My coffee pot is chirping and gurgling, preparing some delicious decaf coffee for me to sip on as I enjoy this summer evening. Tonight and tomorrow, I will be busy readying myself for a trip I'm taking with most of my family to El Salvador. We'll be working with a children's home there. To state the obvious, I am excited, though I am sure I will be more so once I am completely packed and ready to board a big jet out of the country.
Today, I had time to reflect on what has happened in my life in one short year. Remembering that I was home in Wyoming for one week at this time last year, I looked up a blog post I wrote last June and was immediately flooded with the emotions I felt surrounding that post. Trust me when I say that they weren't the happiest of feelings. Last summer was hard. Very hard. It was a summer of learning to trust Jesus when many things in my life seemed confusing. Though I am thankful for what that time taught me, I am even more thankful that the Lord has healed my heart and has dramatically changed my circumstances for the better. He did it in one quick and action-packed year. Amazing.
So, as I stare into the horizon, I feel myself straining for a glimpse of the adventures coming my way. No doubt there will be exhilarating, life-giving adventures as well as adventures that may throw me for an unwanted loop or two. That's okay. It's bound to happen, but there is no use dwelling on all the "what-could-happen"s. What I do know for sure is better than any other knowledge I could gain---that I serve a Savior who will never let me fall. I serve a Savior who is in the business of redeeming a fallen world and He has my ultimate good in mind. Amazing.
Time to make some banana bread with the over-ripe bananas piled on my kitchen counter. Over and out for now.
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing your heart, Jessica! Not only is God in the business of redeeming the world, but also in redeeming YOU! Praying for you as you prepare for, embark on, and serve in El Salvador!
So happy that you were excited about going to Salvador and so glad we could go at the same time! ;) Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's interesting to hear the impression the poverty made on you. I guess I had grown "accustomed" to it having been to the area several times. Also, so awesome you looked forward to playing with the kids every day at 4. It was so much fun.
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