Wow... it's been a crazy past four days (Thursday through today)! Literally, almost no time back here in my room to just chill.

But it's so good. He's been filling me every step of the way. Got to see mom, Andrew, and Mama, celebrate Lucy's birthday, and serve other families through babysitting/helping out at birthday party/cleaning etc.. Had an especially fun night last night at the hotel they stayed in, just talking for a few hours. No activities planned, just talking. Just what I needed.

As I reflect on the weekend, I think about what a challenge I have almost sub-consciously made this semester (and a challenge I might submit to you as well): to apply Matthew 5:42 to all areas of life (not just monetary). Jesus says to "Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you." Basically, I've resolved to never say no when asked to give money, babysit, serve, or what have you, even if I don't think I have the financial resources or the time. Even if I think that it might push me over the edge. My challenge to myself has been, "Just try it - see what happens. As Malachi 3:10 says - see "if He will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need."

And you know what I've found so far? He always fills. He fills me, I empty myself. And then He fills me some more. Freely I have received, so freely I must give (Matthew 10:8).


This Love is reciting me like a backwards rhyme
  the more that you lose of yourself, the more you find
Take me out of myself and into the clothes of Royalty
Love has taken me

When I give you all that I have to give
...I still have a storehouse full