Skyline!!
I wanted to share what I read this morning from Haggai. Random book I know!! The whole book is basically asking the same question, Whose house are you working to build?
2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.’”3 Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: 4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?” 7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. 8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,” says the Lord. 9 “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house."
I was so convicted by this. I have spent the last month worried about PSU, worried about leaving Narnia/Harrisonburg, sad, lonely, and so freaking focused on my OWN wellbeing (my own house) instead of the lords. I am those people saying it is not time to build the lord's house and he is SCREAMING at my through this book saying Ryann is it really time for you to sit in your "paneled house" aka comfort and not take hold of Jesus and share his love with others? The world outside of us is in ruins why am I having a pity party focused on myself!! I have not stopped to focus on how I am going to build the lord's house in Hershey. I've been so focused on how I look and where I'll be in a year rather than how the lord will use my earthly body to glorify his kingdom. So I challenge each of you to look at yourself and today think about whose house you are building? Are you bringing down timber/blessings to glorify yourself or the lord?
2:4 "But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. 5 ‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear."6 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7 I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty. 8 ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. 9 ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”
The lord tells us to work because he is with us, work hard to spread his truth love and power!! Because in a little the heavens and earth will shake again, maybe for you like me they are shaking right now this summer but the lord says DO NOT FEAR. He says he will fill this house with glory. I love vs 9 The glory of this present house will be greater than the former, the future laid before us will be greater than the past/what we thought was great in Harrisonburg, can you imagine how great the next chapter/year will be?! In this place HE WILL GRANT PEACE!! I was blown away by this whole book, only 2 short chapters.
The book ends with this: 23 “‘On that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.” He has chosen you Dev, you Fi, you Matthew, you Casey, you Meghan, you Brandon, and you Wes.
Sorry this is kind of all over the place but I really just loved all of this and wanted to share with you all!!
love,
Ry
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Greetings from Harrisonburg, Team!
I have t-minus 9 days till my dental admissions test! Really starting to lean on Jesus hard as it gets closer and closer.. Please pray that I don't stress too hard about this test and continue to remind myself that God is in control!
I went to a new church back at home with my dad on fathers day, and it was literally incredible. I got to have some awesome conversation with my dad afterwards as well, so thank you for all your prayers with my family. Something really cool the pastor said was that there is a difference in believing in God, and expecting from God, kind of like there's a difference in believing you can birth a child, and expecting the birth a child. It isn't until a mother is expecting, when they start buying baby furniture, organizing baby showers, etc. I really want to expect that God will bring the kids from Skyline to camp in August, and that he will move in each in every on of their hearts!
Hope all of your summers are going great! I really miss each of you a lot.
Peace,
Brandon Wong
I have t-minus 9 days till my dental admissions test! Really starting to lean on Jesus hard as it gets closer and closer.. Please pray that I don't stress too hard about this test and continue to remind myself that God is in control!
I went to a new church back at home with my dad on fathers day, and it was literally incredible. I got to have some awesome conversation with my dad afterwards as well, so thank you for all your prayers with my family. Something really cool the pastor said was that there is a difference in believing in God, and expecting from God, kind of like there's a difference in believing you can birth a child, and expecting the birth a child. It isn't until a mother is expecting, when they start buying baby furniture, organizing baby showers, etc. I really want to expect that God will bring the kids from Skyline to camp in August, and that he will move in each in every on of their hearts!
Hope all of your summers are going great! I really miss each of you a lot.
Peace,
Brandon Wong
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