Just a few thoughts...
Somebody told me, not long after I got home from Africa, that the next few months would be when I learned the most from what I experienced. I didn't understand at the time but I think I do now. I don't know why it is, maybe I just process things slowly or it's needed a chance to sink in, but the last month I've felt that God has been challenging and changing me while bringing so much of what I've learned together. When people ask me what Africa taught me, in the past it's been hard to condense my thoughts into something that they would understand or begin to be able to grasp, but I think I know now. Africa showed me just how incredibly fragile and precious life is and how insignificant material things are. Consequently, that stuff can not satisfy yet all the while screaming that it is God who can. I can't deny how marvelous and great He is, and when I see this I can't help but realize how small I am. Standing in wonder of Him, I long to give Him everything, to worship Him, surrender completely. It's been so amazing to see how God has taken what I saw and helped me to grow through it. He's shown me the areas in my life that I have withheld from him and gently pried open my fingers, freeing my hands to worship him more.
He is able to accomplish infinitly more than we would ever dare to ask or hope... Ephesians 3:20. I want my life to be a reflection of Him, covered in his fingerprints and to surrendered to his extravagant plan.
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