Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Would I be crazy to quit college for a semester in order to go help out at ICSL (I could be Kathy McKinney and Laura Hintermeyer's personal office assistant :D) and to help with FNL and youth group? Because that sounds SO amazing. Uh oh! I'm beginning to sound like Josh...:S But really! My heart is still with everything that is happening in Peru!
Invest your Talents!
I've watched Angela's recording of the FNL band playing at Calvary Chapel at least 3 or 4 times now and I LOVE IT. It brings me so much joy. I know that at the most, I'm a year older than these guys, but I am so stinkin proud of them. I remember when most of these people started getting involved in leading worship. They have come so far! While I like to think I have a part in getting a couple of them to step out and get more involved, it wasn't me. And it wasn't them. Its God. He gave them talents and they were faithful to invest them -- they practice their instruments and take time to develop their musical skills -- so now He is being faithful to add to them. They have more opportunities to play for his glory. More people have the opportunity to see Christ in their music and their worship.
He'll do that with all of us. Just like the parable of the talents, when we wisely invest the talents that He's given us and take seriously the responsibilities that He's given us, he'll add to it. He'll give us more talent and more responsibility, and more blessing with it. So don't be afraid to step out, even if you don't have very much talent to begin with. The servant that the master gave only one talent to could have chosen to do something with them. Then he would have been added unto also. But he was scared, and all he had was taken away. Don't let that be you. Trust God with your talents. He's given them to you for a reason, and its NOT to bring yourself glory. Its to glorify God! So just trust Him and step out. Let Him take care of the details. =)
And really quick, I feel like a mom proud of her kids for Sunday night! You guys brought happy tears to my eyes ;)
He'll do that with all of us. Just like the parable of the talents, when we wisely invest the talents that He's given us and take seriously the responsibilities that He's given us, he'll add to it. He'll give us more talent and more responsibility, and more blessing with it. So don't be afraid to step out, even if you don't have very much talent to begin with. The servant that the master gave only one talent to could have chosen to do something with them. Then he would have been added unto also. But he was scared, and all he had was taken away. Don't let that be you. Trust God with your talents. He's given them to you for a reason, and its NOT to bring yourself glory. Its to glorify God! So just trust Him and step out. Let Him take care of the details. =)
And really quick, I feel like a mom proud of her kids for Sunday night! You guys brought happy tears to my eyes ;)
Friday, January 7, 2011
God is Good
Its been quite a while since I've written anything. I like to write on here...but I don't think people read it, so I don't really bother most of the time. And I haven't felt much inspiration lately...but I think I'm feeling a little bit tonight, even though I really should be packing my stuff so that it fits in my suitcase to go back to Arkansas.
This Christmas break has been wonderful and it has been hard. It was wonderful because I got to see my family at a long semester at school. I missed them so much and it was just so wonderful to get to spend time with them again. It was wonderful because I got to go to Colorado and spend time in my favorite homestate. :) I got to spend time with my precious cousins. It was wonderful because when we got to California I got to see my aunts, uncles, and cousins. I love them all so very much...my favorite people in the world. It was wonderful because I got to know Anna, Lukas' girlfriend, better. It was wonderful because I got to spend two Sundays at a Church that I wish I could go to regularly. It was wonderful because I got to spend time with my Grandma and Grandpa Keagy, something that I love to do! It was wonderful because I got to eat my mom's delicious food and I got to watch my favorite TV shows in the whole world every night. It was wonderful because school was the farthest thing from my mind and I was able to relax.
But it was also hard. It was hard because in the back of my mind I knew that I wasn't in Peru. It was hard because as I was anticipating it, I kept thinking, "I can't imagine how amazing it would feel right now if I was getting on an airplane this week and flying home." It was hard because I knew that at the end of the break I would be saying goodbye to my wonderful family. It was hard because we were packing up the farm house, a place that has held many joyful and many painful memories for me. It was hard because I saying goodbye to the last place that I have memories with my grandma in. It was hard because I didn't take as much advantage of my time with my family as I could have. It was hard because at 3:00 this morning, I woke up and said goodbye to my mom, dad, and Levi for an indefinite amount of time. It was hard because I don't know when I'm going to see them again. It was hard because it made me miss all of this more...it made me miss things that I could have if I was going to college closer to "home," or at least closer to the family taht I have here in California.
But God is good. He took what could have been a very very painful day and he gave me the gift of seeing one of my best friends from Peru, Josh. He provided for Lukas and I to spend 4 hours just hanging out with him and catching up on our lives. He allowed us to have quality time with Grandma and Grandpa tonight after dinner just talking. He provided reassurance at 3:30 this morning when I couldn't fall back asleep that its OK that my parents are on a different continent than I am and that I don't know when I will see them again: they have to go back to Peru so that they can serve God and I have to go to Arkansas so that I can serve God. He orchestrated everything so that I my brother and I can go to school together. He is SO good.
My heart hurts right now and my eyes are a bit swollen. I wasn't ready to say goodbye to my family and I ache to go home to Peru...but God is good. He is good.
This Christmas break has been wonderful and it has been hard. It was wonderful because I got to see my family at a long semester at school. I missed them so much and it was just so wonderful to get to spend time with them again. It was wonderful because I got to go to Colorado and spend time in my favorite homestate. :) I got to spend time with my precious cousins. It was wonderful because when we got to California I got to see my aunts, uncles, and cousins. I love them all so very much...my favorite people in the world. It was wonderful because I got to know Anna, Lukas' girlfriend, better. It was wonderful because I got to spend two Sundays at a Church that I wish I could go to regularly. It was wonderful because I got to spend time with my Grandma and Grandpa Keagy, something that I love to do! It was wonderful because I got to eat my mom's delicious food and I got to watch my favorite TV shows in the whole world every night. It was wonderful because school was the farthest thing from my mind and I was able to relax.
But it was also hard. It was hard because in the back of my mind I knew that I wasn't in Peru. It was hard because as I was anticipating it, I kept thinking, "I can't imagine how amazing it would feel right now if I was getting on an airplane this week and flying home." It was hard because I knew that at the end of the break I would be saying goodbye to my wonderful family. It was hard because we were packing up the farm house, a place that has held many joyful and many painful memories for me. It was hard because I saying goodbye to the last place that I have memories with my grandma in. It was hard because I didn't take as much advantage of my time with my family as I could have. It was hard because at 3:00 this morning, I woke up and said goodbye to my mom, dad, and Levi for an indefinite amount of time. It was hard because I don't know when I'm going to see them again. It was hard because it made me miss all of this more...it made me miss things that I could have if I was going to college closer to "home," or at least closer to the family taht I have here in California.
But God is good. He took what could have been a very very painful day and he gave me the gift of seeing one of my best friends from Peru, Josh. He provided for Lukas and I to spend 4 hours just hanging out with him and catching up on our lives. He allowed us to have quality time with Grandma and Grandpa tonight after dinner just talking. He provided reassurance at 3:30 this morning when I couldn't fall back asleep that its OK that my parents are on a different continent than I am and that I don't know when I will see them again: they have to go back to Peru so that they can serve God and I have to go to Arkansas so that I can serve God. He orchestrated everything so that I my brother and I can go to school together. He is SO good.
My heart hurts right now and my eyes are a bit swollen. I wasn't ready to say goodbye to my family and I ache to go home to Peru...but God is good. He is good.
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