During my second month here, I really struggled with being “content,” which is a word we hear so much in the Christian world. Even though I am living out this dream of mine that’s been on my heart for the past 6 years, I still was not completely thankful. I wished I had my friends close by. I wished I lived in a nicer area. I wished I had my own car. I wished I knew what was on the other side of the many uncertainties in my life. I wished for so many things to be how I wanted them to be. Even when God allowed me to live out this calling I’ve been dreaming about for a long time, I still had something to complain about. But, as I always say, “thank God, God is God!” He is so patient with me. To ease the pains of waiting during uncertainty and discontentment, I began to really soak in the famous passage of Psalm 23, but specifically Psalm 23:1.
“The Lord is my Shephard, I lack nothing.”
I always heard this verse and
quickly let it slip through my ears. But this time, I really read it literally
and started to think that if God is a good god and His word says with His
leading, I lack nothing, then if I’m following Him, He will only give me the
best of the best. Therefore, all that I have now is God’s best for me. And if
it were any other way, it would not be His greatest for me. I started to see
that where I’m at right now in life and every detail of it is exactly God’s most
precious gift for me at the moment. It sounds so simple just typing it out, but
it is tough sometimes to truly believe the scriptures. “[If] the Lord is my
Shephard, I [will] lack nothing.” Reciting this scripture over and over has
helped me along the way to trust God and His timeline for my life.
Month #2 was a tough one, but I’m
thankful for the valuable lessons that have been and are being learned.
Here are
just a few highlights from adventures this month:
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Hiked
up to Griffith Observatory
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Went
to my first ever NFL game to watch the LA Rams. Learned that I am not a fan of
NFL football. Lol.
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Experimented
cooking several recipes
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Got
involved in my church a bit more
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Met
up with my ORU friend at a real park! I really missed parks.
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Assembled
a desk all by myself. Yay!
That’s
about it. Stay tuned for more!
-Brittany Prada
Brittany,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! Sometimes, our spirit wrestles with standards that surrounds us in the world---achieve something and then quickly move on to the next thing to conquer, but the Lord wants us to work out things in us and through us before He calls us to what He has for us next. The next always depends on what we do with the now. Continue to reminder that He is your shepard. Much love!