Hosanna

There are, like other songs, many things I could say about this one. I'll limit myself to two, which tie together pretty well.

I see the king of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes

I see his love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing

[Chorus]
Hosanna
Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest [x2]

I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith

I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees
We're on our knees

[Chorus]

Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me

Break my heart from what breaks yours
Everything I am for your kingdoms cause
As I go from earth into
Eternity

[Chorus x2]

Hosanna in the highest

"Show me how to love like you have loved me...Break my heart for what breaks Yours, Everything I am for Your kingdom's cause. " This summer that was the cry of my heart. There were times that I felt so disconnected I would just dwell on the words, make them my prayer. I wanted to give my all to the children but felt like I was constantly holding myself back. I didn't know how to just let go and give my all. Several times in Trans when we were at the beach with the kids I would think about this. And there were times when I knew God was breaking my heart for these children and it hurts sometimes. I thought about it and how many times do we sing that, "Break my heart for what breaks Yours," and actually mean it because I mean be honest it's not fun to feel brokenhearted. To feel like you want to help but there is only so much you can do. To get just a glimpse of what these people go through everyday, their entire life, and realize I am only here doing this temporarily. I am going home soon. I won't have to deal with this again. It's heart breaking, truly heart breaking. And all you can do is cry. Cry and pray. As heartbreaking as it may be it is also in a way a welcoming feeling. It's like when a light bulb goes off in your head but instead it is a fire lit in your heart. You feel just a piece of what God feels for His children. You feel just a minute bit of what His heart feels.

Trans. A village with a couple hundred people. All the kids in that village and I only recall seeing one toy. One. And it was homemade. It was an empty gas or oil can turned sideways and made into a car. It had windows and doors cut out and old flip flops cut up into wheels. How many toys did I grow up with? Barbies alone I'd probably have enough to give each girl in the village one. Ok, maybe not each girl but close enough. This is what sparked me to put together a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child this year. I've never before put one together. It was so fun and such a fulfilling thing to do. I enjoyed so much picking stuff out and got excited about everything I'd be sending to a child that I'll never meet, never know. As a community ministry the BCM was collecting boxes. I admit I was expecting less than 10 boxes.. We haven't had much support with the community ministries. We had close to 30 boxes! You just don't know how thrilled that makes me! Every box is one more child who gets a Christmas gift and gets the Gospel shared with them. Praise the Lord!

Kids (Nona, Afebi, ?) with the toy car

the toy car