The Rhythms of His Heart

Looking through some pictures of my visit last spring to YFC Portage....thought you might like to see them.  This is where it will all happen....God, make me ready!!   Skate shop right next door...YFC uses skateboarding as an outreach....Skaters  love Jesus too! "The Factory": Mission office & drop-in center Tupper Street Where YFC Portage office/drop-in is located. "The Door" is a housing unit that YFC rents to have to do activities with women & kids in the area.  It also houses a clothing bank to help those in need.

H ere is a great song that has encouraged me so much this week.  Read the lyrics & hit the link at the end to hear it on youtube.com. im so forgetful, but you always remind me youre the only one who brings me peace youre the only one who brings me peace so i come, lord i come, i come, lord i come to tell you i love you to tell you i need you to tell you theres no better place for me than in your arms to tell you im sorry for running in circles for placing my focus on the ways and not your face youre the only one who brings me peace youre the only one who brings me peace im so forgetful but you always remind me youre the only one who brings me peace x2 so i come lord i come i come lord i come to tell you i love you to tell you i need you to tell you theres no better place for me than in your arms to tell you im sorry for running in circles for placing my focus on the ways and not your face youre the only one who brings me peace youre the only one wh...

Genesis 21   19 Just then God opened her eyes. She looked. She saw a well of water. She went to it and filled her canteen and gave the boy a long, cool drink.  (You should read Gen. 21:8-21 to get the whole story....so good!) Sometimes I feel like Hagar (See Gen.21).  I feel hopeless, rejected, used, thirsty, alone & just wanting to run away. Yes,  I go through these dry, desert/wilderness times.  I just want to cry & give up, but in these times God  shows up just as He did with Hagar.  He knows & sees what's going on...& I don't have to be afraid & I can cling to His plan & purpose.  It makes me wonder though how often do I miss those times when God wants to show Himself because my eyes were too focused on my 'hopless' situation?  God longs to show up & give us the water that will quench our thirst...He longs for us to trust & cling to Him & His promises! But are my eyes blinded to the ways He is working?...

‎ "Anyone who comes to me but refuses to let go of father, mother, spouse, children, brothers, sisters—yes, even one's own self!—can't be my disciple. Anyone who won't shoulder his own cross and follow behind me can't be my d isciple." The above Words of Jesus have hit me hard over the last few days...yesterday I had to "let go" of my little brother & watch him head out on a plane to start his journey on to Uganda, Tanzania & Kenya, AFRICA!!  I am so proud of him & his desire for God and to be used by Him, but it was really hard!!  We are super close & my heart hurt not because I don't support him, not because I don't believe that God is going to use Him, but because I find it so hard to let go.  Yet, God kept speaking to me as if to say...You need to let go...he's in My hands!  So the night/day my brother left I prayed with open hands, "Dear God & Africa I give you my brother..."   I know God is going to...

I am so overwhelmed by how God is working out details in this adventure with YFC & thought I should share how He has been working.  He is definitely is proving over & over again that He will do ABOVE all that we ask or even think!! PRAISE GOD #1 : Since sending out my 1st prayer letter I am so thankful for the many people who have given support and are praying!!  I am humbled by supporters telling me how they are giving up things like call waiting &  part of their own missionary support to give to YFC and God's ministry with me!!  SO THANKFUL! PRAISE GOD # 2: I had been praying for a mobility scooter so that I could get to the mission office/drop-in safer & easier when I move to Portage.  I was looking and found that a new one would cost ALOT!!  A few weeks ago I got a call & I was offered a mobility scoooter for FREE!!  SO OVERWHELMED! PRAISE GOD #3: In November, my forearm crutches broke & were not usable....

I am SO in Love!! I am in a relationship with a Man that knows what I need before I ask.  He knows everything about me, yes everything & get this He still loves me!!  This past Christmas & New Year have reminded me of how blessed I am to have a personal relationship with Jesus. This relationship goes beyond any family or friend relationship (though they are great).  This relationship is one that is all about Him....I don't deserve Him, and yet He has chosen to set His love on me & rejoice over me!!!  Crazy I know, But all I can say is "I'm in love!"  I Love my Savior--Jesus Christ! He is definitely the "PERFECT MAN" He is my Lover & loves me with an everlasting love.   He is my Friend that sticks closer than a brother. He is my Strength when I am weak He is my Beauty when the world says I'm ugly He is my Rock when life crumbles around me He is the Supplier of my needs when I ask