Humilty

I was marveling at the way God chose to send His son to us in this Christmas season. How He humbled himself to come to us, to be willing to float around in a womb for 9 months alone, when you are the creator and king of the universe. This has been a season of God showing where I can grow in humility.

Anyways I was also thinking about Hos God has been teaching me about humility during my discipleship training school. It is a good thing, not always fun but so so needed. I found my self relating the donkey in the Christmas story. As God can use the humble. I have been learning to lay down more of myself, my life, my rights to Him. The relation to the donkey.... Well if you were to ride a donkey, you would want one that was humble that could be steered and is yielded to it's master, obedient to any command and not obstinate. That rider can do so much more with that Donkey, than one who won't listen or is concerned with his agenda verses the riders agenda.
I can say this is a first I have related to the donkey in the Christmas story.

I hope this Christmas season comes alive for you, and God shows new mercies to you.

Youth with a mission is going great. I have loved learning, our ministry outreaches around town and most of all speaking in to he girls lives here in the class. This is discipleship and so exciting to be able to love on these girls and grow in Christ together. The class was mix of 20 somethings that have not all had easy lives. Some were coming out of some very hard stuff and here at DTS have been finding their identity in Christ, and learning to fallow Him. I am so excited to be a part of this. My heart thrives in seeing Christ renew people's hearts. He is the hope of glory after all.

We are all heading out in January to encourage some church in the USA about missions. And then to India. I am so excited to be in the slums of India loving on kids, doing open air preaching, and encouraging some women groups. And much more. WE are all excited to share about God to a land that is prevalent in the Hindu religion. I am sure it will be humbling there too, as upon arrival buy a our clothes in India to be culturally appropriate, wear no (very little make up, must have hair up or braided, and no jewelry). I am excited to be streched in new ways for Christ sake.

Philippians 3:7-9

⁷But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ ⁹and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

Love and peace to you -B