My best friend from college, Lindsey, is finally here to visit us! She's been unable to visit over the past year because of her job as a Psychology intern, so this visit is cause for rejoicing for many reasons. So, to celebrate her arrival, we broke fast with vegetables this evening at dinnertime. For the remaining five days we will be abstaining from meat and sugar. As overjoyed as I was to be able to enjoy some nice, fresh vegetables, I was much more excited to enjoy cooking a meal together with Lindsey for the first time in many months! The Lord has blessed me so much through her friendship.
This morning, I was meditating on some chapters in Isaiah, and God encouraged me with these verses:
"When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water." (Isaiah 41:17-18)
This verse is full of comfort for me. These days are filled with things that grieve my heart (and how much more must they grieve the heart of an absolutely Holy God). The more I discover how much suffering abounds in the world, the heavier my heart can feel. And, although I feel the call to action and the impulse to help in any way I can, I know that I am finite and have limited means. But our God does not have limits of any kind, and here He has promised to care for the needy. So today I'm praying and claiming this promise from a God who is abundantly capable of working miracles - I will pray for Him to satisfy both the physical and the spiritual thirst and dryness in this world, and then I will be willing to be a part of the answer to my own prayer if He uses me.
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