My God is SO BIG!

...So strong and so mighty there's nothing my God cannot do FOR YOU!

My God is SO BIG, so Strong and so Mighty there's nothing my God cannot do FOR YOU!!!

It's a children's song, yes. But isn't it those with that child-like faith that Jesus says will enter His Kingdom? Maybe it's a childish song, but it is simple, true, and straight to the point.

My fellow Warriors, please pray this for me:
Ephesians 3:14-19 "For this reason I bow my knees to the Father, from whom every family in heaven and earth derives it's name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God."

Please bow on your knees and ask the Holy Spirit to grant me this inner strength and power to understand His love for me. For the purpose of living fully, having a full life. "Empower me; strengthen me so I can understand Your love for me!" This is my plea--it is power from His Spirit in my inner being to do this. And this is something that He must grant--I cannot work for it, or earn it, or do something to get it (which is hard for someone who is so task and solution oriented). He must grant it of His own accord.

Thank you, my fellow Kingdom Seekers.
Keep your heart set on things that are above (i.e Eternal) and pray that for me as well!
Remember that our God IS SO BIG, so Strong and so Mighty there's nothing our God cannot do FOR YOU!

Time for life

On our many treks between St. Trinitè in down town Port-au-Prince and where we live at St. Jacques in Pètion-ville, I observe the people. They walk. They sell things. They are out and about. Talking.

I see conversations happening. People taking time to talk to each other. There is time. Time to rest and talk and even if you're busy, there is not the pressure to get things done.

It's the Caribbean, mate...gotta experience it. It'll change your life. The Western World is not the entire world, mate. Time to experience a different culture is time worth taking.

Please, take time to live life and don't squelch it with "things that you have to do".

I DROVE IN HAITI!!!

And if you don't know what that entails, let me enlighten you:

Haitian Rules of the Road book:

Chapter 1 "Communication on the Road"
Honk before you do anything

Honk when you intend to but don't do anything

Honk when you want to pass, let another driver in, tell them to get out of the way, etc

Honk when you want to communicate anything to anyone

Honk when you feel like honking

Feel free to honk as long and as loud and whatever rhythm you desire

Personalized horns are awesome so get one

Honk to your hearts content

Hand signals should be used whenever possible in addition to honking.

Chapter 2 "Road Signs and Signals"
Stop signs are definitely optional

Look, Honk and Go is the name of the game.

Yellow light means hit the gas.

If you have a turn signal, you can use it, otherwise just honk and use hand signals.

Chapter 2 "Speed"
The smoothness of the road determines your speed

If there's no one around, hit the gas pedal

Go fast and honk your horn and people move out of your way

Chapter 3 "Chaotic is a Matter of Opinion"
There are a lot of people around, so stick to your guns

Don't ever let a tap-tap get in front of you

Be nice, but not too nice.

There is no such thing as tailgating.

U-turns are a must.

Traffic happens.

PAY ATTENTION ALL THE TIME!!!

END OF RULES OF THE ROAD

So let me just clarify that is very exciting, quite intimidating, and definitely a challenge. Let's just say it's a really good thing that I pay attention when I'm driving with others and am observant on how things are done here. After the fact, the person who asked me to drive told me that the area I drove in was the worst place to drive in Haiti, so if I can drive there, I can drive anywhere.

Crazy Love

In Church this morning we read the passage where Jesus tells the rich young man to go and sell everything he has and give to the poor, then he will have treasure in heaven. And you know what I noticed? “Jesus looked at him and loving him said, …” He loved the young man and THAT was why Jesus told him to go and sell everything he had. Jesus knew that giving everything, living a radical life, a life not of comfort but of danger and selflessness, was what was best and most eternally rewarding.

Ode to a Bucket Bath

Ode to a Bucket Bath

By Ashley and Sisi

How refreshing and cool

When your contents rush over my skin

As though a dip in a pool

With my eyes shut tight I feel the rush

Of cold and of delight

My spirit and body you replenish

I lather the soap with bubbles and joy

Messaging away sadness and filth

For this style of bath, you cannot be coy

Oh my bucket bath, I sense your allure

As I stand here dripping

I am baptized by your cure

What love, what euphoria!

Peace overwhelms my heart

As I sing Halleluiah, Gloria!

When Jesus is my portion...

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion, My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
 
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.

This song says everything that I've felt today, really for the first time since leaving home...