One Sought Me

Haiti Trip Day Three Journal Entry Tuesday 6:15 a.m. Rise and Shine! Read my Bible this morning in my favorite verse, Jer.29:11 but reading through verse 14 in thinking about the freedom in Christ and how bound I keep myself- wanting to be free from the shackles and walk out the door of the jail to that freedom in the life Christ offers.  So many times I focus my mind on worthless things, but today I want to focus on what the Lord will have me see and what He wants me to do for Him today. Breakfast today was very good- cold oatmeal.  I had made the oatmeal last night while making my dinner then put the oatmeal in the fridge/cooler.  First cold thing in my mouth in three days and it was great. This morning was busy as we made plans for the mural, assessed the supplies in the shed left from other work groups, and saw what paint colors we had to work with.  We measured the gate then with random supplies, mostly that we had brought with us, we sketched out the dra...

"Amazing love how can it be that a king would die for me?  Amazing love I know it's true, it's my joy to follow you." These are the words of an older praise and worship song that carries such a reminder of how great God's love is for us.  He is amazing and full of love.  Why am I so surprised then when He delivers a special blessing?  He does love me after all, and so He will show Himself to us in sometimes the most unusual ways.  But these little gifts speak to our hearts so personally that we know it must be God. Luke tells us this in chapter 11 verses 9-12: 9  “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11  “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12  Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13...