Okay, so I have been snowed in for a few days! I really don't mind at all, but today the sun is shining brightly and I couldn't be more happy! With the light comes just an overwhelming sense of hope and newness! When it has been so cloudy, dreary, and snowy for the last couple of weeks, the sun coming out just seems unusually bright!!
Isn't that sometimes how it is with God. We go through dark times in our lives, cloudy, dreary, and snowy! But, wow remember that moment when you know that finally it's all going to be okay. It's not so dark anymore, the son is shining brightly in our lives again.
I was reminded last night as I was trying to go to sleep, of God's sovereignty! I was praying for my friends, brothers, and sisters in Brazil. For some reason I was thinking about the wall of hands in Campo Grande. My handprint is on a wall thousands of miles away, as well as the handprints of our other American and Brazilian team members. I don't know why, but that amazes me that thousands of miles away, a part of me is there! We were asked by the pastor to each put our hand in paint, and press it on the wall, then write our names and a verse from the Bible. The verse I wrote was Matthew 5: 14 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden." As we got to be part of building a chapel for this community of believers, I couldn't help but see them as a light to their world! Again, God just reminded my heart that we are the light of the world. And, these beautiful, simple chapels in Brazil represent the light of that community. Light brings hope to a dark world, just like the sun brings hope of a new day. Our God is so big and sovereign! To think that a few years ago I would be smitten with such a love for a people in another county would just be impossible to me. But, not to God! He is bigger and brighter than I could ever know.
So today enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the hope it brings for the day, and enjoy the promise of a new season that is right around the corner!
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