"An unmarried woman is concerned about the Lords affair. Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord, both in bodily and spirit." - 1 Corinthian 7:34
This verse has been my life verses as a single woman who loves Jesus. Like, that is why I love the Bible so much, because it literally say everything about everything. Even more, it literally spells out everything, about everything. As a single women, the Lord just wants us to be concerned about the Lords affair. Of course, this is easier said than done, and that is why I have to meditate on this verse. That is why I have to consistently be doing the 1 Corinthian 7:34 test which is: asking myself who have I been living for lately? Has it been for myself or the Lord. A lot of the times it is for myself sadly, but God's grace has been pruning me to bear his fruit instead of the fruits of this world.
One thing that the Lord has continue fueling the passion in my heart for is--international affairs in developing countries. My heart literally breaks when I think of about it, and I just ask the Lord what can I do. So many ideas run in my head about the future to the point that I wish I could be doing things now. In the future when I'm a doctor (Lord's willingly) I will become a International doctor who aids those who can't pay me back. In the future after I graduate (Lord's willingly) I will go to the peace corp for 2 years and then med school. This summer (Lord's willingly) I will be able to go to a missions trip to Nicaragua for 2 1/2 weeks. And these idea's are just the big ones!
Around the summer time, I started thinking about my 21st birthday and how I would celebrate it. Attending my College Pastor Birthday, he said something that really stuck with me. "Birthdays are just a day for people to worship you for a day" When he said that, I was in shocked because it was true. He then turned his birthday to a time for us to worship the Lord for a good 45 mins or so. Then in August, the Senior Pastor of my church asked the whole congregation to not give anything to him for his birthday but to give to missions. (My church First Assembly of God, is very big on missions. Our goal is to give half of every offering to missions)
When he said that it made me self reflect on my birthday. The Lord has given me a heart for mission and my birthday is way that I can respond. Thus, I asked the Lord who I should be raising money on for my birthday. That's when he reminded me of the Haitian Women Beading Business. $35 is enough money to help one women start her beading business in Haiti. So it was set, my 21st birthday Celebration was going to be partly a fundraiser for the women of Haiti.
I was very speechless in the response that people were to the idea of my party. I really didn't see it as a big deal that I was raising my party for my 21st bday. And I believe that, that was the Lord who ultimately blinded me from the magnitude of what I was doing-- to keep me humbled and not self-righteous. I also, believe it is what happens when you ultimately want to do what the Lord wants to. You just care about pleasing him and responding to his call and not what man expects of you
Can I please brag on Jesus for a minute?
A friend of a friend heard about my birthday and wrote an article on it for her reporting class at University of Florida. Her article got published in the Gaineville Sun Newspaper! I am just shocked and amazed! Jesus! Like, I just want to make you Famous like Sho Baraka would say!
Click on this link to read the article:
-Faith
