It's September in a few days, I CANNOT believe it.
My adventure here in Sydney is nearly over! :( The other night I lay in bed, reflecting, thinking, dreaming {counting sheep} on this year.
At the beginning of the year I had only one question: "God, why Sydney? Why did you send me here?"
It's only now that I have a resolve to that question. He wanted me to die to myself, lay aside EVERYTHING so that once I was completely "broken" He could put me back to together again, whole... complete... refreshed.
BOY, has this year been the best and the worst of my life. There have been moment of raw that I have NEVER in my life experienced till now. Moments where I could only but rely in Him, His promises, love and protection. Then there has also been incredible mountain top experience. Through it all I {liked He promised} have been stretched, prodded and changed.
I am SO SOOOOO grateful for this season, so grateful that He would love me enough to want me to be better, stronger and different.
Ps Julia A'Bell has a mantra that she frequently speaks over her life "Die, Julia... Die!" {in the context of dying to self} This has fast become my new mantra. When we die to ourselves we can truly, honestly allow Him to move.
I cannot describe in words this year, I just can't. I can't even begin to describe in adequate detail what has happened this year, all I now is that my life is better for it all, ALL of it!
"What is uttered from the heart alone,
Will win the hearts of others to your own."
Will win the hearts of others to your own."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
