Had such a great day today! Went
to a training day for the mission trip I’m going on in July; it was so good!
I’ve been reading Simon Guillebaud’s book ‘Dangerously Alive’ which is really
challenging me to live radically for Jesus. I know I get caught up in this
western way of thinking constantly and I really want to change that. I need to
spend more time with God, to learn to depend on him better; I can’t go anywhere
until I’ve learnt to trust him. That’s what this is all about, faith and trust!
I just want to bring glory to God, and I can do that well when I am satisfied
and fulfilled in Him. I need him to ruin my normal worldly life and bring me to
a place of utter dependence in Him. I want to be a servant hearted follower of
Christ who makes a real, lasting difference in the world. Today. Help me Lord.
I had to catch so many trains today but it was funny, even
in that God spoke to me! One of the train signs said “This is where great
journeys start” and the next sign in the next station said “The life of
Christ”. I thought, yeah it really does start with Him! It was quite a
revelation that God is the only lasting adventure, the only great journey.
Also, I met a lovely Christian girl today who lives a few hours away from me so
we caught the same train back together. We talked and shared testimonies and
built each other up, it was really cool, and she shed light onto certain things
in my life and was really wise. Definitely feel it was a God appointment! I
remember her asking me what gifts I had and what I liked doing and one thing I
replied was ‘reading, although it’s not really a gift!’ and she said actually
it is a gift, so many people in the world can’t read and laughed and said maybe
you’ll teach orphans how to read! (I had told her about my heart for orphans)
It was like a confirmation from God, I hadn’t told her that I wanted to do that
and she said it!
Also, got prayed for at the training day and a lovely woman
prophesied over me, she said that God has named me for a reason, he chose my
name for me because it means delight of the father and he delights in me. He
sings over me, he gets so excited and shouts “that’s my girl, that’s MY girl!”
She said God isn’t disappointed in me, and when I feel that it’s a lie because
God delights in me constantly, I’m precious to him. So that was amazing! Felt
freed from having to live a “perfect” life because Jesus won it for me. I don’t
need to strive for it. It was incredible to hear that how much God is pleased
with me, I’m his beloved daughter! How great is our God?
Plus, on the train back, I switched to a faster train which
went straight back to my home town but my return ticket was only for several stations
before as I was planning on buying another ticket. We pulled into the last stop
for my ticket and I felt God ask me to get off and buy another ticket as
planned just to honour the train guys really as I could have got away with it.
So I stopped at that station and bought another ticket and whilst I was there I
just prayed “God if you want to use me, I’m willing, so use me”. So when the
train arrived I got on and God highlighted a seat to me so I sat down (!). An
older woman was sat on the next seat across the aisle and a couple of people
were in front and behind us. Well I sat down and felt God say “serious
illness”, so I thought, I think God wants me to talk to this woman! I carried
on reading my book and tried to ignore it but this feeling wouldn’t go away. I
was too nervous to talk to her in front of loads of other people though so I
said that to God and he was like “it’s okay, I’ll take care of it” and they got
off at the next stop! So I was sat near this lady and started talking about her
crochet to start up a conversation. Well it turns out she lives in Northern
Ireland and she was meeting her son at the train station where I live to stay
with her mother. So we just talked and she mentioned that she had had breast
cancer (serious illness!) but that she had gone through the treatment and was
well again. She asked me what book I had been reading and I said it was about a
Christian missionary and I told her where I went to church and that I was a
Christian. So I didn’t share a huge testimony or anything but simply mentioned
that I was a Christian. Anyway, she said
she used to go to a church near mine when she lived here. Then we parted ways
at the last stop and said it had been lovely speaking. She walked off and I
watched her meet her son… You’ll never guess who it was?!! It was the same man
from the smoking shelter that my friend and I had told about Jesus!!!! I
know!!!! God is sooooo awesome! I mean, God gave me a dream which made me want
to meet up with my friend, then we met and it started raining so we had to find
a shelter on that day. Then today, I went on a train to London (of all the
places!) and God told me to honour the train guys and buy another ticket which
meant getting on another train. And on that train a seat was highlighted and he
confirmed that he wanted me to speak to her through the words “serious illness”
and she lived in Northern Ireland and had decided to visit on that day, on that
train and she was the same guys mother!! Coincidence? I think not!!!
Hahahahahaa!!! Oh it is just flipping fantastic! Thank you
Lord for using me to show your glory, I just know God has plans for that
family!!! It’s AWESOME! :D
Got so many quotes I’ll be sharing from “African Adventure”
because there are some truly inspirational things in there! So excited about
what God has planned! I love you Jesus! I’ll post again soon but for now
goodnight!
*These posts were typed up separately because my internet
stopped working for a few days. Therefore, they are all posted around the same
time as I have transferred them and I have correctly dated them in the post
title.
