1 Week, 5 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes, and 8 seconds until that wonderful day when I board the plane for Ecuador, South America for two months! ISN'T THAT CRAZY? I feel like I was just starting my freshman year at Samford, and seeking the Lord's face on what to do for this summer. This year has flown by and I am sitting here wondering, where in the world did it go? I feel like I just started band camp last week and had my first class yesterday! I could never express in words the wonderful experiences I have had at Samford and the Jesus-reflective friends I have made. I MISS THEM ALREADY. These past few weeks have been crazy with finals, and so sad with saying goodbyes to my friends for the summer. To say thank you to the people that have made my freshman year so spectacular, would be an inadequate use of my gratitude. So, I thank the Lord Jesus the ultimate reason of where I am, and who I have met. I have been blessed MORE than I ever will deserve.
All of this to say, I am where I am because of the Lord Jesus; plain and simple. His call on my life into missions is about to play out in less than two weeks and I am so nervous and excited all in one. Isn't that weird? I keep thinking to myself to calm my heart, Kari Jobe's lyrics to Run to you, "Lord you are calling me and beckoning me, with love abounding. And I run to you. I need you... I can't get enough of you. I come alive when I am in your presence. Oh God of my salvation." So many thoughts are running through my mind like, "I need to get shampoo, I need to get my medicine, I need to make a copy of my passport, I need money for this and that", and God has been reminding me in all of this that all I need is Him. My mind is stressed to the max with "to-do's"and He is beckoning me to run to Him and find his overwhelming peace. As Sarah Young would say, I am learning to make the Lord my focal point in all circumstances. As silly as it sounds, in EVERY situation I am learning to say Lord, I need you. This includes me saying this in grocery trips, raising my money to go, and packing my suitcase. "Lord I need you when picking out my shampoo, Lord I need you to provide the money, Lord I need you to give me rest, Lord I need you in every instance in my life. Every little thing Lord, I need you. Because, Lord you are my everything.
Please pray for me as these last weeks here in los Estados Unidos are numbered and out of control busy! Pray for a peaceful heart as I fly from Birmingham to Atlanta, and Atlanta to Quito, my family as I leave them all summer (including during my 19th birthday), and my health! So many prayer requests I know, but I am praying this is a summer that will change my life, and that I will experience the Lord in a way in like no other. I want to come back so changed and mesmerized by the Lord and what He can do, that my heart is overflowing with the joy of the Lord. I keep singing a Kari Jobe song, (yall she is the best), "my heart will always sing, I love you, I love you." Despite circumstances I will always love the Lord, because of his sacrifice and his unconditional love towards me. Thank you so much for praying for me and reading along! I love you all!
"We will rise to praise you. Offer our lives before you. Let every nation, all of creation, we will rise. You are worthy, life up our eyes to your glory. Let every nation, all of creation, we will rise"
- Kari Jobe, shocker I know
Morgan Ramsey
Isaiah 6:8
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