Can't sleep again...fancy that.

Sooo...here I am again...restless.  I'm leaving Friday, and I'm super excited about that...but I also have a lot to do between now and then! First of all, packing would probably be a plus, that should probably go on the top of the priority list, because the odds are I am going to need clothes when I get over there! 


Visa Update:
I GOT IT!! As in, its in my hands as we speak. Well, its in my passport, which is in my purse in the dining room, but you get the idea! I am so thankful that that all worked out, I knew it would, but it's nice to have it behind me!


As I have been getting ready to leave these past couple of weeks, I have been thinking a lot about God's grace, and His hand in our lives. Like the verse says, "Be strong and courageous, do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." What an amazing comfort that is! That no matter where we go or what we do, we are never outside the reach of God. I've been really convicted lately though, about how much I am really trusting in that. I can read this verse, and think how great it is, then turn around and start worrying about how I'm going to pay for plane tickets or where I'm going to live or stressing and worrying about whether or not I will make new friends. All of these little things that I know God is big enough to handle, but I want to constantly worry and by doing so, I'm saying I don't think He is big enough...so I better go ahead and try to deal with it and manipulate things on my own. I know how silly this is, but I do it anyway. This week, as everything really started to come together and I realized everything was working out, and better than I could have hoped, I saw God's hand in all of those things, and really got kind of upset with myself for worrying so much. And I realized, that despite my lack of faith, and in the midst of my doubt, God remained faithful. So I worried for nothing (again) and God remained faithful (still).   So as I am getting ready to leave this week, I want to make a conscious effort to NOT worry. To trust completely in the promises of God and know that he can, and he will work out all things for the GOOD of those who love Him. And with that comes the peace of knowing there is nothing to worry about. I appreciate your prayers as I get ready to leave this week, and its my prayer for you as well that you would have peace in those truths as well. He doesn't promise it will always be easy, but he does promise He will always be there.


"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about the body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not more important than they? And who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then saying "What will we eat?" or "What will we drink?" or "What will we wear for clothing?" For the gentiles eagerly seek these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Matthew 6:25-34




I love you guys :)