This week God has just been working in me a lot. I was a bit
down, frustrated, mad, annoyed, and what not and I just prayed that God would
lift my burden and just help me to trust in Him alone. I prayed that I would be
able to forgive, forget, and not let this issue consume my thoughts. I was so
stressed and could not even focus on studying. I prayed through my whole run in
the rain and stopped at the river crossing to just take in God’s beautiful
creation and pray some more. I was still a little frustrated later that night,
but I could feel my spirit lifting. In the morning I woke up with a smile on my
face and said, “today is going to be a good day” (which has been a common theme
this week between my roommate and I). I went to school just like normal and
continued to pray that God would help me to block any negative thoughts and
help me to be happy. God answered my prayers for sure! My spirit was light and
I was not frustrated or mad. Often when I am sad or frustrated or down I listen
to By Your Side by Tenth Avenue North. The song is as if God is talking to
us.. “why are you striving these days… why are you crying let me lift up your
face….why are you still searching as if I’m not enough”. I think about these words every time I feel subpar. God reminds me that it is
about Him and not about the little things in life! I rejoiced, praised, and
thanked God for answering my prayers and through that God showed me Romans 2: 4,
“Or do you show contempt
for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that
God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
I needed to repent of my sins and ask forgiveness and trust
in God that he will make straight my path -Proverbs
16:3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.
God answered my prayers and made my heart cheerful and I
thank Him for everything! Proverbs 15: 13 and 30 say just that “ A happy
heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. 30 Light in a
messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health
to the bones.” So whenever you are down and out,
pray and God will answer your prayers.
SMAT has been such a blessing to me. My class is full of
Christ seeking people all with a gung ho spirit to spread the gospel. It is so
refreshing to be in a school where we read the Bible every day, discuss it, and
even bring it up in class when talking about simple things. In our Publications
and Regulations class we were talking about some of the regulations and one of
my classmates brought up Proverbs and how it related to the situation! Wow!
That is so cool. We take talking freely about Christ for granted and yet even
in schools you can’t do what we do at SMAT. It just energizes me to be more
excited and want to share about what God is doing through me and through my
fellow classmates.
Stay tuned for blogs about what my next step will be in
flying and after I am done with SMAT and where God is leading me (ps I’m still
staying tuned too to hear what God has in plan for me). And stay tuned for more
updates on classes and what we are studying next, and an update on our adoption process.
Here's a few of my favorite songs that I haven been listening a lot to lately. Listen and enjoy!
Fly with Christ,
Helen
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