There are 11 days left in this year. I am trying to think of a way to let whoever ends up reading this to truly grasp the beauty and wonder of what is happening here. I cannot believe God is using me in the way he is. In less than five months, God has allowed me to see how my simple presence and laughter is changing people’s lives. I am making a difference, as I assume everybody is, but I somehow get to see it.
Love never fails.
David sent me a card saying his life had never been so interesting until I came into it. God is using me to minister into so many girls’ lives here. Somehow God leads me into a group of girls and they don’t stop being themselves. They don’t seem to change from a “girl” into a “girl that is now around a guy.” I’m seeing things many guys never get to see.
Our Christmas show is all God. I showed up and wrote and directed it, but I really can’t take any of the credit. The kids gave me a card last night, and, for some of them, it seems I am changing their entire perspective on life. They are waking up and seeing the beauty around them they have never seen before. God is using me to wake people up and help them find their freedom.
Yet, I don’t feel like I do anything but be me.
And it isn’t difficult to be me. I remember when it used to be insanely difficult to be me, perhaps I wasn’t entirely sure of who I was back then.
My card was full of phrases like, “Never stop being you,” or “Thanks for being you.”
What an honor! What a joy! What a gift!
I am being thanked for doing the only thing I know how to do: be me.
And here is another day to laugh, to smile my crooked smile, and love those around me.
God is beautiful!
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