Never one minute
late or one minute early, Our Lord always answers on Time!!!!!
Steve and I had a great day today, we spent time studying
Spanish and doing our devotions. We do
not have internet here in our home, so Milo and Raquel have been sweet enough
to allow us to spend time in their home to watch movies or facetime our family.
It is nice for the mind to rest and not
try to think in Spanish. We have found a
few shows we really like on Netflix and this has been a blessing to watch TV
once or twice a week. I am finally
adjusting to the culture, I love the people, but most of all I love that in
every situation we find ourselves in, we pray together. It doesn’t matter where we are or what we are
doing, we see the importance of finding Jesus in every part of our life. My devotion today was in Hebrews 10:16-18 and
22&23. While reading this, I found
myself being thankful that he chose me, a sinner. His word says that he has forgiven all my sin
and that he does not remember them anymore.
I love this for so many reasons, 1. I remember things at times, he
remembers none of it. 2. I can’t forgive myself at times and he forgives me all
the time. Praise God for bringing us here; Praise him
for never leaving me, or forsaking me. I
am so honored that he has a great reward for us at the end of this life in
Christ Jesus. He is never late, he is
never early and his timing is so perfect.
Sometimes we want things now, but the Lord knows the exact time that is
perfect for us. This same night Steve
and I left Milo and Raquel’s to bike ride home, this time we went a different way
(Gods Time is amazing). We came to our
home from the other side of town, and a little down the road was my friend that
I say hi to each day. Her name is Maria,
I have invited Maria to church and for some reason we just like each
other. I don’t fully speak the Spanish
language, but the language of Jesus is always evident in a person’s life. Maria would smile and I would smile back, we
knew that we were always thinking of each other. I know she is busy as she has two children
and a business, but I don’t know her personal life. On the street, in that very moment Maria saw
me and she ran up to me and started to cry, tears we flowing down her face, I
had the best medicine in that moment I had the power of Prayer. I started to pray for her in Spanish, pray
that the Holy Spirit would comfort her, and pray that whatever she was going
through only Jesus could heal. Maria
told me that she was broken and that she wants to come back to the first love
of Jesus. She told me that for a year
now she hasn’t been to church. One
minute more, or the same route Steve and I normally take and we would have
missed it we would have missed Maria. I
didn’t get to stay and talk to her late because she had to go, I did pray that
whole night for my sweet friend. The
next morning was our normal routine of school for two hours, but I know that
the Lord had a different plan. Cinthia,
our beautiful teacher we have talked about before texted me and asked me if we
could have class earlier or if we would want her to come to our house this
time. I said yes, this would mean longer
in my PJ’s and less time riding my bike in the hot sun all the way to
class. Timing my friends in everything,
Cinthia came to our house at same moment she arrived, Maria also arrived. Cinthia and Maria did not know each other at
the time. Cinthia is so smart so she
knows fluent English as well, (wow Lord not a moment late, not a moment early)
Cinthia didn’t know it at the time. But she was being obedient to the Lord as
well. She is a Christian and I am so
excited to see her being used. This was
another amazing moment, Cinthia and I talked to Maria, she cried a lot and we
together were able to comfort Maria and find out exactly what was going
on. One thing I want to say, the Lord
will never forget you, He has always loved you and he always will. Maria and Cinthia are coming over tonight to
pray together and talk about forgiveness and we will also be spending time in
the word of God. Thank you Lord for
using a sinner such as me, Thank you that when I asked you to forgive my sins,
you cast them as far as the east is from the West, NEVER TO BE REMEMBERED
AGAIN.. I know that when we press on,
even when we are tired and want to give up, this is probably the moment when
the Lord is going to turn things around.. Fight the good fight; don’t give up
encouraging one another in Christ. Don’t
give up meeting together to encourage each other. The Lord is coming back soon for a church
without spot or wrinkle. Be found in
him, and seek the timing of the Lord and not the timing of yourself. This result will be perfect as you wait upon
our soon coming King.
I make this chocolate chip, banana cake almost everyday for my friends
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