Blessed to be a blessing

My heart has been totally overwhelmed by God, and I feel so deeply that I need to give. Give of my time and my resources, after all, I am blessed to be a blessing. I am not sure where this is leading me yet, but I am feeling a pull on my heart in so many ways knowing that I need to be the hands and feet of Jesus where I am. I always had this thought that I was meant to live my life in another country and fully serve Jesus there, but overlooking the fact that I am where I am for a purpose and to live out that purpose. In Psalm 16:6 it talks about where I am presently is my land and the boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me. My life is not waiting for me to make a huge impact in another country, but is waiting for me when I wake up each morning. I don't know where God is going to take this new yearning in my heart, but I am excited.

I want to share a story about a friend who survived the earthquake in Chile a couple weeks ago. I just returned from seeing her for the first time since she got home. The articles explain the situation better than I can, but I very truly thought I was going to be attending her funeral, and prayed for so long about the situation. I didn't pray that she was alive or that she would be found, but that God was taking care of her, wherever she was. He was totally taking care of her, and listening to her talk about it was so crazy, and the things God taught her and continues to teach her and how perfectly His plan is laid out for our lives. Here are the links to the articles featured in the Detroit Free Press...it was a two-day special on the front page of the paper about her and her friends. Part 1 is here and part 2 is here. God is good!