I'd like to first start out saying wow i dont think ive ever been to a nicer laundry mat in my life. this place is snazzy. haha. but more importantly id love to share with you whats been going on in my life these last couple of days. My whole life ive failed to understand and grasp the fullness and Greatness of the Lord. I keep getting glimpses of his majesty and the more I begin to grasp what he desires from me and then i am blown away by a song, or a verse, or a prayer, or his children showering me with his love. We love to say what do you do in real life? or what do you watch in real life? because this summer is so unlike the normal occurences of day to day life. but its far more beautiful. We were at a place eating lunch last night and soccer was on but i couldnt even keep up with it. like it was too much for my eyes to handle because i wasn't used to watching tv-especially sports on tv. it was crazy bc i love tv and i love movies and i love just chilling and watching. but my eyes couldn't do it because they weren't used to it. Isn't that how we are with most things? Its the same thing if you're a runner and you have to get back in shape with running or if you're a mathematician but you haven't done math in years. call it a stretch i a product of this generation can't seem to fit in. I never really did before but I really think its going to be an ajustment to go back to the REAL world with all rush hours included. Ive been in this beach small town community for about 3 and a half weeks and people just live slower paced lives here. Theres very few things open on Sundays and the stores close early and its just different. I wouldn't call my summer expierence sheltered at all though. I have seen some intense poverty and brokeness but I have also encountered the God who holds me. The same God who did a work in Saul to change him to Paul. During my talk on Wednesday I talked about Saul truly having a heart of stone and how God did work in his heart. God worked through Paul and used him. Theres people in our lives I believe we've given up on that they would let God in or let God use them. but thats the God we serve. He can MELT anyone's heart and make ANYONE a fisher of men. Why would we cast limitations on a God to marvelous and mysterious for human standards or assumptions. I've seen heart of stones melt this summer. I've seen what that surrender looks like, i know how it feels too. I also know that NO ONE is out of Gods reach for a true encounter and he continues to be jealous for them. The living stone can melt ANY heart of stone.
"As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him"
1 Peter 2:4
and my saga after seeking after Gods will continues...
-Mary Dimick
Love you all!
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