Refreshed

We had a youth group (from England) come for a few days…they helped in the school and did fun devotions with the boys. It was really cool ‘cause some of them were boys and our boys had so much fun having arm wrestling wars (the group had some really strong boys) and other “boy stuff”. The boys LOVE male attention. On one of the nights the group met together for a time of worship and communion, and invited the volunteers to join them. It was so amazing. I had been feeling very dry, missing the worship and fellowship back home. My Sunday church is singing a couple English songs, clapping through a few Hindi songs and then going to Sunday school. I missed the times of deep worship. As soon as the first song started I started crying, it was exactly what I needed. God told me he was putting a balm on my “dry heart”. I felt so rejuvenated singing and worshipping. After awesome worship we took communion. I hadn’t had communion since coming to India (it had been almost three months). Then we broke up into small groups and spent time praying for each person. It was really cool to get to pray for other people like that. Going before God asking him to give you visions and words to tell this person that you don’t know… It’s so amazing to be able to speak God’s words. I really enjoyed the time of prayer.  It was really refreshing to be prayed over as well. One girl got a vision of God walking beside me but he’s holding out his hand to me. Which was exactly what I needed. I had been asking God for more of him, for a deeper relationship and to hear that God not only could give me that relationship but that he was reaching his hand out to me…was simply amazing. They also prayed a refreshing of the Holy Spirit and encouragement over me. It was wonderful.

            (The Mustard field is where I love to go and pray and just enjoy God's Beauty)

On Sunday we had a bit of a different church. Some of the older boys had a school function in the morning so we had church I the evening and it consisted of worship. We all stayed together and worshipped. It was really good. Special times with God. It seems like these last few days have been high highs and real low lows, one right after the other. Up down Up down, over and over. Maybe it’s just the contrast of the two that make them seem so sharp. But God is Good. These are some verses of promise that I have been clinging to in the rollercoaster. Amanda gave me this verse for when times are especially hard “Return, Oh my soul, to your rest. For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you” (Psalm 116:7). In the hard times to stop, tell your soul to quiet and rest in God and to remember his faithfulness and goodness of the past. “…He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion…”(Philippians 1:6). Sometimes it’s easy to see God’s goodness, when life is easy and sweet it’s easy to say God is good but, when the hard times come, there it takes faith and God to be able to say “God is good and has good things for me”. “All things work together for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).