Leave Me There

Definitely no break for us as we march on forward! Today was Dr. Wellum's wheelhouse lecture of "Who does Christ say He is?" and " Solus Christus ". We had lunch, and Carolyn from Zimbabwe was kind enough to share her testimony with us. She was very much an encouragement to us. Most of her kids don't live here, but she and her husband came to Ireland via Zimbabwe and South Africa. Then we went to Passage West to do some gardening. It was fun, and I was totally in my element. The garden was mostly roses, so my arms are very scratched up. Despite that, gardening is always a reminder of what the Lord does in our lives. He snips out the dead parts (sin) that are no good to us, enabling us to grow and produce more fruit for the Kingdom, and we function best when we drink deeply from the Living Water. The gardening allows Douglas Baptist to do more outreach once we leave. It helps establish relationships with locals for the future. In the evening we attended the ...

During my time in college, I studied biology, focusing in botany. Although I do not currently do anything in that field, I still love it. (My favorite class was taxonomy, so don't go hiking with me if you don't want to hear a bunch of Latin names roll out of my mouth that sound like spells from Harry Potter.) Plants have a subtly beautiful way of revealing God's glory. Each little leaf goes through a complex process in order to grow. That whole process, every chloroplast, every strand of DNA that is duplicated is overseen and sustained by God. That in itself has blown my mind. Imagine also, that there are millions and millions of species of plants on the planet. Most of which are probably only known to the Lord, and exist only for the sole purpose of glorifying Him. In all my studies of botany, both technical and practical, there were some things that the Lord used to show me about what it means to be a Christian. 1. Pruning HURTS. Real bad. Pruning is often a necessi...