Today was filled with unexpected plans. First we had church at 6am, yes, 6am. Hearing the Haitians praise the Lord in their language was so beautiful. Some Americans may think that there is only one way to praise Christ but today we were shown how many different ways there really are. Through the smiles on the children’s faces when the pastor spoke, to the amens sang by the choir. Every part of the service just reminded me of how great our God is.
After church there were people lined up upstairs at the school for child sponsorship. The problem with this is, we weren’t going to do sponsorship today. Sometimes God puts unexpected things in our path to test our patience and flexibility. Instead of turning them away, we set everything up and started the lines. We were able to get everything more organized this time and see about 170 kids when we weren’t supposed to see any at all.
Most of my day was consumed with Cardy. I walked down to the orphanage to pick him and his siblings up to go sponsorship. Like a mom, I was stressed about making sure he was where he needed to be so that I could make sure he got what he needed. My love for this kid and his siblings in unfathomable. Every day I think “I wonder what he’s doing right now. I wonder if he’s safe. I hope he got enough to eat. I hope he’s healthy.” God doesn’t forget to place people in our lives that are meant to be there. I needed Cardy just as much as he needed me.
Tonight I gave the devotion and lead worship. For anyone who knows me, you may not have known that I play guitar. That’s how shy I am about it. But tonight God laid two songs on my heart and I couldn’t let him down. I played “Love Like This” by Lauren Daigle and “Here’s My Heart” by Kristian Stanfill. Both of these songs related to my devotion so well, it didn’t seem to be an accident that these songs came to me. I read Matthew 19:26 and Isaiah 49:1-3 in the message translation. These passages discuss how we cannot do anything alone. Once we surrender ourselves to Christ, nothing is impossible. Both of the songs that I played talk about how vast God’s love is for us. We don’t deserve the love he so freely gives to us but he is more than happy to. “Here’s My Heart” is a song that talks about how all we need to do is give ourselves to God and he will speak through us. It was no coincidence that I randomly came across these verses and songs at the same time. Dang, isn’t God just so so good?
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