It's almost the weekend. While here, I try to take in every moment and and not wish my life away, but BOY has this week been tough. We have a wonderful team here this working with us in Capricorn from Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. They are fantastic! But the kids have been extra naughty this week, for sure. I am absolutely worn out. Not to mention the fact that some kind of sickness is making its way around the house and I believe it has found me....let's pray against that because I do NOT want to miss a moment of loving on these kids and sharing the Gospel with them.
Let's see. I am attempting to think about all that has happened in the past several days. You should know that everyday I come up with about 5 things that I want to share with everyone on my blog, but when I sit in front of my computer, I forget them. Go figure.
So I will talk about this until I can remember them. The enemy is so at work right now, which must mean that God is too. Spiritual warfare is at an all-time high for the first time since I arrived. I've been spending more time with the Lord and am learning SO much. I go back and forth between reading Radical by David Platt and The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns and in the Word I am reading through Luke. Yesterday, I got to read one of my favorite stories again; The story of the Sinful Woman anointing Jesus' feet...love it....
OH, I remembered.
This past Sunday at Capricorn Community Church, God truly worked in my heart. The Holy Spirit was alive and active and moving during that sweet service. I couldn't even hear myself sing, everyone was Praising Jesus so loudly. It was beautiful. But we sang a song, and even though I have heard and sung it a billion times, it meant so much this week.
I found that I had experienced all of the verses in this song in the past week.
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
One thing I need to say again, if I haven't said it before; Cape Town is BEAUTIFUL. The pastor said on Sunday "God had fun when he made this place." I think I agree. I have been so blown away, especially recently at how creative our God is. His creation is beautiful. But at the same time, it has come so far from what God intended it to be....Eden. I can see a bright blue sky adorned with waving clouds, almost reached by a mountain towering over the city...while standing in the middle of a township made of shacks with little tiny children running around me who have eaten nothing all day and are getting ready to grow up in a scary unsafe place.....
And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.
Something else that I was overwhelmed by was this: I know Jesus. The very same Jesus that I read about almost daily, and tell others about. The same Jesus that healed the sick, made the lame to walk, walked on water, cast out demons, fed 5,000, and died on a cross to reconcile me with my Creator. That same Jesus. I know him. The same Jesus that constantly stole away to secluded places to pray and talk to His Father...yea...I know Him. It just has blown my mind this week. I can't believe what He did. And I can't believe I know Him.
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"
This weekend, a few of us went to see The Hurt Locker. I was overcome with a sense of helplessness. I see hurt. I see pain. I see poverty. I see confusion. I see fear. I see so much that I want to fix in the world. And I can't. I can't. I can't fix it all. In the movie, the places that our troops are in, man, do they need love. They need Jesus. Again, I was reminded of how far we have come from Eden. Our land is desolate. Our land is crying for its Creator. Our people are lost. And In the movie, I began to cry, not at the plot or anything, but because I just wanted Jesus to come back. Right then, I just want Him to come and fix it all. Mend what is broken. Comfort what is hurting. I just really really relate to this verse right now.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
Amen....enough said. John 16:33 "In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! For God has overcome the world." How Great Thou Art.
I don't know when I will be able to update again. Internet will be down for quite a while, so I hear....oh TINA.
Love you all and praying for you!
AC
ps- Thank you SO much First Baptist Church, Olive Branch, for letting me Skype in with you on Sunday! I am SO thankful for you prayers, your interest in the Lord's work across the world, and your desire to be a part of it! I love you all! Miss you!
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