There is a lot of wonder in my life right now. Wonder that people I love would ask me about haiti and that I get to share my heart with them and most of all at the look in their eyes and the way they light up when they learn something new about haiti. And seeing people love haitian people a little more. Because I love them. I really love haitians. And wonder at my family. I just dont get how I got such a beautiful family. That loves me so well. Right now crazy wonder at how my 2 sisters I havent seen in a year in a half have grown. How gorgeous and old they are. How talented they are. My sister nicole can play guitar and piano and sing and do percussion and jazz dance. Seriously. Thats my sister. Shes pretty amazing. But better is that she asked if I would teach her about God. That is the stuff of life right there. Or that a girl who I was so blessed to meet in Haiti would write to me and tell me about how christ is growing her and how prayer is playing out in her life and wondering about how god wants to use her as she gets ready for college and for life. Thats the stuff of life. Or that I had a girl named Diamond, in 6th grade, call me a few days ago from raleigh just to talk and share her heart and say she cant wait to see me. And I'm just like, this is my life God? Why do you love me like you do? Why do you choose to enter in to every little piece of it and bring the fullness of your glory. Beth Moore said this beautiful thing about Abram, that when God is talking to him and saying "all this land you can see I am giving to you and your offspring and your offspring is going to be like the dust, immeasurable, and she noted that he says "please." to Abram. As in, Abram please believe me when I say that all this is yours. Please believe the promises I make to you and your offspring. Please know that I am for you. that I will do more than all you could ask or imagine. That I love you and am faithful to you more than you could dare to hope.
But the greatest thing I got to read today was in John. And it is said by John the baptist. His disciples come and say, Jesus is baptizing too. Hes stealing your thing john. And everyone is going to him. And john is like, guys you don't understand. He is the one I have been talking about. I am not the messiah. Im not the bride or the bridegroom. I am the friend of the bridegroom. The more he is doing, the more I rejoice. And he says this simple profound, stake your life on it sentence...
I must decrease and He must increase.
That is our lives. Lets pray it over and over again. Lets make it the soundtrack of our lives. In every interaction, in every mission, in every job, in our relationships. He must increase, we must decrease. Make it our first goal. What would happen? I cant even dream up the possibilities. Lets write it on our hearts. That we decrease so that he can increase. Beautiful.
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