Looking back on 2017, the Lord’s goodness has been evident. He has been so good to me this last year and it has been such a blessing to see Him work. This does not mean that 2017 was a simple or carefree year which included zero problems or hardships but overall the Lord’s goodness remained true as it always does.
With every New Years I have been able to look back on the year and remember the good times and difficulties that shaped me into who I am today. 2017, was a year filled with surprises, adventures, and patience in the waiting. The Lord has put specific dreams and passions in my heart regarding His Kingdom and it has been cool to discover different parts of it this year. I have a passion for travel, people and places that I have not yet seen. For instance, I was able to visit my cousin in San Francisco, CA with my roommate and it was an eye opening experience. Seeing things and places I would never be able to see on the East Coast. I fell in love with San Fran’s diversity. However, I also saw people in need of basic needs as we do everywhere. Everywhere has need. This trip encouraged me to be intentional with people the Lord crossed my path with and to live in every moment. Then in October, I had the opportunity to help in the relief effort in Morelos, Mexico. Not expecting to see much beauty and preparing myself for the worst, I saw beauty in the people and the place. With all the destruction and demolition of houses and buildings around our van as we traveled down the streets, I saw beauty in the Lord’s creation. Even though this awful natural disaster occurred, the Lord has a plan for these people and this nation. We loved them and showed them the hope of Christ and that is all that we could give. There are so many mountains in Mexico and it is gorgeous. Traveling up and down dirt roads and around bends brought us to houses in harder to reach places. The beauty in the people shown through their generosity and thankfulness. The Lord was working here and continues to. As I look back over the course of this year I have also seen the Lord’s goodness in his faithfulness to answer prayers. It has been such a blessing to walk into what He has for me in this season. He has brought friends and people into my life that I did not know I needed. He has brought encouragement and iron sharpens iron council that has motivated me to grow in my faith. He has challenged me to continue to draw near to his throne through prayer. I am so thankful for all that the Lord has taught me over the course of this year and it definetly will not end in this year… I know 2018 will bring good change and transition as I will be hopefully graduating and taking the next steps wherever the Lord is leading me! I hold onto this command and promise as I step into faith wherever the Lord is calling me, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” The Lord is good and is so worthy to be praised, in the hard seasons and seasons of celebration, the Lord is with us even to the end of the age, we never have to fear!
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August 2019
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