This feels so weird working on my blog again. It has been quite a while, and honestly, at this point I am not willing to say that I have missed it. Sometimes it feels like hard work. I made a commitment in the very beginning to be open, and vulnerable, and as transparent as possible, and that is not easy at all. But, here I am and here we go.
For those of you who do not realize yet, I am back in Lame Deer, Montana working for YouthWorks. I work with a great group of people that are excited about serving alongside me and I thank them for their commitment. I am realizing more and more how much of a privilege it is to be able to serve these friends here and work for such a phenomenal company. You know I have often found myself in places this past year where I was more concerned with money or what people think of me, than I was whole-heartedly serving Christ. When I come back here, I realize that stuff just isn't that important. I have been sleeping on an air mattress for the past two weeks now and have 10 more to go. We have been dealing with some frustrations that simply come with serving in missions sometimes and have 10 more weeks to go. We have been working and meeting from early in the morning to late at night and have 10 more weeks to go. And some how, I feel privileged and blessed in a beautiful way.
Sunday morning, Pastor Dean (from the church we are currently staying at), put a song on his iPod and the lyrics were profound to me. The song is Phil Wickham's "Cielo."
"Now I can't lift my hands high enough, can't lift my hands high enough, when I am reaching for you my God."
In my life, I have found myself reaching for so many things that I believe will make me happy. As I grow in discipleship, I am seeing that the most important thing to reach for is Christ. My prayer is that through this time in service to God and the people of the Cheyenne Reservation, I will reach higher than ever before, I will live louder than ever before, and that I will shine brighter than ever before, because none of those things can be overdone if I am doing them for my Savior. Just Sayin'. Thanks for continuing to join me on the journey friends.
