Day 22:
August 2, 2012
I’ve
been here three weeks as of today. I can’t believe how fast my time has gone.
But it was time well spent and I have learned a lot. I’m anxious to see how God
will use what I have learned here in Costa Rica back in the states.
I had
little more time before I had to go into the school this morning so I slept in
a little longer. Once I got to the school we had a meeting about the next team
that will be coming on Tuesday. It is a blessing because they are leaving on
the same day on the same flight to Houston as me. So I will have not had to
travel in the Costa Rican airport alone at all.
Once I
came home I took a nice nap before going back to the church for the Thursday
night service. One of the long term missionaries, Micah, gave the message. You
could tell he was a little more sentimental and emotional than usual which was
completely understandable because his wife just had their first born son, Tyce
Benaiah, this morning around 6am. But Micah showed up to preach anyway because
he felt like God had really laid something on his heart that we needed to hear.
He spoke
on the passage in Judges where it talks about the seven hundred left handed
warriors. They weren’t left handed because they were born that way, they were
left handed because something else had happened to their right hand in battle.
But they were excellent warriors and could use a sling shot and hit a hair from
many meters away. He used this analogy to encourage us that when Satan takes our
right hand in battle that we should use our left hand and train our left hand
up in order to continue defeating him. He also encouraged us that even though
the church was under spiritual attack we should stand behind our pastors
because if Satan takes them out the flock of the church will scatter. It was a
very good and message.
As he
was giving the message, I smiled as I thought to myself, “Satan, I’ve been
through a brain infection and God has healed me. I could have died but God wasn’t
finished with me yet. You have made me feel like a prisoner in my own sin and
God has set me free…
bring it on.
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