I AM IN KAUAI! FINALLY! It’s incredible here. The weather, the “Aloha Spirit”, the love from people, the rain, the red dirt, the presence of God everywhere, the freshness of the air, the tent I get to live in, the old junker cars everywhere, the congregation wearing hawaiian shirts, tank tops, jeans and flipflops! I absolutely love eveything about it. God is going to do incredible things with me here this semester! I am in awe of Him. Truely. It’s sureal being in a place where no one knows your name. I’ve already met people who I KNOW are going to be friends and family to me.
Reading in my devotions this morning I just decided to open my Bible, Psalm 91 happened to come to my mind and I also opened right up to it! First of all, super encouraging, second of all, there is a verse that talks about tents, and how no harm will come to me in my tent. HA! Thank you Jesus, then I was flipping through my Bible and in the back I had written a few years ago from a Pondo speaker, it said "Don't let evil into your tent" and a few verses that I went to right away which talked about Hope, and how if you can see what you hope for, why would you hope for it? And to wait patiently! Because good things are coming! And are already here :)
Psalm 91
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 “Because he[b] loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
Reading in my devotions this morning I just decided to open my Bible, Psalm 91 happened to come to my mind and I also opened right up to it! First of all, super encouraging, second of all, there is a verse that talks about tents, and how no harm will come to me in my tent. HA! Thank you Jesus, then I was flipping through my Bible and in the back I had written a few years ago from a Pondo speaker, it said "Don't let evil into your tent" and a few verses that I went to right away which talked about Hope, and how if you can see what you hope for, why would you hope for it? And to wait patiently! Because good things are coming! And are already here :)
Psalm 91
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 “Because he[b] loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
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| walking to the cafteria (AKA the tents and tables) |
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| Plumerias |
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| View from my tent |
Thank you Jesus, for the amazing, unpredictable people, places and adventures you’re taking me on!
