Passion

I’m in Chile right now. I am leading (with 2 good friends of mine, Jessica and Shaun Hover) a team of 11 students. Our goal here is to reach the Chilean youth through sports and show them the love of Christ. We are supporting also the long term missionaries and help them to build their Base, so they’ll be able to continue the friendships and ministries they have already.

 When we left LA I felt kind of lost. I had to think back and remember my passion. Investing in young women, encourage them and helping them to find their identity in Christ. I have 6 wonderful women with me here and that’s my job for the next 10 weeks. I want to be an example that there is more in a life of a woman than to look good or having a nice body. As I figured that out I felt attacked from the enemy in exactly those things. I felt like I want a better looking body and food was a big issue in my thoughts. I started thinking that I am failing because I thought so much about it instead of being an example. But then my friend Jess reminded me that I am not failing. That I am tempted and that the enemy just wants to destruct, and I won’t let destruction happen. I will live out my passion of encouraging girls in their beauty and identity in Christ. I also will listen to my own words and take it for my own heart.

“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life - whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith? So don’t worry about these things, saying “What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?” These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s  trouble is enough for today.” Matthew 6,25-34