Have you ever been somewhere and you were just like this feels like home? Like you felt like you really belonged there. That’s how I felt about Hawaii. I was there for almost three months, which is the longest I’ve been anywhere pretty much except for Texas and Arizona. I really felt like it was my home there and the ohana I had over there at Waialae Baptist Church was like my family and every time I watch the live stream of their church service and see the people I would always interact with I remember them by name and pray for them. I don’t know if they will ever know how much they really impacted my life. I made a lot of mistakes there but I also grew so much and learned so much about myself and how I need to change. Sometimes I think if I never go back there my heart is going to break. But then my friend Glory Joy was talking to me tonight about how sometimes God doesn’t allow you to go back and live in a place you love and how sometimes He sends you some place new. That’s something I’ve thought about before but it got me thinking about how what if God never allows me to go back to Hawaii? I love it so much there and feel like I’m closer to God there somehow. Being at the beach and by the ocean and seeing the mountains and the beauty of nature and God’s creation is amazing! I don’t know how people could not say there is a God when they look at the ocean and the mountains! All of this didn’t just appear or come out of nothing. The things that happen to us are not just by chance but they happen because God allowed them to happen! We are only alive one more day because God allows us to be! If I never go back to Hawaii or if I’m never able to live there- yes I will be sad. Whenever I see Hawaiian things or see people there or see picture or see anything about Hawaii it might make me sad but I know that God has a plan for me and that even though I don’t know those plans now His plans are better than anything I could ever imagine! I still think it’s a not yet but that God is preparing me to go back to Hawaii at some point. Whether or not I go back to Hawaii or not though God is good and His plans and His intentions for me are for good.
The wind. The rain. The clouds. Sunsets. Cool air. To some people those things might not bring a sense of peace and comfort but to me it’s amazing. It’s so peaceful and beautiful. I could stay outside all the time when it’s like that. Peaceful. Calming. But there’s a peace that’s even greater than that. There is a peace that can only come from Christ. There is a peace that passes all understanding. “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3 "And the peace of God, which surpasses all [ a ] comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:7 "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful." John 14:27 "O Lord , You have searched me and known me . You know [ a ] when I sit down and [ b ] when I rise up...
Man I’ve turned 35. I’m another year older. I guess it’s only downhill from here I guess or uphill haha. I’d like to say I’m another year wiser and that I’m more like Christ and I definitely think I’m more like Christ. I think God has given me more wisdom also. I’m just not anywhere near where I want to be. Today was just another day really. I didn’t really do much to celebrate it. I went to Starbucks with a sweet friend who gave me a present. I was kind of disappointed that I didn’t really have a party or anything even though other friends had had parties. I realized that I was just being selfish and self focused. Sometimes I feel like I’m invisible or that people don’t notice me as much but even that is being self focused. I was wanting a party so I could be with people and celebrate but I was also just wanting attention. I was thinking about this one time one of my friends Kaycee had one of our friends Laura make me a cake for m...
“A man’s heart plans his way but the Lord directs His steps.” Proverbs 16:9 I’ve been thinking about this verse a lot lately and how true it has been in my life. When I went home for Christmas after I graduated with my MDiv in Missions in December my plan was to find a biblical counseling internship somewhere. I had looked different places but nothing had worked out. I looked on the biblical counseling website which is the website for the Association of Certified Biblical Counseling. I had looked at Washington and it didn’t work out and I looked in Oregon and one of the first names I saw was Mitch Lamotte. On December 29 I emailed Mitch Lamotte from Southwest Hills Baptist Church about doing a biblical counseling internship at their church. He told me about the biblical counseling pastor at the church, Kerry Francetice. ...
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