But God's not finished. He's waiting around to be gracious to you. He's gathering strength to show mercy to you. God takes the time to do everything right—everything. Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones. -Isaiah 30:18
Take time. It's a phrase and reminder to me that I can hear my mom saying to me in the back of my mind. Take time. Take time to listen. Take time to be in the moment.
Well, this is exactly what today consisted of: taking time. I was blessed to get to love on some beautiful children at Children Household of Tomorrow today. We made salvation bracelets--sharing the beautiful story of Jesus. The beads also were used for their hair. But beyond the activity, we were able to just be with the children--blessing them with peanut butter sandwiches, and singing songs. Personally, the Lord directed me to a beautiful girl named Mona Lisa and allowed me to teach some of the girls ballet. They taught me hand claps and blessed my heart with the gift of laughter.
I believe that we are given moments by Jesus to learn how to be. This, after all, was what he did best, wasn't it? He looked into a situation, a person's heart, and intervened immediately. I am learning more and more this is what love looks like. It enters immediately into a situation, but never ceases to be completely present. The children today reminded me of this.
We were also blessed to pray with our translator's friend, Emmanuel, who was sick. It was a beautiful time of being present and meeting a situation head on with prayer--trusting our sweet Jesus to intervene. As tears of gratefulness flowed down the cheeks of his face, we were reminded of the power of moving in the small is a move in the BIG--how nothing is small to Jesus.
It was a beautiful first day in Haiti and my heart looks forward to many more to come. Here's to taking time!
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