Jan 26, 2011

1000 pm:
 Psalm 19:12-14 and James 1:9-11
Beautiful unity; its prospering in this community of believers. In a matter of three days we have bared our souls and secret sins to each other. I have confessed and counseled more deeply and counseled more deeply with my team than I have ever done with friends that I have known for years! Why do we do this to each other? Honesty. Openness. We, as Christians, should be able to be aware of each other's pain. We isolate ourselves, we cover up our imperfections like we can obtain perfection. Out of this stems loneliness and jealousy and doubt. Lord, we all fall so short of your glory! What is it in us that makes us wear such masks? When we drop the act we are able to give wise, biblical wisdom and true familial comfort through our past experiences. You give us pain so we can use it as a ministry and as a testiment to Your beautiful and "grande" grace. Thank You Lord for such pain! Thank you for knitting our lives together in such a way that three people sitting on a Peruvian sidewalk could give such encouragement to each other, and in Your Name! Lord, I thank You for carving these mountains with Your hand so that one day I could be here ministering on behalf of Yourself; the Creator! Lord, I thank You for each heart that beats within these children. Lord, I pray that they will beat for You and You alone. I pray for the unexpected mission of our driver. Lord, I pray that You reach into his life, as only You can do. I pray, I pray I pray for the lives of "mi familia"!!! Lord, I pray for my brothers and sisters in Christ, heal their hearts continuously. Remind them of Your love, your forgiveness and Your sovereignty. I pray for changed hearts Lord.