Peace in Preparation

I will start with a disclaimer. I have never been very good at keeping up with journals or blogs. However, I am making a determined effort to become more organized and consistent with all of the above. So here we go into a hopefully crazy awesome time of seeing Christ at work in Jackson, MS.
For this journey to begin there is a lot of money that all of us, interns, are required to raise individually. This is a daunting task that is continually haunting my waking and sleeping hours and hangs over me like a little black raincloud blocking the sunshine. However, I have never been so close to or reliant on Christ as I am now because this task drives me continually to my knees in prayer. There is no way that I will be able to raise this money on my own but only through the grace of God and the never ending love of Jesus. It constantly amazes me how He continually draws us to Himself in times of trial and tribulation. In His arms we find the hope, comfort and confidence necessary to accomplish the moving of mountains. In Him I rest, knowing that if it is His will, I have no need to worry and have the true peace that the Lord gives. "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." - John 14:27