The Little Things: Prayer Letter 2
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In the past few weeks God has blessed me in ways I could not have imagined. He brought a few new partners to the ministry support team and I am now nearing the 25% mark of the funds necessary for me to be released back into field ministry. I am absolutely blown away by God's provision. This past week felt like I was finally getting my feet under me and feeling like this job is more routine now. I also finally took a day off. I was caught in a cycle for a while of feeling like I was never working enough and as a result I was over working myself and feeling really burnt out. I took the entire day off on Friday, and even did my best to resist checking my email. I think the best part of the day was that I didn't have any real plans, but I wanted to spend time with Jesus just thanking him for all he has done in my life and celebrating with him. I went for a run, did a lot of walking, and had dinner with a dear friend. It was so beautiful how everything seemingly ordinary became extraordinary because I invited Jesus into it with me. I encourage you to consider inviting Jesus into your ordinary task and see how they can be transformed into acts of worship.
Then there are the hard things. Growing pains-we have all felt them. I think if we are really engaging with God we are always feeling them in one aspect or another. As of late I think God has been teaching me so much contentment, but also to celebrate daily. I have never been one to celebrate myself because I struggle to believe that I am worth celebrating. However, like last week, I am finding things to celebrate each day. My birthday is coming up and God is showing me that I am worth celebrating. I am so excited to invite others into my special day and really rejoice in the many blessings God has given me in my past 23 years of life.
More Learning: A friend talked about vulnerability and how it requires a risk and to make yourself susceptible to harm. I think many times we think of vulnerability in a physical sense, but from an emotional and spiritual aspect it is almost scarier because those wounds can take decades to heal. However vulnerability also opens up doors to deeper relationships that give us a glimpse of the intimacy God desires to have with us, and that makes it worth it. A great point was also brought up that we don't have to share our deep dark scary things all the time to achieve this, but we can also share in triumphs and celebrate together to grow in vulnerability. Take a few minutes right now to think how and perhaps who you can let into your life a little deeper.
Psalm 139 is a great reminder of God's deep intimacy with us.
Standing in awe of how he knows me better than I know myself,
Sigourney
In the past few weeks God has blessed me in ways I could not have imagined. He brought a few new partners to the ministry support team and I am now nearing the 25% mark of the funds necessary for me to be released back into field ministry. I am absolutely blown away by God's provision. This past week felt like I was finally getting my feet under me and feeling like this job is more routine now. I also finally took a day off. I was caught in a cycle for a while of feeling like I was never working enough and as a result I was over working myself and feeling really burnt out. I took the entire day off on Friday, and even did my best to resist checking my email. I think the best part of the day was that I didn't have any real plans, but I wanted to spend time with Jesus just thanking him for all he has done in my life and celebrating with him. I went for a run, did a lot of walking, and had dinner with a dear friend. It was so beautiful how everything seemingly ordinary became extraordinary because I invited Jesus into it with me. I encourage you to consider inviting Jesus into your ordinary task and see how they can be transformed into acts of worship.
Then there are the hard things. Growing pains-we have all felt them. I think if we are really engaging with God we are always feeling them in one aspect or another. As of late I think God has been teaching me so much contentment, but also to celebrate daily. I have never been one to celebrate myself because I struggle to believe that I am worth celebrating. However, like last week, I am finding things to celebrate each day. My birthday is coming up and God is showing me that I am worth celebrating. I am so excited to invite others into my special day and really rejoice in the many blessings God has given me in my past 23 years of life.
More Learning: A friend talked about vulnerability and how it requires a risk and to make yourself susceptible to harm. I think many times we think of vulnerability in a physical sense, but from an emotional and spiritual aspect it is almost scarier because those wounds can take decades to heal. However vulnerability also opens up doors to deeper relationships that give us a glimpse of the intimacy God desires to have with us, and that makes it worth it. A great point was also brought up that we don't have to share our deep dark scary things all the time to achieve this, but we can also share in triumphs and celebrate together to grow in vulnerability. Take a few minutes right now to think how and perhaps who you can let into your life a little deeper.
Psalm 139 is a great reminder of God's deep intimacy with us.
Standing in awe of how he knows me better than I know myself,
Sigourney
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