When God Changes Our Plans

      While planning for our mission trip, each person from our team was ask to share a devotion one evening while in Haiti. We would gather after dinner to have a devotion time, reflect on the day and pray. It was a wonderful time to learn what the other people on my team were learning and how God was touching them.
      Before leaving, I spent some time working on a devotion on servant hood. This sounded like the perfect lesson since we were going to be servants. I added quotes from "Experiencing God" and was all set for the time of my devotion. Since I'm a planner it was important to be to be prepared. God, however, had different plans for the words that I would share. While sitting in the early morning hours at the Miami Airport, I was able to pull up devotions I have on my phone. The one I pulled up was intended for me to read. Proverbs, 15:13- A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit."
     It was the first time the seed of smiling was sown. When God changes our plans we need to be willing to go with them. (There's that flexibility component again!) I had learned that in my summer study, and now had the opportunity to put it in practice.
     Looking back at the week and all of the lessons I learned, I see the beauty of the Lord's hand at work. I had no idea in the airport that smiling at people would be a lesson learned throughout the week.
   
 Joyce Meyer- SMILE!

Everyone knows how to smile. It's one of the greatest gifts God has given us. A smile makes people feel good, and people look so beautiful when they smile. When the joy in your life is obvious, it rubs off on others. But when you keep God's joy locked inside you and don't allow it to show on your face, you're depriving those around you of a pleasant and refreshing experience.

Most people really don't understand how expressing joy will change their circumstances and, perhaps, the lives of others. Living your life with the joy of the Lord will chase off negative, depressing circumstances. And when we have His joy deep down inside of us, we can't help but put it on display by smiling!

I never would have thought that smiling was such a serious matter, but God has shown me how revoluntionary a simple smile can be. Expressing joy thought the calm delight of smiling brings good things into your own life and shares the joy and light of the Lord with others, so smile!

Faces of Haiti

The Beauty of Haiti

Lord of all creation
Of water, earth, and sky
The heavens are Your tabernacle
Glory to the Lord on High

 God of wonders, beyond out galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy

Early in the morning
I will celebrate the light
And as I stumble through the darkness
I will call Your name by night

 God of wonders, beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy

Halleluiah to the Lord of heaven and earth