This semester has been a roller coaster ride and a half. My heart sighs with an ache for the brokenness of this world and a weariness from constantly fighting that brokenness. My heart swells with the love I've come to know from my Father and with a hope that I can't help but see in each face I see every day. We have been created with a longing for eternal relationship with our Creator. People use anything they can get their hands on to satisfy this need, whether it's alcohol, drugs, sex, sports, clothes, friends, pills, music, whatever this world offers them. I remember trying out other ways to fulfill my life but seriously nothing worked. God was waiting so patiently for me to stop running to solutions that wear off, solutions that don't actually work. Then He slowly started drawing me back to Himself, showing me how He is the only thing, the only way. I'm surrounded by friends, people that are practically family, who are still floundering, looking for the one way out. It's not enough for me to solve their problem for them because they're a different person than I am. All I can do is love them and pray for them. God's the one that changes them, that fulfills them, not me. I'm another short-term solution, but Jesus, He's it. It's a joy to serve a God who is so full of grace and love and compassion, who doesn't give up, who never fails, never backs down, who's always faithful until the absolute end. It is a joy. My heart breaks because I know the futility of our worldly answers, but it's mended when I look to my Creator, my Redeemer. Keep my brothers and sisters at the University of New Hampshire in your prayers, that the Lord would continue the work He has started here, because He's doing some sweet as things!
Pappa J and I head to China is just over 6 weeks. I have no words to express the excitement that I have for being invited to serve the special needs children of Hidden Treasures Home. Please keep us in your prayers as we prepare to head out!
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