Here I am… back in South Africa!!!

These last few months there has been a real call from God to sow into the land of my birth …but as fast as I am sowing so I am reaping of His incredible love and life. One thing that has impacted me deeply about the dear folk I have had the privilege to spend time with is that no matter how intense the situation – be it because of violence, poverty, sickness or loss [ to name a few] there seems to this deep call “BUT GOD” and this has so challenged my way of thinking and believing and hopefully...my behaving!!!

This morning I was reading Psalm 42 and twice in verses 5 and 11 David cries out

"Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God."

And as meditated on this I was so impacted by the fact that it’s ok to acknowledge where I’m at soul wise….BUT GOD… that I have to make a choice to to embrace " The Truth" - Jesus.. to daily choose to Hope in God … and that hope includes patiently expecting and trusting…and the anchor to this hope is praise… that He is my Saviour…the one who will never leave or forsake and My God… yesterday, today and forever.

I came across the statement just recently...

“Sometimes we are not ready to see the wonders of God’s wisdom and strength until we a gasping for breath in the exhaustion of our own strength…. A recurring story of the bible is that mountains of faith rise from the valleys of failure”

Feeling not quite “up to it all??” – BUT GOD