July 17, 2012
So I was able to take call today from work, sleep, get some stuff done around the house and enjoy an unexpected day off! I truly needed a day off because I had been dealing with a certan issue and needed another day to regroup. Im so thankful for Jesus that he allowed me to go through a rough, messy couple of days. God is growing me in this process and teaching me so much. Although some days this journey is L…O…..N…..G….. I know that it is Gods perfect plan and I honestly wouldn’t trade it for anything. What a privilege to raise one of His Orphans. I mean not everyone gets that amazing opportunity. J We are feeling so blessed and honored. My amazing Man forwarded the following thing to me today and I love the way God speaks to my heart and knows what I need. I needed to be reminded that God is not only in the final step of this process, he is in every step along the way. I Savior is AMAZING!!!
"To You they cried out and were delivered; in You they trusted and were not disappointed."
Psalm 22:5
In May, I was honored to share at a gathering of young church and ministry leaders from around the nation called Catalyst. While there, I recounted the events of my life in Uganda and the events of the past year.
As I reflected on this journey with the Catalyst attendees, I realized that so often I only ask to see God in the outcome. I want God in a baby that’s all better, I want God in the final adoption paperwork, I want God in the healed leg of a burn victim that was beyond saving, and I want God in the ending that’s all neat, wrapped-up and beautiful. I want to be able to say “Yes, God’s good because THIS is the end, THIS is the redemption.”
But this past year He has said to me, “No, I’m in the process. I’m in the day-to-day, and all that days that get you to the good ending. And sometimes the days that get you to the good ending are messy and hard. I’m in the 2 hours of every day, scrapping out the dead skin from a charred leg. I’m in the 15-minute increments around the clock that you have to place 5 mL droppers full of electrolyte balancing solution into the mouth of the seven year old battling sever acute malnutrition. I’m in that too.”
I am so thankful that God’s not only in the big thing. He’s in the everyday, the little things. And in just obeying and saying “yes” to the little things, He will create a big life.
Love,
Katie Davis
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