"Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible."
How profound.
How simple.
How true.
I'm back from Africa.
Uganda was AWESOME! God is SO GOOD!!! He made the most perfect and majestic and wondrous world for us to enjoy! The LOVE that I experienced in and through and by God there was like nothing I can explain. I hope that it was woven into the fabric of my heart so that I can raise it as a flag of God's glory in all the places that God takes me.
I am humbled and left in awe of our Creator.
He is so good.
My Bible is falling apart. It's cool that I had it with me, but I roughed it up quite a bit! I hope that I can glue it... anyone have any suggestions? Waybole Nyoh! (<-- Luganda for "thank you very much")
See....
What I have now is beautiful footage in my heart and mind to go along with worship. For example, when I read (in Psalm) "He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. And so I walk in the Lord's presence as I live here on earth" -->I now have visions of Deborah - a beautiful woman who had gangrene so bad that her leg may need to be amputated- but I'm told that she had her arms lifted to the Lord! Presumably she was praising Him because she trusted Him and He sent our nurses! She worshiped and praised Him despite the fact that she was in tremendous pain and staring death right in the face. Deborah is a true testament and example of what we are supposed to be.
There were so many stories like this- so many beautiful people. People who trusted and loved the Lord simply- purely- with a genuine love. A humble love.
Here... look in this boys' eyes...do you see it? Humble love. A grateful heart. I want that.
I hope that I am changed.
I hope that I remember.
More than anything, I pray that I will live in the moment- in the Spirit- by God's prompting in each moment. I don't want to want anything (other than to be completely surrendered to God in mind, heart, body, and soul at all times). I don't want to make plans for my life. I don't want to worry about what others think. I don't want to gain anyone's approval. I don't want to impress anyone. I don't want to have more than anyone. I don't want to be good. I don't want to be known. I don't want to do anything other than what God wants me to do. I don't want to know when I have made a difference. I don't want to know what God did through me. I ONLY want to KNOW God and surrender to Him. I only want to respond to Him. I only want to love and live for God - no one else. No human. No church. No country. No family. Only God. He is all that matters.
A.W. Tozer defined worship in one of his sermons as:
"Worship - To feel in the heart and express in an appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and overwhelming love in the presence of the unspeakable majesty, the Lord, our God."
I want to worship God with my life- with everything. I want to live in a constant state of worship. My life is Yours, Jesus. You gave Your life for me- I want to give mine for You.
Hey ya'll... please know that Yesu akwagala! ("Jesus loves you" in Luganda) <-- probably spelled very wrong!! :)
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