i am learning

i am learning what it means to be present where i am. that has been and will continue to be my prayer for this journey i am on.

I Corinthians 7:17
"dont be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else, where you are right now is God's place for you, live and obey and love and believe right here .."

i am learning what it means to be present where i am and how to sit and be in God's presence. i am learning more and more about what it means to be still and know that He is good and He is in control.
i am surrounded my God's beauty. it is so present on this campus; through the people i am meeting, the staff that serves us, the strong women i live with, the nature here. i am continually overwhelmed.

i have been thinking alot about the impact south africa has had on me over the years. one thing that i am continually blown away by is the way people cling to God, and are desperate for his goodness daily. i am trying to figure out what it looks like for me to be completely dependent. i see the dependence here on God so visibly, so many people have nothing, God is the only joy and hope and they cling to that. i am figuring out what it means for me, an individual with alot, to be dependent on God in everything.

i am finding myself craving more time with God. i find myself wanting to just sit and be still. its a new thing for me. i was reading out of the message bible this morning, and these verses came up ...
philippians 4:5
"celebrate God, all day, every day. i mean revel in him."

romans 11
"have you ever come on anything quite like the extravagent generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? it is way over our heads. we will never figure it out."

i am blessed, to say the least, to be back in South Africa.

psalm 37:3-7
"Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as(M) the noonday. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him."