Showing posts with label seeking strength. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seeking strength. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Joy Heard From Haiti

They have flown into a different space. 


A culture not like our own. 
Les Cayes, Haiti. 
 The south west section.
On the coast.
6 hours from Port Au Prince. 
The farmer and his daughter, have left the -3 three temperatures, 


chores and school and have joined with other farmers. . . to go. 
They have heard the call.
 God said,  yes

The Safe T homes; refuge for many. 

 Because of your faithfulness in giving and prayer, they are there. 
Just over 5 years ago Haiti suffered one of the worst Earthquakes ever to strike a nation. 
Already needy, this impoverished country needed a boost. 
The effects were devastating. 
They remain to this day. 
But the people. 
The resilience and joy that show forth. 
That is still there. 
Strength. 
Through the struggle. 


This farm girl, she will leave her heart in a nation not of her birth. 
She will never rest until the love of Christ is made known to the world. 


There is no running water in the hotel. 
There are ants in the sink. 
A gecko on the ceiling. 
Yet she remains untouched. 
She will bathe in the pool. 


She is where her heart longs to be. 
In a place where she can give. 
Where she can make a difference. 
We will lose this child to the King of Kings too. 
Just in a different way. 
While God called Elijah out of this world into his heavenly realm. 
God will call Clarissa to live and serve among those that are;
The least of these. 

Matthew 25:40
"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

Will you continue to pray? 
Can you help us to lift this nation before God? 
To ask for strength and mercy for this beautiful country?
For wisdom and direction for agencies so willing to help?

We are glad you stopped by. 
We pray your life will be changed by knowing the love of Jesus. 

Here is a little bit of the joy being heard from Haiti. 



Saturday, October 11, 2014

A Comfortable Quiet

The sun begins it's decline in the sky. 
The light casting shadows on the fields. 



The landscape ablaze in color. 
My favorite time of year
Harvest. 
Zucchini cooks for lasagna. 
I have made a chocolate pie for small group. 
The kids are outside playing and it is unusually quiet. 
A  quiet that doesn't threaten. 
It feels peaceful. 
There is still chaos around in piles and clumps. 
Danger lurks when you walk. 
One must find their path through. 
Yet there is a peace that has settled. 
It wasn't there this morning. 
It wasn't there earlier this afternoon. 
Grief and longing permeated every thought. 
Visions of what once was and can be no more ran across the screen in a relentless string. 


But I sought to enter in. 
Choosing to step through the gate. 
The smell of dinner fills the home. 
The heat from cooking; a relief from the chill in the air. 
Home.
A refuge. 
A safe haven. 
I re-heat my coffee. 
Our home has been riddled with heart ache.
Filled with cancer and uncertainty. 
I have rebounded continually trying to be strong. 
Yet wanting to fall apart. 
Today. 
The peace that transcends is heaven sent. 
It is on the wings of the Praises and the walk in Thanksgiving. 
It is the persistence in training. 
I place the Zucchini Lasagna in the oven to bake. 
There is still a comfortable quiet. 
These are the times when the holy touches earth. 
When we seek to be filled. 
Our Agenda set aside. 
An openness to be poured into. 
In the striving and the busy we forget. 
We lean into a false message of productivity satisfies the desire.
And we are left empty. 
It is when we choose the quiet and the surrender that the real work happens.
Push away the clamor for your time. 
Settle the churning of the tierney of the urgent. 
More will be accomplished in the quiet than in the rush of the "to do". 
I think I will sit at the feet of Jesus a little longer today. 



Isaiah 40:29
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.