One might think it is crazy to anticipate blessings but I know our God is big and he loves to bless us. This next week my 15-year-old daughter and I will go on a new adventure completely outside of our “normal” comfort zone. We will have long tiring days where we will give of ourselves until we will probably feel like we have nothing more to give. Our days will be filled with anything but “normal” as a matter of fact we will probably be surprised at just what a day will hold. We will literally fill our days making someone else feel loved and important. Each day, every day will be to bless others. It will not one bit be about us and our comfort, wants or desires but completely about someone else.
Our Adventure will start on Monday where we will begin training for a week of serving “special needs” families. Families will come from all over to have a one-week family retreat where everything is about making them see and feel the presence of God. I truly admire the families that have to care for a special needs family members and cannot begin to imagine what a feat it is just to get there. I can’t even wrap my brain around what that really encompasses. I actually get teary-eyed just thinking about it. I cannot even imagine how overwhelmed with emotion I will be next week. I already know and am anticipating that God is going to totally wreck me and I am sure my daughter too as we take this step. Don’t get me wrong, I am not referring to being wrecked in a bad way but a really good way. I am sure that we will experience Jesus love on a whole new level.
We often go about our daily lives doing what needs to be done, we may have little bumps or slow downs due to life getting in the way such as small children, taxing school age kids around, sports, etc. We do not really know what it means to barely be able to complete some of the simplest of tasks, having someone so dependent on us that our life is truly not our own and not having “growing up” to look forward to as far as getting out of the hard stages.
I personally am praying that God blesses me with a whole new level of love, grace, and less self-centeredness. I pray for new eyes to see those that are hurting. I pray that God will make me less and him more in all areas of my life. I am going to try my hardest to stop worrying about myself and my needs. Matthew 6:30-33 msg “If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers – most of which are never even seen-don’t you think he’ll attend to you, do his best for you? What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting , so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. I know it will be a week of crazy over the top giving but I also know that the blessings we will get will be amazing and I am sure once again I will stand in awe of how big our God is.
I look forward to sharing with you how God wrecked us in a couple of weeks.
Until Next Time…
robynstroup 
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