pouring it out for You.

there is this song that we sing at church a lot called "Pouring it Out for You." the words to the song speak to my heart each time we sing it and today the lyrics have been running through my mind. i thought today i might be a little sad, but i'm not, actually. exactly 1 year ago right now i was boarding a plane in Dallas to head to Newark for my journey to Benin. here is the link to a blog i wrote that morning while i was waiting in the DFW airport after Blackie and Doug had dropped me off.

Throwback: March 19, 2012

i was thinking a lot of things at that time and i was quite honest in that post. you can bet one thing though, i sure wasn't thinking that one year from that morning i'd be sitting at a job i love with my whole heart, nailing down details for a friend to rent my house and getting my home packed up to sell my belongings, put some in storage and pack the rest in bins to move over to Benin with me one day. but things have a funny way of working out, don't they? i had no idea what was in store for me while i was sitting in that airport 1 year ago. the love i have experienced over the last 365 days is indescribable. i have given of myself in ways i never knew i could give and i have experienced life in a whole new way. the past 12 months have been so sweet and i know i will always look back at this time of my life with very fond memories of a time where the Lord did an amazing work in my life.

it is pretty crazy to sit here this morning, early at my kitchen table before the sun is even up and think over the past year but what really strikes me as crazy is that who KNOWS what next March 19th will look like. i may be in America. i may be in Benin. i may be working at Milestones. i may be working with Arbre de Vie. i may be driving my black Jetta every day. i may be driving a moto every day. i may be enjoying the first glimpses of spring. i may be sweating like crazy in insane heat. there are a lot of things i don't know, and trust me, i wish i did...but there is one thing i do know, i will keep pouring myself out daily for Him. whether i am in Oklahoma or Benin. working at Milestones or Arbre de Vie. driving my Jetta or my moto. enjoying spring or sweating like crazy, i will keep pouring it out for Him. it's an amazing way to live, really. and has brought me more joy in the last 12 months than i ever thought possible...

My cup is overflowing with Your perfect love

And this is my reward, I'll keep pouring it out for You...