Today is the Day...

Today has been a wonderful day, thank you Lord. Today was my day of rest. Some people might say that my day was not a day of rest because I spent most of my afternoon at the children's ministry, but being apart of the ministry at Valle Del Sol is a joy and a blessing. The joy and happiness that the Lord fills my heart with when I am with those kiddos is incredible. Seeing their smiling faces is the best part of my week. My favorite part of today was watching them pray. All I had to say was lets close our eyes and pray, then automatically all of the children folded their hands and closed their eyes and repeated the prayer. I couldn't help but smile from ear to ear. Then later on when the children were coloring and the older classroom was in the same room doing their lesson, Horacio (the teacher for the older kids) started asking questions about the Bible and the kids in my class over heard and started yelling out the answers they knew (oh that made my heart and soul so glad).

The Lord provided us with a creation lesson today. Yesterday evening, I realized that I forgot to copy the coloring pages for the lesson so it looked like we weren't going to have a normal lesson this week. Then last night while I was organizing the mess of papers on my desk that I have kept shifting from place to place I found a folder full of lessons, thanks mama. Now not only did we have a lesson today, but we also have lessons for the next 4 weeks! Thank you Lord.

Now that would have been more than enough to make for a wonderful day, but God didn't stop there. I have felt all day this sense of peace and contentment that I haven't felt in a long time and it has been great. Thank you Lord.

These are the verses that have been on my heart and mind this week:

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." 
- Philippians 4:4-9