....I'm hoping the first blog entry is the most intimidating... I figure it probably is. But I can feel this is something I am going to enjoy, for me writing is like coming home at the end of a long day, journalling is my way of sorting through the day with the Lord but (thankfully) nobody reads my journal so I guess that's where blogging comes in?! I could try and introduce myself in a few sentences but I wouldn't know how so I'm just going to get straight stuck in with the day to day and hope you can figure the rest out as we go along....
'Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.' Mother Teresa ♥. The title of this post and my current facebook status, pretty much summaries what the Lord is challenging me with right now. I've had to take a humbling look at myself and realise that when I decided to take a gap year to serve the Lord in Texas, I was praying "Lord, Im willing to serve you in whatever way," in ignorance of how what seemed completely selfless was intended for my own glory. What I meant by "in whatever way" I envisioned as nurturing neglected Hispanic children and feeding the homeless so when I found myself sharpening pencils in an elementary school and alphabetizing forms yesterday I couldn't help but ask "Lord, surely this isn't how you want to use me?." Sure enough, the Lord was quick to shed some light on the great plans I had created for myself...and that my idea of humility was making a humble name for...well....me. So here I am, spending the start of my gap year doing nothing of much significance but also knowing that the Lord demands obedience in the small things before he entrusts us with the great. Oh and could it be that the Lord is teaching me a little patience? haha
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