This passage Hosea 10:1 was like the Lord speaking out loud and clear to my heart. "Jan I have blessed you and Mark. Now what are you going to do with the blessings?" I knew He was telling me yes, do it....don't build altars and pillars for yourself...let the fruit I've given you bless these kids. Anyway, not to be simplistic....But God has His way of speaking right to your heart, and we felt Him speaking to ours.
So..... today.... when I opened my Bible and saw Hosea 10:1 again...I thought, "wow! one year ago!" And in the midst of all the delays, sad reports of orphans not getting immigration visa's, thinking we were going in October, and here we still are, wondering if we heard right..?? this refreshed and confirmed in my heart the call of God to do this. And also today's reading from Ps. 131 (while it didn't hit me a year ago) reflects exactly where I am today in my soul ..."O Lord, my heart is not lifted up. my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O, Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore." (to be continued)
Amen and Amen...
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