As I was reading through 2 Corinthians this week God really put on my heart to write a blog about 2 Corinthians 6:3-10. Specifically in verse 10 when Paul says "Having nothing, yet possessing everything." The only problem is I wasn't quite sure what God wanted me to share about this verse.
I thought about Rukungiri, the beautiful little town among the tropical forest like region of Uganda that we have landed in. I thought of the people here, so joyful and welcoming, yelling muzungu (white person) as we walked through the town. I thought of the boys at Makobore High School, how they have set goals and strive to succeed as they sleep on rickety bunk beds with sinking foam mattresses with one small trunk full of all their possessions. I thought of the clinic we have been at this past week, with its 8 beds of a maternity clinic all in one large room.
Every day that we spend here God has been giving me more of a heart for these Ugandas. I began thinking that God was showing me how these people were "having nothing" physically but how their joy of Christ in their lives allows them to "posses everything."
But Jesus usually works in ways I don't expect, even when writing blogs. I found that often times I am the one who is "having nothing." Last week as we spent time in worship as a team I saw in a new and fresh way how beautiful Jesus is. Sometimes I hold onto my own heart and I resist him because I don't want to be hurt, but Jesus isn't human and he doesn't make mistakes. I realized how closely he has been holding me these past few years and how I could have easily been trusting him this whole time. Specifically I recalled that when I left Zambia in 2009, I completely left my heart there. Earlier this year when I was planning out my summer, I surrendered my summer to Jesus and gave him my heart, asking him not to break it. Instead he sent me back to Africa, where I left my heart in the first place. This experience has been an incredible joy and encouragement to me and I am so thankful for this time that has been a complete gift reflecting the beauty of my savior. I was finally experiencing the "possessing everything" when all I had to do was look at the face of Christ."
Hello to everyone at home! Thank you to my family and friends for being so supportive, I can't wait to see you all in under a month!
Prayer requests:
-Against spiritual attack that my team and I have been experiencing here in Rukungiri
-For continued prayers for bonding within the team and against comparison
-For continued health on our team and against malaria as the mosquitoes here are much worse than Kenya
