The Great Reminder: He Who Promised is Faithful

Yahweh is Faithful.

Justification-Sanctification-Glorification.

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all curcumstgances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast to what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sancitfy you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it." -1 Thessalonians 5:16-24.

"For this is the will of God, your sanctification." -1 Thessalonians 4:3.

"...for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another." - 1 Thessalonians 4:9b.

"I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you." -Colossians 4:18.

These are a few verses that have come up alot in my walk with the Lord recently. I've had the chance to study Colossians and 1 Thessalonians and a few Psalms. It's been awesome to see how He reminds me of His goodness and grace. Everything I read, see and hear...it all points to this:  Jesus and His faithfulness.

He justifies me, He sanctifies me, I will be with Him in glory.

He who promises is faithful. 
He breaks me and restores me at the same time. He molds me to the image of His beautiful Son.

He reminds me why I'm here in Kenya:  To serve Him and make Him known.

I do get very homesick and I do miss my Colombian food (any type of good food really). I miss my mommy and my brother and sister. I miss my bestfriends, I miss my CF family. I'm sad at the fact that when I get home most of my friends will be in colleges that are far away from home.

But when I see the kids at the Children's home all of the negative goes away. When I see the kids I get to love on, I feel at home. I get to be their "Aunti Nati", for some I get to be their older sister, for some I get to me their mommy (taking out my first-aid kits and fixing some boo-boos).

When I go to the city (Eldoret) and I see my friend Masi at the Bakery at Tusky's, and the sweet woman (whose name I can't pronounce) who sells me Samosas at the butchery next to the sketchy place that I buy cheap scarfs at, and the little kids that make me feel like a movie star cause they want to touch/hold my hand. The babies at the local primary school that cling to my hands and arms, with their dry boogers all over their precious little faces and their dirty/torn attires. The funny 67 students in my math class. Sunday mornings and afternoons with all the kids from the block. All of these things, all of these people....it dims all the things that I miss.

Being homesick is temporary. Serving Christ is eternal.