The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”
I have loved this verse a long time, but it has taken on new meaning for me. His mercies are new every morning.
New mercies.
Every morning.
Enough to get through the day. Enough that when the day goes badly, each morning is a new start.
I know that I haven't written in a long time. Team Season. It's the extra-busy period in January and February when I'm eating, sleeping, and talking with groups of 3-12 people for a week at a time, answering all the questions I can about population size, tree names, ministry efforts, as well as interpreting between English and Spanish for presentations, conversations, and sermons. From January 16 to February 25, I coordinated five international visits (one was only for one day), including schedules, accounting, and activities. It was a lot.
I'm thankful for Raúl helping me, for other people at the Nehemiah Center chipping in wherever they could, and for some great team leaders. We got through, and I would say every visit was successful!
There was a point at the end of January when I woke up in the mornings not knowing how I was going to make it through the day talking and walking. But I did. Every day. Because His mercies are new every morning.
Yes, things went wrong during each visit. Some problems were minor, and some were major, but His mercies were new every morning.
The Lord is my portion. He grants enough to get me through each day. I saw him moving in real and tangible ways over the past few months, and I hope to share those stories with you via this blog while I'm on home service from now until the end of April.
And for those of you facing challenges, facing disappointments, facing exciting new things, facing exhaustion, or facing whatever is going on in your life - remember that His mercies are new every morning.
So glad that you were able to govern the logistics successfully and be the bridge between cultures for those visitors! You are in the thick of it! And I am doubly glad you'll be getting a little break now. And it sounds like your break will be in pleasant company you haven't seen for a awhile but is still familiar, so I'll be praying for your travel and that there will be a sort of "settling peace" in the midst of coming and going so you can breathe.
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