Oh my, it's coming to an end again. It's been raining these past few days and it's getting a bit depressing I will admit. After Angels & Mortals week last week, I'm catching up on sleep which isn't really happening. Monday and Tuesday I didn't sit down until 7:30pm! What's with that?! I don't know what happened it seems I'm getting busier and busier! This isn't supposed to happen, I guess I can catch up on sleep when I get home though! Which is in 12 days ps. I'm stoked to come home and see everyone, I just wish it wasn't winter! Oh I'll stop complaining, it will be amazing!
Some things God has done in me over this school is, I feel I'm here for the girls on this school as someone different to the school staff. Some of the girls have asked me to be their mentor, to be there to pray for them and listen to them. I think that's sweet, because I have a mentor on base and seeing our relationship grow into a more trusting relationship and discipling relationship has been something I have never had before. My mentor doesn't push for anything instead they let me come to them, they have gained the trust not by taking it but by allowing me to trust them. With the girls that have asked me, I feel it is the same sort of relationship in a way. Mainly because they come into the kitchen or sit on the back porch with me and it's all natural conversation. I figure you can't force something that isn't there. If they want to tell me things sweet, if not sweet. It's like in a friendship over time you get to know each other better not overnight. God has totally blessed it and I feel I have grown in this area over the past couple months. So that's one thing, another is faith. I feel my faith has deepened in seeing God move and believing that he will.
I was listening to a podcast this morning and it was saying how God really doesn't look at the outward appearance but rather at the heart. "But the lord said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The lord does not look at the thins man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the lord looks at the heart." -1 Samuel 16:7 I know we have all heard this many times before but it really hit me this morning because I pictured the earth as a little ball and these pair of eyes looking at it, and only seeing hearts not people. Looking at what is in our hearts, then on the little ball these words started popping up like Courage, Boldness, Love, Joy. I thought that was sweet because it was God's eyes looking on the world! Then I thought today, to really consider people by looking at their hearts. If they are angry, try to hear the pain behind what their saying. Why are they hurt? They were talking about David in this podcast and how he has done the most disgraceful things OUTwardly but his heart was pure. I love the story of David, he didn't have to chase after anything, he gave it back to the Lord and the Lord kept giving him more and more. When we push each other to strive for that God will bless us. When we are faithful with a little God will give us a lot!! So that's my two cents for the day....
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