Hey everybody!
I hope everything is going great at home and know that I'm covering you (and Canada!) in prayer. Let me know once the snow flies and I will remind you that the snow STILL is not flying out here :)
I live in an amazing three bedroom/two bath apartment with four other women of God! These girls are such a blessing in my life! Honestly my expectations were not extremely high when it came to dedication of the other Christian's in the internship but typical Jesus...he has blown my mind! Simply living in my apartment with these chick's would be life changing never mind the internship! Despite the complaints of former FITN Interns I am really enjoying the food out here! Our Chef is passionate about making healthy food and therefore we eat like King's and Queen's! Today's lunch was ribs, corn on the cob and spiced potatoes! Wow!!
Alright so I wake up in the 'morning' at 11:00 PM! Crazy eh? We start class at 12:15 AM debriefing with Dale (our program's director) and then head straight to the prayer room! We are in the prayer room until 5:45 AM which is when we have lunch. After lunch it could be a variety of different things...often more hours in the prayer room, or a corporate event, a class (interactive message), church etc. Our curfew is 2:30 PM with lights out at 3:00! Talk about a change in the body! Please pray for wisdom and endurance in changing my sleeping clock as well as my digestive systems clock!
Jesus has revealed it to me so clearly that it's no mistake my heart was drawn towards the Fire in the Night Internship. He has such a huge heart to redeem my past and make it beautiful and to allow myself to even see myself as completely whole, clean and new. He delights in enjoying me through the hours of the night as I sit at his feet and intercede for those who are still locked away in darkness.
I made a covenant to the Lord at the beginning of this internship asking him that any part of me is still full of evil and darkness that he would bring it to the light. No matter how humiliating, surprising or revealing it may be. This has set the platform for a crazy three months and I can feel it already! I go from moments of being still with Jesus confident in who he is to times of complete turmoil within myself. The Lord is stirring me and opening up deep holes within myself that I didn't even know still existed. More then anything I long to walk a blameless life before Christ and what greater person to help you with that then the man who longs for his bride to be pure, holy and set apart for him alone!
I feel as if a huge theme over our internship is God's love towards us. That we might begin to understand how much he loves us and what he see's when he looks at us. It's funny because I've always thought I knew the answer to both of those questions. That's the problem! I knew them in my mind but he wants those realities to explode in my heart, soul and straight into my strength. I can't help but think of the story of Hosea. Surely Hosea's heart broke when his wife desired to earn his love through actions. To pay back all the good he had done when all he longed from was her love. Jesus hates 'Christian' actions that are void of love to him and I want that to sink into my heart as I sit at his feet and allow him to speak truths about who I am and how much he loves me.
This internship sure isn't all fun and games! We have boundaries and rules on every side of us and don't have my free time at all and I am LOVING IT! There is no other place I would rather be right now. We are surrounded daily with truth's of Christ and then thrown into the prayer room for the duration of a working day to get these truth's stamped on our heart's. Outside of the prayer room we find ourself engrossed in going deeper in these truths. I hardly remember what it's like talking about the weather and who the 'cute' boys are. Everything else seems to be fading into the distance as I stand before my King and strive to become as perfect as possible before the day of his return.
My iphone is SOLD!!! Woo! So pumped about that...just my car left. Please pray that it would sell ASAP and that it would be a blessing to whomever receives it.
Please let me know of any questions you have! Just an FYI...being surrounded in the 'ya'll' culture my new nickname is T-eh. I take great delight in it...please feel free to use it at anytime!
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