This week was hard. And awesome. And hard.
It's hard not being able to express yourself! A different language and not being able to say things the way you want them to come out is discouraging. When the people just walk away or abruptly hang up when they hear you speak:) :(
It's hard being so far away from home! A different culture and different people makes it easy to long for what used to be your normal.
It's hard not knowing what's going on! I haven't had to coordinate this many moving parts before or be this (dis)organized. I've felt the dumbest I've ever felt this week.
It's hard seeing yourself fall short! Enough said there. . .
But more than anything its hard seeing people turn away from their Savior. It crushes my heart when people reject Christ. It makes me want to weep that they don't understand how different their life could be with Him in it.
And yet. . .
The Lord still gives us joy. In the bleakest of moments He sends us rays of light to lead us.
It's awesome to see a father baptize his oldest daughter and their faces just beam.
It's awesome that we have a goat in our backyard that screams because it made someone come to our door and ask about it . . . and then we got to talk about the gospel!!
It's awesome to pass by the same person four times in a span of four days and then their heart is softened to listen about Jesus and His Restored Gospel.
And It's awesome that Jesus understands the heartache we experience and provides a way out.
1 Corinthians 10:13 says:
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
These hard things of life, everyone feels it. It's common to pass through periods of sadness and heartache and worry, but God knows us. He knows what we can handle but more than that, our Heavenly Father knew that we'd need a Savior to help us overcome. A way to escape and a way to bear it.
The way the truth and the light is our Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ. This week has been hard. I felt really alone and down, but the Savior came and lifted me. He will lift you too if you just take His hand.
That being said, have a wonderful week. I love you!
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