Sweet Sisters

Colossians 1:3-7
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints- the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth.


I write this verse thinking about the girls that I have had the privilege to meet with over this past year. Today was my last day meeting with them for the semester. We spent a lot of time laughing and reflecting on the past semester and then we spent time praying for each other and for our ministries. I left my time with these girls with such a full heart and a goofy smile on my face. I am so blessed to spend my days watching God transform people's hearts and relationships. One of the biggest things we have been studying this semester is about the importance of community and I have really seen that happen between these girls who were virtually strangers in the beginning of the school year. One of the reasons community is so important is for ministry- to be on a team expanding God's Kingdom. It has been wonderful watching this happen before my eyes and the multiplying effects that it has had.

I struggle so much in ministry with expectation both of myself and those who I minister to. I confess that I have had many more disappointments than joys and I carry those disappointments with me often. I allow them to weigh me down and make me doubt God's call on my life- oftentimes I can become paralyzed by my discouragement. I look too often on what I don't see happening and miss what God is doing. I am so thankful to have taken time today to praise God for the women He has raised up continually at UNF since my freshmen year and how He is not finished with this campus yet!!