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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Haiti T-Shirts
As one of my fundraiser's, I designed a t-shirt. Well, they came in today! They turned out WONDERFUL and I can't wait to start giving them to everyone who purchased one!
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Sometimes ...
Sometimes it's not easy to see God's hands at work. Sometimes you feel like He isn't working in your life at all. And sometimes it smacks you in the face and He supplies ever need and then some.
He's been doing that exact thing in my life over the past couple months. You know that anxiety I felt when I first got my internship this summer? IT'S GONE! Or the sleepless nights I had because I was letting Satan get the best of me and I questioned how God was going to provide all the money I needed for my internship? NO MORE QUESTIONING!
Well let me just say that in times of need, God uses those times to teach us lessons. He uses those times to see how much we're gonna trust Him. He uses those times to show us how much He loves us and how He has everything worked out if we'll just put our trust and faith in Him (Jeremiah 29:11).
So because of Gods provision I paid the remaining balance on my trip last week. Praise Jesus!!
I'm going to Haiti! 37 days and I'll be boarding a plane :)
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He's been doing that exact thing in my life over the past couple months. You know that anxiety I felt when I first got my internship this summer? IT'S GONE! Or the sleepless nights I had because I was letting Satan get the best of me and I questioned how God was going to provide all the money I needed for my internship? NO MORE QUESTIONING!
Well let me just say that in times of need, God uses those times to teach us lessons. He uses those times to see how much we're gonna trust Him. He uses those times to show us how much He loves us and how He has everything worked out if we'll just put our trust and faith in Him (Jeremiah 29:11).
So because of Gods provision I paid the remaining balance on my trip last week. Praise Jesus!!
I'm going to Haiti! 37 days and I'll be boarding a plane :)
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Pride
So I was sitting in church last night listening to Zach speak on how we are to be a follower of Christ and not just a fan ("Jesus didn't come to this earth for us to be His fan, He came for us to be a follower of Him") ... It got me thinking about my trip to Haiti this summer. I'm so pumped and excited and anxious and nervous and everything else all bottled up into one big mess of emotions. And then I got to thinking ... I'm afraid I'm using this trip to boost up my pride. I feel like I've been making this trip more about Samantha and how others view me, then about who the trip is ultimately about ... JESUS!
Yes, I talk about the trip all the time. Yes, I know this is totally a God thing because He has been there throughout this whole planning process. Yes, I know that God is going to do amazing things this summer through me and in me. But what I didn't realize until last night, is that instead of making this trip all about Him and what He's going to do, I've made it more about me. I have made points to tell people I'm going, or to make comments that I'm leaving in __ days and of course that person is going to ask where I'm going. I feel like it's okay to feel good about myself for stepping out and taking this trip, but I have been searching for that approval from other people too. I have been wanting other people to be proud of me. I have some pride issues.
So, for those who might read this blog ... please be in prayer for me. Please ask God to change my heart and make me less prideful. Please ask God to change my visions and make this trip 100% all about Him and not about me at all. Pray that I would be a vessel to better the Kingdom of God. Pray that God will do some mighty works through me this summer and that those I come in contact with will see Him and not me. Pray that God radically changes me this summer and opens my eyes to the beauty of His creation and that He will break my heart for what breaks His.
Please just pray.
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Yes, I talk about the trip all the time. Yes, I know this is totally a God thing because He has been there throughout this whole planning process. Yes, I know that God is going to do amazing things this summer through me and in me. But what I didn't realize until last night, is that instead of making this trip all about Him and what He's going to do, I've made it more about me. I have made points to tell people I'm going, or to make comments that I'm leaving in __ days and of course that person is going to ask where I'm going. I feel like it's okay to feel good about myself for stepping out and taking this trip, but I have been searching for that approval from other people too. I have been wanting other people to be proud of me. I have some pride issues.
So, for those who might read this blog ... please be in prayer for me. Please ask God to change my heart and make me less prideful. Please ask God to change my visions and make this trip 100% all about Him and not about me at all. Pray that I would be a vessel to better the Kingdom of God. Pray that God will do some mighty works through me this summer and that those I come in contact with will see Him and not me. Pray that God radically changes me this summer and opens my eyes to the beauty of His creation and that He will break my heart for what breaks His.
Please just pray.
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