Three
weeks. In only three weeks I will be
packing my bags to leave Florida. My
time here at Wycliffe Bible Translators(WBT) is quickly coming to a close. It seems that each week is busier than the
last and each week I feel like I am being challenged more in my walk with
God.
Both God's Word and people here at WBT are
challenging me. For my internship I am
working on research and writing and thankfully I am not doing this alone. Another intern (Alisa) is working with
me. She has encouraged and challenged me
in my writing skills and my spiritual life.
I am incredibly blessed to be working with her.
Alisa
My mentor
Janet is supportive and sensitive. She
notices when I am struggling and when I am joyous. Every week we talk about what is going on in
our lives, challenging each other to learn
from God in whatever circumstances He places us. Nothing learned is ever wasted when placed in
God's hands. When we give Him full
control of our lives we will see the blessings more than the trials.
Janet is in the back row, third from the right
Nancy, one
of my prayer partners here at WBT, has shared her life experiences with me,
helping me to see how God works things out according to His plan and not our
own. God knows our hearts. He knows our deepest hurts and deepest
longings. In His timing He reveals how
those things are important to our life.
In the last
two weeks God has also given me opportunities to experience His peace and
majesty seen in creation. For the Fourth
of July weekend we did "Sunrise-Sunset". This is when we watch the sun rise on an
Atlantic beach and then drive back across the state to watch the sun set from
the Gulf of Mexico. I am including one
picture from each.
Sunrise
Sunset
I also was
able to take a pontoon ride on four of the many lakes in Florida. We rode out into the middle of one lake,
turned off the motor and just drifted as we ate our dinner. It was so quiet and refreshing, just what was
needed in the middle of a busy week.
Me and Julie
View from pontoon just before sunset
A Bald Eagle
flew over us during during dinner and for a moment I thought about the thrill that
early explorers must have had when coming to this country. Just as this great bird symbolizes freedom in
America I thought about the freedom we have in Jesus Christ. We are freed from the penalty of sin, which
is death.
What a great
and Holy God we serve. I pray that I
would never forget the sacrifice that was made on my behalf that I may have the
freedom to approach the throne of grace with confidence.
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