So we’ve been in India for over a week now and my heart has
been pretty much all over the place. I’ve been stretched past what I thought
was my capacity to love- and though hard, it has been so beautiful.
As a team we have made it a priority to come together as a
body every morning on our rooftop overlooking the town and experience the
presence of God in a variety of ways. The other morning, God gave me some
insight into what He sees in this team of girls. As we were reading through
Ephesians God spoke,
“RATHER, speaking the truth in love, we are to
grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from which the
whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped,
when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds
itself up in love.” Ephesians 4:15-16
The past week we have been going to the special needs orphanage
and sitting with precious orphans that were left to die in train stations, bus
stations, and on the streets. It is an overwhelming place to walk into with
over 100 orphans begging for someone to come sit with them, rub their back,
hold them, and stretch their limbs as a lot of them are immobile. I sat for
over an hour with one precious baby girl named *shelly ( 4 years old) stretching her legs. At first she didn’t like
the idea of me moving her legs and working the muscles but soon enough we were
sitting there laughing as I moved her body and stretched her limbs.
From doing ministry that day the Lord gave me insight into
what He wants of our team and body of Christ. Right now we look pretty weak- we
have been comfortable in our ways independently, and now we are seeing what it
looks like to function in community together as a body of Christ. Our muscles
are being stretched as we learn what it looks to seek God and work as one body
but I am so sure that the Lord will build us into a strong body that will be
used to change India.
