thursday must be the best night of the week.

I always look forward to Thursdays, and this past week was nothing different. ^^ I got to walk around outside enjoying one of the first weeks of warm sunny weather we have had in awhile with my conversation partner and friend, Li Xin. Then, on the way home, God really just pulled at my heart to go ask this lady walking along a busy expressway if I could give her a ride home (despite some of the excuses Satan was putting into my head to try and stop me...and they were there), and I wound up making a new friend from Saudi Arabia. Then, I got to enjoy a delicious dinner and relaxing and peaceful evening of gimbap with Destiny and Jenn, followed by a Spirit-filled night at prayer meeting. Even though it is kind of late for me, as my body is used to being in bed or at least winding down for bed by around 10 or 1030, it has been such a joy and true blessing each time I have gone. Honestly--and what I must tell myself,--I will have plenty of time to sleep when I die. I should be making the most of every moment, even when it means being a little "uncomfortable" for a small amount of time. Is a little loss of sleep really any sacrifice when compared to the persecution so many other Christians are experiencing all over the world? I am ashamed of my sin in not going faithfully and not taking to heart this realization sooner. Now, with only a couple months left here, I want to make the most of it...But shouldn't we be living this way no matter what? Isn't our overall time "here" (on earth) so limited? I had been worried about how I would function at work because of a lack of sleep, when, shouldn't I be praying more for the persecuted??? I am worried about my sleep and people are out there risking their lives for the sake of the Gospel and do not even think twice about it. If only I were as fervent in my prayers as they are for risking their lives for the Gospel. Lord, thank you for revealing this sin in me, and I pray that by sharing it here, I may keep myself accountable. Hold me accountable, Lord.


“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked."~~Luke 12:47-48