With all these fun pictures some of you may be wondering…
“So where is God in all of this..” Of course His handprints are all over it,
made clear in the friendships we all made with each other so quickly. But,
today we had our second official days of lectures about “Hearing God”.
Honestly, this is totally something that I have not ever learned much about,
but today’s lecture really provided a cool experience. We did two exercises
after our lecture and in the second one God really spoke to me. We were given a
post card with some sort of picture of nature on it. We were supposed to look
at it and quiet our minds to see if God placed anything on our hearts. Mine had
very subtle purple and yellow flowers on a mountain/cliff/field thing. I don’t
know where it came from but I instantly thought of middle school because the
colors of our middle school was purple and yellow. In that thought I just
remembered how switching schools so much when I was younger was difficult and I
had a really hard time making friends through all the switches. I was never the
cool kid and was picked on quite a lot during middle school, it wasn’t the
worst thing ever but it definitely affected me. I was shy as it was, and I
hated confrontation, so I just took it whenever it happened. As an adult I
still sometimes have a hard time in unfamiliar social settings, or find myself
being really insecure at times even amongst the people who love me most. So
anyways, after this post card brought up the middle school stuff God just put
these words on my heart, “You have always been enough, you still are enough. I
have created you perfectly to fulfill my purpose for you in my Kingdom. I love
you.” Than He gave me Psalm 103:8, so I looked it up and it said: “The Lord is
compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.”
It’s been cool to have so much time to devote to spending
time with God and making new friends. There are difficult times and great
times. We all miss our homes, and sometimes the heat just makes us angry. But
for the most part, we are having a great time. We walk everywhere and go on
super awesome hikes up castle hill. Today I have my ministry placement with
Youth Street- 10 hours of spending time with 12-17 year olds. It is my prayer
that God would use me during my time here to make some real relationships with
some of these kids. The Australian youth have alarming rates of eating
disorders, depression and suicide. My heart is that I would add to the great
work that so many are already doing here at YWAM Townsville as they attempt to
restore the youth. So if you think to pray for it, that would be rad! Hope
everyone is doing well! I miss you guys!
Love&Blessings
K
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