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I'm learning the balance between loving people and trusting God.
As you all know, I'm a leader in my church. Me, and two other ladies, are over all of the women of the church. It's our "job" to love on them, minister to them, hang out, and be moms and friends to them. I love it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! I know that God created me to minister to women and marriages and families. To help them grow in relationship with God and with each other. To help them find healing for past wounds and have victory in every area of their life.
Loving people comes naturally for me. God created me to love deeply and passionately. I love the girls in my cell group and in my church so much. I would do anything for them. Everyday I lay my life down for them and I have no regrets about it. I'm doing what I was made to do.
When these ladies have success in their lives I cheer for them and laugh with them. I love seeing them receive ministry and healing from God.
Obviously, life isn't only about success and victory. Life is full of pain and struggles. In the same way that I love these women through their hard times I, also, love them through rough and difficult times. Lately I have been having a hard time with this. Seeing people I love struggling is so hard. I know I can't dp anything about it (except pray!), but watch and be there to love them.
I'm learning to trust God with all of these situations. To fight in prayer and then leave them at the cross.
God spoke this word to me. I have been tending to all of the other vineyards (people), but " my own vineyard I have neglected." (Song of Solomon 1:6) I have been ministering and ministering and ministering, but right now I really need the Lord to minister to me. I need Him to love on me and give me His strength to love people with His love. My love does nothing. His love conquerors all.
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you are definitely gifted in the loving and caring way you open yourself to others and tend to your friendships. i've seen nothing but honest and genuine love for everyone you come into contact with. i think that's what makes it so easy to love being around you. you are such a blessing to be around and i am so lucky to be your friend! and i will certainly pray that god would meet you and bless and to strengthen your spirit! ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteI LOVE YOU Morgan! Thank you for loving me the way you do with the love of Jesus! I've told Peter many times how loved I feel by you!! You truly do love others deeply and I am SO grateful God put you in my life!!!
ReplyDelete~Brooke
You are truly gifted to love others - I can still feel that genuine love from the day I arrived in Australia almost 7 years ago! I'm glad God spoke to you about making sure you're taking care of yourself too - you are so precious!!
ReplyDeleteI can't tell you how much I love you and how loved I feel by you. I was reading 1 Corinthians 1:13yesterday and I was thinking..That IS Morgan!! Seriously, your love for me and my family has changed my life. I cannot tell you how much your love, prayers (and I'm guessing tears)have done for me. You are an incredible friend and an amazing daughter of God. I love you and I cannot thank you enough for what you do. I am so blessed to know you and call you friend.
ReplyDelete"I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit. Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
ReplyDeleteNow all glory to God, who is able, though His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! amen." Eph. 3:16-21
God Bless you Morgan! May Jesus fill you to overflowing.