Growth

For a few days I had to go home due to my grandmother passing away. This trip back home that initially appeared to produce solely pain actually produced joy and growth in my life.

Going back to Pennsylvania for a couple days enabled me to rest which I rarely have had a chance to do ever since school and Washington. During this resting time, I learned that I must strive to never get to a place where I am burnt-out-like. Instead, I must always guard my time and view it as something pure and precious to my heart.

Furthermore, this trip allowed me to have courage to talk to my parents about several things that have been weighing on my heart for a very long time. Although scared at first to confess my feelings to them, a huge weight lifted off my shoulders when I did. God is truly doing a transformational work in my parents hearts as well as mine. Right now, I'm learning more and more about becoming a woman of God as well as being a godly daughter to my parents. The distance between my parents as well as the Spirit's work in my heart has shown me various ways that I can honor and love my parents more.

While being an intern in Washington, one of the things that the interns have been asked to do is to make a job description of what they would like to do this summer. Before coming to Washington, I already knew the areas of ministry I wanted to be exposed to, or so I thought. Between being on the plane and having a lot of time to myself in PA, God was disciplining me and gently showing me that I did not have the right motives in doing some of the things that I wanted to do. I thank Him for revealing these things to me! He truly discplined me in a way of love and birthed a desire within me to do the things that He has for me this summer.

This trip has filled me with an inexpressible joy, and I rejoice in Him for His continual goodness and grace in my life.