This weekend, or should I say yesterday, has been indescribably, wonderfully, spectacular! I can’t wait to share with everyone I know.
Today, I am just so joyful its so crazy!
Before I start, I suppose I should explain that I thoroughly enjoy planning. My life in particular.
I had it all set out; finish high-school, go to college, blah, blah, blah then die.
Sound great, right? Well except for the dying part, but that is inevitable.
I knew that He had plans for me and I wanted to carry out those plans, but when I had time in my plans. I figured that God was big enough that He could squeeze His plan into mine eventually.
Haha, yeah well I was wrong.
This yesterday morning we went to a service in Birmingham where Brother Al Henson spoke.My parents have know the Hensons for a few months and they love them to death. Brother Al wants my dad to move up to Nashville to help him with a foundation.
Which, just a side note, Nashville is very affirmative for the Worlunds, when is the key.
Back on track, Brother Al does a lot of mission work in Laos and Thailand. He poured his heart out today but one story stuck out to me particularly.
There is a lady over in Laos and northern Thailand, she is 84 years old. In 1948, at 22 years old, she gave her life to helping rescue children from sex trafficking. The lady, being 84, knows that she is coming close to going to be with God and she is praying that God will send a leader to continue what she has started.
What this woman, this one human-being, has started is 4 girls homes, 2 boys homes, she has helped start hundreds of churches, and there are thousands of believers.
That one woman with the help from a great and powerful God, did that.
Brother Al decided that he would go and talk to that lady and he planned a trip.
When he got there and saw all of what she had done, went to talk to her and she poured her heart out. She told him about what she had committed her life to help children who had no other hope.
While he was there, Brother Al help a 7 year old girl, who’s only reason for being born was so that her mother could sell her for $3,000. Does that seem like a fair price for the life of a child?
This little girl was sold when she was 4 years old, and was saved by the power of God when she was 7. This little girl now has AIDs and is probably going to die before she gets to live.
As Brother Al was talking, all I was hearing was ‘That’s you, that’s you, that’s you’. My response every time was, ‘No God. I don’t want to go to a place where I’m surrounded by danger everyday. I don’t want to stand before children who have experienced more pain then I have ever in my life. I can’t stand before hurting children and not be able to heal that pain. No God, no’. Once again the response was, ‘That’s you”.
I then had to wrestle with myself over the fact of being able to go to Washington DC. I felt like God was saying, ‘If you don’t get accepted. you’ll be okay’. I felt calm with that, but another part said, ‘You want this so bad’. I wrestled and wrestled.
On the way home, I asked my parents about taking a year off after high-school and spending that time doing mission work. Expecting a no I was very surprised to hear a ‘Yeah, we would be open to that’.
I felt an amazing weight lifted. It is indescribable that feeling. I shared that with my parents last night.
Our family is making a 180 degree turn in our lives. Everything is changing and it is wonderful!
I’m so excited about it. I prayed last night and I asked God to let this be the turning point in my life. I want to fall in love with Him, to be imprisoned to His love!
For once in my life, I’m excited to get up in the mornings and spend time with Him. I’m excited and scared at the thought that I have no clue what the heck is going to happen in my life!
I have desires that I have never had before, and I know they are from God and not myself.
A friend told me that God put desires in our lives for ugly things, and a desire to make those ugly things beautiful through God’s power.
I feel that is what I want to do now.I have the desire to work in mission and to have to be courageous! I want to have to throw my life into His.
I am no longer living and wanting tomorrow to come. I’m enjoy the days that God has giving me!
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