Joy and Thankfulness: What God taught me this week.

Hi, it feels really good to write on this blog
and just open my heart to who reads this.
Today I just want you to open your heart and mind to today's post and make you feel conscious about your lifestyle and daily thoughts as I did.
I want to start saying this: I'm so thankful with God. Yes, I am. This is something that God has been teaching me lately. This week I had the opportunity of being a volunteer on a Medical Outreach as an Interpreter and I felt really happy because that was something I was praying for and God answered. Since that day my thankfulness started to show up.

I have to say that since day 1 out of 4 my mentally was "Lord, speak to me whatever you want to say to me" and it sounds weird since I wasn't attending to any camp or church service, but God listened my prayer. To be honest, there is lot I'd like to tell you about this week but I will summarize it a little bit.


Even though, I had the opportunity of being a Interpreter before, this time was way different than the others. I had my heart really opened to God and it is something that He has been asking me to do these days: Listen to His voice through everything.

This week, I was able to see how many people were in need. People who came from far distances with their children, grandchildren, husband or wife just waiting to be attended and receive medicine for their sickness. I spoke to many people and I could see their physical needs and I could see so many serious diseases and some more diseases were detected there and I had to report to them all the bad news. As long their were there waiting and telling their doctor their symptoms, they opened their heart to me and as long as I was listening to them, I could see their needs but not only their physical needs, their spiritual needs as well.

They had so many problems that only God can help them and give them a solution, people without anything to eat, unemployed, people who told me "God doesn't love me anymore, He has forsaken me" people who were discriminated, people with anxiety (which is one of the topics that I'll talk about soon) depression, feeling lonely, just a lot of issues! If you were in that situation, you'd probably say 'How can I move on?' But regardless of everything that was happening in their lives I could see: JOY, THANKFULLNESS, PEACE AND TRUST IN GOD.

When people were about to leave, there was something they usually told me: 'I know that God will make a way for me and my situation. He will bring healing to me and I'm thankful beacause I'm alive and that's enough.' Wow, I was shocked. I meet people that even they were in a very bad situation they had joy in their faces that was showing peace. I meet children that were completely happy with a candy and a toy even though their situation was really bad and with a thankful heart to God and trusting in His goodness. It really touched my heart!

I know that when we are in trouble or need is really hard to be happy and have a thankful heart for Jesus and see all the blessings you still have and trust in what He is going to do in your life and I know it well because I've been feeling in this way. I have been so focused on my own struggles, spiritual needs, my own worries, drowning in desperation and anxiety, feeling afraid about the future and not being thankful with God for all I have and the process I'm going through and all He will do in my life.

I know it is hard but stop for a minute and look what surrounds you and the blessings you have. You have a roof over you, food, life, people you can count on and above all, you have God with you.
When you are in trouble, you feel lonely and forsaken. When your heart is broken, you lose all faith. When anxiety and desperation come into your life it's hard to open your eyes and see how blessed you are and it is because we are blinded by our troubles and you are not able to see what God has given to you and what He wants to work on you.

This bible verse has been stucked in ny head all these days and it is a promise I can count on:

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
-Romans 8:28

Even though, the people who attended the medical outreach were not feeling good at all and their situation was not the best, I could see how they were trusting in God for a miracle and they were feeling thankful for being alive.
When I had the opportunity to talk with this people with a huge spiritual need, I understood so many things I went through years ago, God wanted to use them that day and I felt really useful again. I  like God was saying to me 'Abbie, trust in me because I work all for your good, just be thankful with me for all you have and all and praise my name for all I will do in your life' .

There is something I've been learning and want to tell you and it is that even though you cannot find a way, God is with you and He has all in His hands. God taught me this week that we not only have physical need but also spirual needs that can only be filled by God. He has taught me to be thankful during hard times, there is a lot of things to be thankful for, I'm blessed for having a roof over me, food, a bed, my family who supports me and good health.
I learned that God will always speak to you as long as you have a opened heart to his voice. Sometimes, some processes hurt but is God who is working on you to take you to other spiritual level, He is just preparing you.

I think that sometimes God brings a Goliath into our lives to release the David inside of us.

I don't know what are you going through right now, but even when it is hard and painful trust in God because He is with you and fights for you and be thankful for it. God has never forsake you, we are just blinded by our own when God extends His hand just to help us and teach us a lesson through this process and give us the victory! God loves you so much and you are not alone. We just have to be thankful for what he is working on us and for our miracle. Just take the time to count your blessings and being thankful with God. If people who are less afortunated as you are have a thankful heart you can have it too. Let's have peace in our hearts because will fight for you.

This people taught me a lot this week, they filled my heart with joy and hope and God spoke to me through their situation. I think that who receive all the blessing was me and it helped me to heal, I learnt a life lesson
Now I can say: I'm thankful for being alive, for my parents and family, for not being alone because God speaks to me through everything, He is working on me. I feel joyful for all He has done, I feel joyful through bad times because I know that my victory with be greater than I could ever imagine, He will answer my prayers and your prayers. I Stand up with my Faith and I wait fo my miracle to come, He listens to our prayers and his is going to make a way for every situation, he loves you and he died on a cross for our sins and salvacion. So let's be joyful and thankful.

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