"You crown the year with your bounty..." (Psalm 65:11, ESV)
My little apartment is covered in boxes and suitcases, leaving scarcely enough room to walk from one end to the other. The walls are bare, books are off their shelves, closets looking more and more empty. Ahh, transition.
With now less than two months until I return to Uganda, I'll admit I have mixed feelings.
I'm overjoyed. I'm going back! I get to see my dear friends there in Uganda, I get to visit the places I've grown to love so dearly, I get to readjust to the language and culture that I've missed so much.
I'm overwhelmed. This assignment God has given me is so much bigger than I am. There are things I don't understand, I don't know how to handle, and I don't know where to begin.
I'm humbled. My God is so much bigger than the assignment, and He chose me. He alone knows why, but I am humbled by that fact, and comforted that He is for me. He still sustains me.
I'm blessed. My family and friends have celebrated every milestone alongside me, praying with me, encouraging me, counseling me. I have an incredible board of advisors and staff with me, and I have the support of people I know and even people I don't. This can only be God.
"You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance." (Psalm 65:11, NLT)
This Scripture just "happened" to be in my Bible reading at the beginning of 2015, but I know it was a promise from God for this year.
2014 was filled with lessons, tests and trials, plenty of pain and so much joy. I believe with all my heart that 2015 is the year of harvest for what was planted. It won't be easy, and there are still lessons to be learned; but God crowns the year. He sustains, He provides, He leads, He protects, He is sovereign.
And the harvest? The harvest is plenty! The harvest is ready. Jesus, let me be a willing worker.
<3, Robin
