Small Beginnings

So as I watched another snippet of Joyce Meyer this morning, I was reminded again of patience and pride.  When I first had my vision of the Dangerous Bride Ministry we held a couple of events, every time I was disappointed that some people hadn't come.  I felt like I had put so much into each event and yet only a small number from my church came.

It wasn't that God had moved massively at each of the events because he had each time, but I just wanted more women to engage with the ministry and essentially I wanted to leap frog to the bigger and better worldwide stuff immediately.

BUT WHO WAS I TO THINK I DESERVED THAT! My pride meant that I failed to see and praise what God had done and focused only on what I wanted to happen but didn't!  I was a proud fool, thinking that I deserved something.

In our culture it is so easy to fall into this "I have a right to..." attitude, children today are taught that they deserve everything and have to earn very little.  As a result, people fail to see the value of things.

God has taught me that I deserve nothing, but his grace and mercy lavish me with gifts and more than I deserve! His own son died that I might live, that I might be free from the grips of death and sin.  Everything that I have is a gift from God, I deserve nothing.

So today I learnt that I should have treasured the small beginnings of the Dangerous Bride and that if an event only has one person come to it, but that one person is touched for just one second by God's love then it is worth it.   I now look forward to treasuring where we are now.

"...we know that suffering produces perserverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."  Romans 5v3-4

Rach xx