My day today was not what I would have preferred. After breakfast I went to the clinic to work, but shortly after I started not feeling so well. I realized that I hadn’t taken my medicine yet today and that the past few days I’ve taken it late at night. When I don’t take it regularly in the morning it causes me to be drowsy and have headaches. I decided to come back to the church for a bit to hydrate and rest.
If any of you know me, I am constantly going. I’m always busy doing something and if I have a job to do, I don’t stop until I get it done. I hate to be hindered by anything, especially when I’m in Haiti. I always feel guilty taking a nap or resting while I’m here. I’m only here once a year so why should I take a break from anything. Well today God taught me the importance of rest. We all know that Sunday is considered to be the day of rest, but as everybody followed that yesterday, I did not and made sure to stay awake and work no matter how tired I was. After coming back from the clinic to rest, I ended up napping for 2 1/2 hours. Once I woke up to eat lunch, I slept again for 3 more hours. I realized God was telling me, it’s okay to rest sometimes. It may not be what you want, but in order to fulfill your full potential, you need it. After I woke up, I had the opportunity to go to the orphanage and play with the kids. If I wouldn’t have been fully rested, I wouldn’t have been my best self.
Later in the evening after dinner, Pat asked me if I was going to play again tonight. Not really feeling comfortable doing so, I still said yes. If you know the song “Reckless Love”, that’s what I decided to play. God’s love for us is so boundless that to the human eye, we perceive it as reckless. What kind of person continues to love and forgive you even when you mess up a thousand times? God does. If His Love is so unfathomably boundless, then why should I be scared to sing His praise for anybody? God has given me the talent of performing and although it’s something I’m not completely comfortable doing, His love casts out all of the fear I have.
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