It's that time again. I was surprised to see some comments. Oops, I forgot that maybe this does get read sometimes.
I realize that my updates are very sporadic and random in their content, sometimes I feel like sharing my heart and other times I just want people to know what is going on in my life. So I am not really sure what to say in this post, except I know I want to share something that is important to me, that I wish you could all be a part of.
This past february I visited a friend in Bloomington, Indiana. We had a wonderful weekend together, catching up on each others lives. Before I left on Sunday, she invited me to go to a homeless ministry run by IU students. When I left that ministry, I was teary eyed. It felt so good to be apart of something that I felt like I had been created for.
I came home and prayed to God that I could find something like that to be a part of here in Columbus. I have struggled this whole year with finding joy in my job, and I longed for something to be involved in where I could really thrive.
To make a long story short, this summer (a few months after that first prayer) I heard about Vineyard's Fruit of the Vine ministry. There is a part of the ministry that visits the homeless in various sites around Columbus twice a week. I showed up one Saturday, not sure what to expect, and have been involved ever since. I say this not with pride, but with joy. I am falling in love with these people. There are discouragements for sure, times where I feel very hopeless for them..and frustrated and angry at their addictions...but I am learning how to see God's love for them through it all. I am learning so much from them. They are real people with real stories. They are someone's mother, father, brother, sister. They are onry and hilarious...they are passionate...they have so much faith. I am learning that for me it is less about where I am in the world, but rather WHO I am. And who I am called to be. And I pray that I will fall in love with Christ more, so that my life reflects Him...and that those surrounded by this darkness that lives on these streets, will see the light.
Anyone want to come visit, and meet my new friends??
