTED MY HEART, he wants me!
Praise God for his
providence and vision that he can see clearer than we can and is much more
patient than we will ever be. Praise God
for each one of you who felt the call to join in the mission of winning souls,
thank you for believing in the love God has for you and me.
Let me give you the
highlights of the glory God is giving and receiving through Life Teen Full Time
Missions. We’ve had some pretty great
teachers over the last couple of weeks.
Starting with Stephen Estes, Director of Life Teen Missions, we spent an
intense 4 days going over Missionary Spirituality and the call to be a
missionary with Redemptoris Missio by St. John Paul 2. His love for the Lord shines through his
teaching, his enthusiasm to lead and guide us to see how God has called each of
us individually into a bigger mission (Life Teen) is incredible, and his childlikeness
shows his vulnerability and strength as a leader. We are blessed to have him. Next up, we had an awesome lady named Kristin
come to us for 3 days to speak about prayer.
We dove deep into the different ways to pray, the gifts that God wishes to
continue to pour out through prayer, and ways to discern the different times in
our lives and how to maintain prayer throughout it all. Lastly, we were rocked by a fantastic priest
from the Servants of Christ Jesus, Fr. John Ignatius. This quote summarizes how he knocked us out
the last 5 days of Missionary Academy: “It is my great privilege to introduce
them to the depth where God spiritually envisions them” Fr. John Ignatius.
PRAISE GOD!!!! Words can’t
do these two weeks justice; I’m beyond grateful and glowing that God loves me
more than I can ever imagine. The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of
Jacob is pursuing me and you…are you ready?! Blessed be God!! THANK YOU!
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