The Beauty of Contagious Passion

I've developed a bit of a habit of writing songs to process things... Here's something I've been working on =) "There was a lot on my mind as I got on that plane, Would it be the same as the home I left far away, The way that we'd connected, Would our hearts reunite? Was a lot on my mind, as I got on that plane... Oh I wondered, if you'd remember me, Or if you'd be so shy and we would have to start again, But I have been oh so blessed,  To see how far you've come, For you stole my heart from the time we'd had before. For my heart had waited so long, For when I could return, To my home so far away, That stole my heart. Now time has been and gone, It's like I miss you all the more, I pray our hearts might meet again, But I will wait upon Your will. The look in your eyes that I had greatly missed, As you shared your God sized dreams or how you wanted to reach more, So needs in your home could be met...

It's been about six weeks since I came back from Indonesia. I am so thankful for the journey God has taken me on since returning. The first week I came back, I was pretty miserable. Each night I would sit, asking God to ease the pain, for I missed my 'family' in Indonesia so deeply. I asked why he'd given me such a big heart for a community so far away, that I only saw for one week a year. Often I'd end up, just sitting with my guitar in my hands, trying to express what I felt, but finding it impossible to put into into music or words... As I tried to find God's purpose and will in all that had happened, I started reading books about spiritual disciplines. One talks all about accepting God's different invitations. For example, one talked about God's invitation to wait. This is something I'm not very good at, I find it stressful because it begs uncertainty and it's something I can't control. I began to pray about why it was so hard for me t...

Last year I traveled to Indonesia to visit a church that our church here in Sydney has a partnership with. From the moment I got there I felt loved, welcomed and like I was a part of their family. I felt like this was a place that the desires God has put on my heart could come to life and I was deeply sad when I had to leave and return to Australia for I was leaving another home. If you've read my blog before, you may know that often I have to leave communities, places, homes be it due to moving country, school, uni, churches and that over the last few years I've had to say goodbye to and pull my heart out of communities and know that most likely I'll never see them again.  But this year... For the first time I can remember... I got to return. I got to be reunited with a group of people who had totally captured my heart. I was so nervous and excited I didn't know what to think. As we drove down the winding roads and were greeted by many of the people I'd mi...

It's taken me about 3 weeks to actually write this post- I kept changing things... But it's finally written ;)...  I was beginning to think this year would, in many ways, be a repeat of last year. The only difference being I'd be more ready for the struggles and more excited about the joys... However, these first few weeks have shown me this is anything but the case! =) I'm still at uni, still working with kids, still traveling to Indonesia, still living at home... But this years different! Why? Read on. If you've ever invested much heart in a ministry or project you'll know that it's constantly at the back of your mind and new ideas and excitement are never far away. Recently I've been really excited about the possibility of having new kids come to our ministry and learn more about God and His love for them. I've also been thinking about how much we need to rely on God for this ministry to happen and the need to have a vision SO great that ...