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Dearest Friends and Fam,
What can I say, but I LOVE you all,
And I'm SO thankful for you ALL!
Korea is awesome, God is awesome, I'm having a great time but I miss you lots.
My birthday just passed, so I'm another year older. It's the anniversary of my quarter-century!!
Birthdays are a reflective time for me. (Is that a word? I just made it one!) and this one is no less so.
I've experienced true beauty on several occasions.
A month before my birthday, I got a box in the mail from my friends at theMILL in Colorado. (don't know it? Google it!)
Not knowing what to expect, I dutifully tucked the box away till my actual birthday. Monday night, after a lovely dinner with dear friends in Korea, I opened the box in the privacy of my apartment, yet in the presence of my parents and visitors in Colorado (thanks to Skype video!)
I don't think I possess tear ducts. If I did, I would certainly have cried tears of gratitude and joy. Instead my whole body shakes and quivers. So I shook. And I quivered. 13 individually wrapped little packages of varied delights, such as dark chocolate, inspiring literature, hot cocoa, uplifting music, kind words … etc. ohhhh, they know me so well. I felt such a rush of emotion! To think that theMILL pours such love on ALL its missionaries is tremendous! And it got me thinking about heaven. I think this is a tiny glimpse of what heaven will be. Forever enjoying the love of the Father as He showers us with His gifts (and chicken fajitas)… forEVER! To spare you my verbal diarrhea in written form, this was in a CD case:
"'Wake up, o sleeper, rise from the dead, and CHRIST will shine on you.' Ephesians 5:14
God Dreams. God dreams BIG... He dreams of shining light into darkness showering love on the weary, bringing hope to the dejected, healing to the wounded, justice to the downtrodden, and salvation to the lost. Yes, God dreams.
And you are part of His dream.
By loudly proclaiming the name of Jesus--with words and without-- you can bring His dreams into reality. You can break through the night by shining the Light.
LIVE THE DREAM--WAKE UP THE WORLD!"
~Thomas Miller
(And this from ANNA ~:)
Delicious, don't you think? I don't know Thomas Miller. According to Google, he is either a 16th century scholar or the owner of Newcastle's busiest auction house. Whoever he is, he has a gift for capturing words splendidly… and I hope they uplift your day as much as they did mine. I love you ALL and appreciate you more than you can imagine.
사랑,
ANNA-Conda ~:)
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