such a clutter, such a mess

I was just watching Clean House, but then wanted to turn it off because I rarely like to watch TV. I feel it's a waste of time, for me personally. Anywho, before I turned it off I thought of us, human beings, as though houses. God comes to our rescue, becomes the One who will clean us and try to organize the mess we are. That's beautiful to me...

When I was flipping channels this morning I came across Joyce Meyers talking about being a prisoner of hope. Zechariah 9:12 says 'Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.' How amazing it is for me to realize that God wants me to be a prisoner of hope, fully immersed in hoping about what He can do. And that he will give me DOUBLE as I've been waiting and experiencing hardships. Oh what the Lord desires us to know... all in His Word.

I leave for Bolivia in five days. WHAT?! I will be in another country... with a language barrier... in a business week. That pretty much blows my mind. I am beyond excited to see these kids and experience God in a new way there. I found out this past Thursday that we are going to be singing around a bonfire with them, and I think it's the first night we get there!!!! We're also going to seeing the Incan ruins and waterfalls. These people are going to show us around and I'm sure that my eyes will be opened to many many things. I'm so excited for what the Lord will work in each of us and teach every one of us. It's going to be a wild and great experience... Our team verse is Proverbs 31:8,9 which says 'Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.' I'm really going to be in prayer about this as we get ready for our departure... I am more than glad to be a servant to these people, to step out of myself and deeper into Christ.. that's where I truly find myself. (C.S. Lewis has spurred this idea for me and he's a genius for doing so) and I am so ready to just love.. for Christ to shine so brightly to these children that the language barrier can be set aside and they can just feel LOVED and hopeful.

I'm really hoping this posts because if not there's no way to copy and paste it and it will break my heart...