Isaiah 30:18
18 Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you;
he rises to show you compassion.
For the LORD is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him!
This past week has been a week of waiting and prayer for me. David has left for his missions trip down south in Thailand and I sit and wait for him to return, anxious to waist time. What a waste I thought after the first day, and felt the need to start praying for people, really push myself to pray more than I ever do and focus on certain people. Its hard as time seems so slow and it feels like a waiting game but I know that in the end what seemed so hard in the beginning was a character building task- its only making me stronger in Christ.
I chose to take this step to go farther and found that it has been a breakthrough in many areas, I really noticed as I picked up my bible for devotions and found myself lost in His word, I sat and waited, I reflected on the past two months in Thailand. Dave and I were in a real hard situation when we came here, we were in Thailand with little money and barely any support, but we chose to come, we had no plan or idea on how it was going work but knew we were to be here. Within a month our sponsorship went from little to abundant- what made us get to that place, Devoted time in prayer, we asked, no sort of told God that we would pray and pray until we got an answer- it was a night of fully devoted prayer on the rooftop and days of continuous prayer and God answered us- it was simple, no lighting rods or anything. He said submit to me and my ways( What I heard personally was submit to David and trust in what he wants to do, as I know the plans I have for him and you- WOW) All of this was in a time of Waiting and listening for his word. It was after that when we began to exercise our faith- I am amazed that we are still here, I am constantly praying for our sponsors as we know that they are blessed to be a blessing- you guys have let us take the next step in fulfilling the call on our lives, Thank You.
So let me encourage you, when things are coming against you and feel like you are beaten, don't give in, be excited for you know that after the battle is done, you are stronger than you were before and your character is being altered to be like Christ-
Love and God Bless
Kelly
