I haven't blogged on my trip to Uganda 1. because it's hard to put into words my emotions 2. I broke my back and was busy with other things but today God reminded me of something I learned there.
I have always had trouble with the comment "Lord willing". I don't know why but it's been my thing when people say "Lord willing I will see you tomorrow" I want to say no I will see you tomorrow. I guess it was a control or trust thing even though I had always trusted the Lord with my fate and have totally surrendered my life to Him.
What's crazy is that just like Jesus used the orphans in Haiti to take my head knowledge of Jesus into a full blown heart knowledge of Jesus and relationship with Him. He also used the orphans in Uganda to do the same.
A quick overview: the orphans in Uganda knew the Bible backwards and forwards. They spoke English which was nice but literally on the first night we had a devotional with the girls they went around and spoke Psalm 52 from memorization because that was their Psalm for the week!! An interesting point here is I learned how foolish I am with spending my time in the word. They yearned for it like a deer pants for the water so their soul panted for God and His spoken word.
But on our last day as we said our good-byes I was telling them I would be back next year and I meant it. I had been changed yet again. When you go to the other side of the earth you not only see that God is the same yesterday, today and forever, but He is the same in America, Haiti and Uganda. We all love the same the God and He is in every place at one time! So I said to one of the girls, "I will see you next year." She said back, "Lord willing I will see you next year too Stephanie. " AH there it was! So I said, "Yep Esther, Lord willing." And then she said something I will never forget for as long as I live. She said with laughter and a big smile on her face, "But don't worry, Stephanie, if I don't see you again, we will meet at Jesus' feet." As my heart and head tried to grasp what she had just said (again a 10 year old) I realized where her heart was and it was not in her circumstances or her earthly treasure. She already knew where her treasure was. It was in Heaven. I cried and said as I walked away, "I'll see you at His feet, Lord willing."
