Trusting in the Lord

Kirsten Miller
Posted July 9, 2008
Alyse arrived safely in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, June 25, and she is resting at home. She still has pressure on her brain and the doctors aren’t sure of the reason yet. The doctors are doing further testing for her. Please pray for spiritual protection, guidance and direction with her situation.

Prayer requests…
-restored health for Alyse…spiritual protection, spiritual guidance and discernment
-God’s grace for the rest of our team to be present & engaged here in Venezuela, the desire to serve here with eyes open to the Lord’s work
-God’s guidance and direction in finishing our work here

In the midst of the past few weeks, our team has experienced a lot of unknowns, questions, unexpected events and changes. When Brett, Jeremy, Dani and I were traveling back to Charallave from Puerto Ayacucho, with two days notice to be leaving there two weeks earlier than expected…I was journaling and processing some of the recent events. I want to share part of a prayer that I journaled…
“Lord, I don’t know what the future holds—whether or not we’ll go back to Puerto Ayacucho—if we’ll finish our time in Venezuela with five or six people—what will happen with Alyse’s health—but it’s these times of uncertainty that bring us to recognize that our Father holds in His hands all the POWER that our desperate hands are grasping to reach…to recognize that while we’re running around like crazy trying to put the world in order—He has already designed the perfect plans for us and longs to share them with us.
There is a reason that He holds all the power in His hands…He is the Father God who longs for all the people He created to become His children. The plans He has designed hold His BEST for His children (Gal. 4:6-7). He has plans to bring each one of us closer to Himself and fill us with His love (Jeremiah 29:11). So—as I sit and wonder how God may direct us and where He may take us—I must not allow myself to get swept up into the unknowns…but instead to remember that I am held in the palms of the hands of the One who knows me inside and out, and is ready to guide me along the paths He has for me. I find rest in knowing that He will fulfill the plans He has for me—in His time and as He desires (Psalms 138:8), as I seek wholeheartedly after Him. We all walk through trials and hard times…but with Him—the fires will not burn us, the deep waters will not overcome us, our hardships will not leave us defeated! (Isaiah 43:1-7!)
I am trusting that God has completed His plans for our team in Puerto Ayacucho, and that He will complete the plans He has for us in Venezuela during our last two weeks here. Wherever He takes us and however He leads us—we will be carried in the palm of His hand. Thank You, Jesus.”

We now know the answers to some of the unknowns that I wrote about, but we will always live with unknowns in this world, and that calls for us to trust in the Lord. May we join together today in trusting in the Lord.
-Love, Kirsten Miller for the Venezuela Team