Saturday, April 7, 2012

Det var visst Deg…

Barfot og usikker går hun med nølende skritt bortover den skitne asfalten. Hun vet ikke hvor hun skal, men tror hun går i riktig retning. Det er vindstille akkurat nå, men det betyr ikke at det ikke plutselig vil begynne å storme igjen. Det er ikke kaldt, men ikke særlig varmt heller. Det er som å vandre i et vakuum, hvor både mørket og lyset prøver å sluke henne på samme tid. Frykt legger seg som et tykt teppe rundt den tynne kroppen hennes, og prøver å riste den over ende. Utenpå skjelver hun, men inni har hun fred, for hennes hjerte vet at Lyset er sterkere enn mørket. Det har det alltid vært, og det kommer det alltid til å være, for lyset kan aldri miste sin kraft. De gangene hun begynner å tvile på det må hun stoppe og snu seg rundt. Da får hun øye på lyset som varmet hennes kropp da hun var kald, som strøk henne ømt over kinnet når hun gråt, som omsluttet henne da hun sov og som fikk grøftekanten til å spire frem de vakreste blomster, så hun ble fanget av synet av skjønnhet da asfalten ble mørk og skitten.


Noen ganger kommer fiendene imot henne for å stjele hennes håp. Hun løper ikke lenger og gjemmer seg i klippene slik hun pleide å gjøre, men hun går imot dem selv når hun er redd. Rustningen hun trodde skulle beskytte henne mot slag og sår og fall og nederlag, var bare, når alt kom til alt et stort stykke metall, uten kraft og styrke i seg selv. Og det som for andre hadde vært nøkkelen til seier, ble for henne årsaken til større tap og smerte. Nå har hun endelig lagt av seg rustningen, og hun kan merke at frihet begynner å slå rot. Uten skjold og sverd er hun sårbar og naken. Hennes motstandere og fiender ler av henne når hun kommer gående med sine bare føtter, fillete klær og nakne hender. Men de vet ikke at hennes hjerte bærer en kraft som er større og sterkere enn døden. De vet ikke at bak de fillete klærne og den skjøre kroppen, bor det noe som er så fryktinngytende at fjellene kaster seg i havet, noe så mektig at havet deler seg på midten, noe så stort at universet bare blir som støv i forhold og noe så grensesprengende vakkert at bare et lite glimt smelter jern som sola smelter is.


...Sakte begynner tårene å renne igjen. De kommer innenfra og slutter ikke å renne før hele kroppen hennes er ren. De såre bena kommer litt og litt frem fra sitt møkkete skjulested. De dype sårene kommer til syne, og de får muligheten til å gro. Hun er helt utslitt og trenger å hvile noen dager. Et sted underveis mistet hun tryggheten, og den dype vissheten om at hun er elsket. Hun kan ikke gå videre uten, hun må gå tilbake og finne det hun har mistet. Men hun er for sliten til å reise seg. Hun synker sammen på den støvete veien, lukker øynene og forsvinner for seg selv. Varme, sterke armer tar tak rundt den skjøre kroppen og løfter henne opp fra bakken. Hun greier fremdeles ikke røre på seg, bare ligger der, livløs i kjærlige armer som holder henne på en måte hun aldri har blitt holdt. Det som var ynkelig, hjelpeløst, sårbart og skjørt blir fullendt i styrken av disse nådefulle armene. Hun løfter blikket og ser inn i øyner som brenner av nidkjærhet og inderlig barmhjertighet. Aldri har hun sett slike øyne, fryktinngytende, og samtidig grensesprengende milde og kjærlige. Det er som om evighetens skjulte mysterier er gjemt i disse intense øynene, som har sin hele og fulle oppmerksomhet rettet mot hennes. Plutselig får hun øye på en ung jente i de flammende øynene til skikkelsen som holder henne oppe. Jenta er grenseløst vakker, full av kraft og styrke, mektig som en dronning, uredd og tillitsfull, rakrygga og fri, yndig men modig, liten men seirende. Tårer triller nedover de røde kinnene idet hun forstår hvem jenta er. Hun har ikke mistet sin trygghet, sin styrke eller sin skjønnhet, hun hadde bare glemt hvem hun var i Hans øyne. Hun hadde begynt å leite etter Hans kjærlighet i andre ting, og sakte men sikkert glemt ut hvordan det var å være hel, hvordan det var å være fullkomment elska av Han som er fullkommen Kjærlighet.


Nå ser hun Hvem som var Lyset når alt var mørkt, Hvem som var hennes styrke når hun var svak, Hvem som varmet hennes kalde kropp, Hvem som strøk henne ømt over kinnet og tørket tårene hennes, Hvem som omsluttet henne når hun sov, Hvem som fikk grøftekanten til å spire frem de vakreste blomster, og som løftet hennes blikk bort fra den skitne asfalten… Det var visst Deg. Du jaget etter meg med godhet og barmhjertighet, nåde og sannhet. Du gråt da jeg snudde meg bort og søkte etter kjærlighet i det som aldri kan tilfredsstille. Du vrei Deg i smerte da Du så mitt hjerte briste, og så fortsatte Du å jage etter meg til jeg endelig sank sammen av utmattelse så Du kunne løfte meg opp, nær til Ditt hjerte og elske meg hel igjen. Ja, det var Du, min elskede, det var Du…


Saturday, May 14, 2011

Beautiful are the flowers of a tree
planted in tears
It shall flourish in quietness
It´s fruits shall be
full of love
It´s fragrance shall
bring hope
And the light of His Name
shall shine upon her
forever

Friday, March 18, 2011

i den stille vinden

Naken sitter hun i strandkanten hvor hun har sittet så mange ganger før. Naken og ekte og sårbar. Men det er annerledes denne gangen. Hun sitter fremdeles å venter. Venter på svar. Venter på å forstå. Venter på Han. Men denne gangen ligger hun seg ikke ned for å sove, holder rundt seg selv og gråter. Tårene renner enda, men øynene er åpne og på utkikk og hendene er rettet oppover i stille tilbedelse til Han som er god selv om hun ikke kan se Ham. Hun holder ikke lenger fast til seg selv, men hun gir slipp for å gripe Han. Hans navn er Håp. Den såre gråten som var så vond og smertefull er byttet ut med tårer fra livets kilde, levende vann til legedom og renselse. Hun har ikke flere ord. Hun bare sitter der og er til og elsker Han tilbake i sitt hjerte. Sakte men voldsomt rives festningsverkene den onde har fått bygge i hennes sinn. De er store, kraftige vegger av løgner fra helvete, men ikke større enn Han som er i himmelen. De bærer navnene angst, motløshet, frykt, sjalusi, selvforakt, svakhet og sykdom. Men en etter en må de bøye kne for Han som bærer navnet over alle navn. Og det ene navnet som rommer fylden av himmelens og jordens skaper reiser seg opp i henne og fyller henne fullstendig. Det er begynnelsen på en ny tid. Ørkenvandringen er over for denne gang og solen begynner å stige i horisonten. Den farger himmelen rosa og lilla og rød mens den strekker sine tynne stråler ned til henne og varmer den tynne kroppen med seg selv.


Nå begynner hun å se skattene hun fant i mørket. Hun snur seg og får øye på mannaen og vannkildene som holdt henne i live gjennom dødens landskap. Hun ser ørnene som bar henne på sine sterke vinger over de veldige tornebuskene. Hun ser menneskene hun ikke kjente som Han sendte til å vandre sammen med henne, og støtte henne opp de bratte klippene. Hun ser Lammet som ofret seg selv i løvens gap så hun ikke behøvde å frykte. Hun ser kjærligheten som har etterjaget henne og grepet hennes hjerte. Hun overveldes av Hans nåde. Og på ny overgir hun seg selv til å bli grunnfestet og gjort fullkommen i kjærligheten som driver frykten ut så hun aldri i evighet skal skjelve av redsel, men stå oppreist som palmetreet, trygg og tilfreds, full av nåde og sannhet slik som Han.


Hun ser enda ikke løftenes oppfyllelse. Det er fremdeles bare ord om framtida uten ansikt. Men hun vil ikke nok en gang slite seg ut i det hun prøver å oppfylle Hans løfter på egenhånd. Det ender bare med utmattelse og knuste hjerter og enda mer ventetid. Nei, denne gangen vil hun bare sitte der i stillhet og vente på at Han skal gjøre det – i Sin tid, i rett tid. Det kan storme rundt henne, det kan brake og blåse og snø og hagle kalde, harde, vonde ting mot hennes nakenhet. Men det skal ikke få ta hennes oppmerksomhet. Hun har blikket festet på Håpet, og hjertet hennes er fylt av fred og forventning. Hun vet at Han vil gjøre det. Hun vet at når stormen har rast forbi, når regnet har sluttet å piske henne i ryggen og havets voldsomme dønninger har lagt seg til ro – da vil Han komme i den stille vinden og hviske til hennes hjerte ”du er mitt barn, og Jeg elsker deg”. Da vil alle sårene gro, all smerte falle bort, all sønderbrutthet bli gjort hel. Da vil hun ta Han i hånden og reise seg i Hans kraft, og gå på vannet sammen med Ham.


Fremdeles sitter hun i strandkanten og venter. Frøene er sådd, men blomstene har ikke begynt å blomstre enda. Følelsene hennes skriker og sparker i desperasjon, tankene kjører berg og dalbane i toppfart. Men hun har valgt å hvile i Håpet. Hun har valgt å stole på Hans hjerte selv når hun ikke ser Hans hånd. Hun har bestemt seg for å vente på den stille vinden – hun vet at den kommer, for Han er alltid trofast.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

the river from His heart

there is a river. flowing from the depths of His heart. streams of love. and compassion. a mighty river. full of grace and life in abundance. a powerful river that flows wherever He wants it to flow. a river of no limitations. those who are planted by the river are being transformed from the inside out. freedom. peace. joy. are some of the fruits that grows by the riverside. but it doesn't happen by chance. you have to choose. to let your roots grow deep close to the river of Him. who chose you first. then He will pour out on you faith. to believe that all things are possible through Him. hope. to stretch forward and grasp the blessings that is already yours in Him. and greatest of all. love. so overwhelming that all you can do is just sit down in awe and adoration to Him who gave His life for you when you turned your back against Him. because He loves you. unconditionally. a love so powerful that it turnes your world up side down. a love that is able to heal every wound and brokenheartedness. a love that enables you to forgive and loose the chains that holds you down. a love strong enough to trust His heart even when you can't see His hands. a love so intense. yet so meek. and at last. all that you desire is to love Him back by loving others as He loves you.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

spring time has come...

a new season has arrived. she embraces it joyfully. welcome
new hope. new peace. a new start
a new beginning on something new. expectations. a child's mind
a new chance. new freedom
new Love. more love. deeper love
new relations

it is time for the sun to rise higher on the sky
coldness disappears
snow melts, and all that was hidden underneath appears again. a touch of warm sun beams makes colors out of dirt. colors that live and grow and dance and smell like heaven
ice melts and she can swim in living water

a new time for old jogging shoes. mountains call her name
she is ready to go higher
she is ready to run and dance and be free. she is ready to stand on that mountain top and feel the strong wind trying to lift her up and throw her off the mountain while she is still standing there, confident, as she watches a new sun rise over her home

new revelation
a new song in her heart
a new melody in her spirit. creation is singing together with her
it is time for new life. a time for planting
she never doubt that a tiny little brown seed can become the most beautiful flower ever seen, or give the most delicious fruit ever tasted
mysterious are His ways
that's what makes Him so wonderful

here she is. standing in the middle of it all. with Him who has always been
present
in His presence
like a flower that presses its head above the suface and realizes that it wasn't created to live deep down in the dark, cold soil. but to lift its head above the surface and breathe and live and rejoice and be free and reflect some of the beauty of its creator

spring time has come

.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Barefoot with Him forever

Naked and vulnerable, surrounded by expectations she cannot satisfy. Expectations of what she should do, who she should be, where she should go. Can't they see that she already is? Feeling miserable, but victorious. Feeling week, but strong. Can't they see that she is standing? Snow falls from heaven, makes everything look white and pure and light and easy. How can something so completely dark and lifeless become so amazingly wonderful? Because of Him. That's just how He is.

The sun kisses a wounded earth. She stretches her thin beams of light down and touches everything that is good and painful, makes it shine. Dark and cold have to flee when touched by the light that can't keep itself from transforming dead winter- landscapes into shining pearls that softens the hearts of everyone that sees the little wonder that surrounds them completely. All things she has seen makes her believe Him for all that she hasn't yet seen.

Soon she will take off her shoes and walk barefoot on the shore. The sharp stones will cut through her soft skin and make her bleed. Huge waves will crush towards her nakedness and wash away some of the pain she is carrying in her heart, so that she can be able to love more. She will follow the footsteps in the sand until the sun puts heaven and ocean on fire. Then she will sit down with her nakedness in the shallow water and listen to the wind that sings with the waves and makes miracle- music that gently covers her soul. She will close her eyes while her heart looks right into His face. All the things that kept Him on a distance is left behid, finally she can touch. Only a glimpse of His eyes will heal her wounds, and she will continue walking barefoot with Him forever...

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Sometimes...

sometimes we have to fall to know why we should stand
sometimes we need to bow to be able to rise
sometimes we have to be wounded to receive healing
sometimes we must go away, so we can come home
sometimes we have to get lost so that we can be found
sometimes we need to die, so we can know how to live
sometimes we have to listen to be able to speak
sometimes we have to be hurt to be able to love
sometimes we need to be lonely so we can value true friendship
sometimes we have to be apart to know why we should stay together
sometimes we must be hungry, so we can be filled
sometimes we have to feel war to know what peace is
sometimes we must be a prisoner, so we can be free
sometimes we have to experience what is wrong, to know what is righteousness
sometimes we have to discover the small things to understand that there is something bigger
sometimes we need to see, so that we can know
and sometimes, we have to believe

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Lifes journey

Life is a journey. full of surprises, good and bad. full of possibilities to both good and evil. I am a creation. among many others. created with the opportunity to have a close relationship with my creator. which created me unique and totally different from all others.
life is a journey between heaven and earth. some times more heaven. some times more earth. some times up high. some times down low. some days light. other days darkness. a journey full of contradictions. freezing coldness and intense heat. mighty mountains and fearful valleys. lifeless desert and enormous waterfalls in evergreen rainforests. The diversity of the nature draws a picture of the diversity of life, and the many different seasons that appears. some more challenging and intense than others. but all important to live through, to be able to travel further on life's journey.

The Amazon.. what can I say? WOW. being on a boat for 5days down the amazon river. sleeping in a hammock. watching a red sun going down over the wild jungle while dolphins jumps around the boat. being invited home to a family, staying there without knowing a word in Portuguese, and they not a word in English. eating whatever I get no matter colour or shape. travelling around in Brazil. what a huge country. so diverse. ending up at the coast. big cities. favellas. long beaches. enormous waves.
The more I travel, the more I realize that the most beautiful created is love. and the most important thing in life is to have good and loving relationships with God and each other. I came to point in my travel where I had to choose to either learn the language completely, try to understand every aspect of the culture, and make a difference by creating close relationship with suffering people around me, or I had to go home, to be close to family and friends that loves me. I chose to go home, and being the christmas gift for my mother! so here I am.. cold, snowy, beautiful Norway. so different. another world?!
The journey didn't finished, it just chose another direction. thank you all for praying for me. and I hope you will continue to pray. God has done great things in me, for me and through me, and He'll continue to do no matter where I am.

So many things have I seen, and yet so little. so many things have I experienced, but yet so few. so many people have I met, so many stories have I heard, and I realize how little I know about life. I have never been so hungry that I went through the garbage bags in the street to look for something to eat. but I know quite a few that does it every day. it is not numbers. it is people with names. I want to wish you, and all the children, the old and the cripples in the streets of Brazil a Merry Christmas. I love you all. God loves you more, He sent Jesus. Thank You Father

Saturday, December 12, 2009

words...

I love words. there is such a power in words. and if you use them in love, they are able to bring freedom, hope, peace, joy, life.. that´s fantastic! but words are not enough to express my heart right now. I don´t know what to say but God is awesome. creation reveals His majesty. every day a new opportunity to see more of Him. learn more truths. create new friendships. live. love. Give and you will receive...

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Praise Him

"I want to worship You
Jesus, I want to worship You
I don't know what to say,
and I don't know what to do
but I want to worship You!"

I don't like to say good bye
I praise God for each moment of this journey so far
I praise Him for every person I've got to share a bit of live with
I praise Him for the all the beauty He has created, people and nature
I praise Him for cherry juice, routie and mango smoothie
I praise Him for sunshine, and for rain
I praise Him for the newborns I've held in my arms
I praise Him for friendships that has been made
I praise Him for the late evenings in a rotten house, watching the stars through the big holes in the roof
I praise Him for the smile of each child I've hugged
I praise God for my father and mother, which I love so very high, who's always there for me, who never hits me with a bat for no reason, but do everything they possibly can to show me how much they love me
I praise Him for lizards that eats some of the millions of mosquitoes
I praise Him for the awesome worship times in small, dilapidated houses
I praise Him for the opportunity to be a difference in someone's life
I praise Him for the journey ahead, into the Amazone
I praise Him because He is worthy to be praised!!!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

What if I stumble?

"what if I stumble? what if I fall?...
will the love continue when my walk has become a crawl?
what if I stumble, and what if I fall?"

I am just a girl who desires to live her life for Jesus. that doesn't make me perfect. I stumble and fall, make mistakes over and over again. Staying in Guyana has been really hard in many ways. and the last week have been more tears and pain than joy. but God can use every circumstances to teach us something, and draw us closer to Him. I learned a great lesson last week. we've been praying for rain for weeks now, and people really suffer when the rain don't fall. as I was cleaning the fence, from the inside out, God spoke to me about cleaning my own heart. He told me I had let pride snik in, pride that hindered Him to rain down His blessings over me. as I asked for forgiveness, the heaven opened and the rain fell like crazy. and since that day it has rained. over the land, and in my heart. new peace, new joy.

But the main reason why I went on this trip, was to travel, explore, see more of God through His creation, new cultures, new people, worship Him with my guitar and new songs everywhere. and that is not a part of my day anymore, so I've decided to leave Guyana. It has been six intense weeks. I've been extremely happy, and extremely sad, discurraged and lonely. It is hard to travel alone, learning to know a new culture alone, with nobody there who understands, no one to share with, we need people around us. and the more I am away from my friends and family, the more I realize how improtant they are to me, how deep I love them all. But travelling alone also teaches you thing you couldn't learn together with someone, and I've never experienced God's faithfulness in a greater way. He has brought me through this time, and made me stronger in Him.

continue to pray for me in Brazil...
love

Saturday, November 14, 2009

perspective

Guyana is different, and it's alike any other nation. a lot of things are not as they should be. electrical companies comes regularly to cut off the electricity from our poor neighbors. the news are full of suicide, demon possession, murders. everyone knows somebody who is being sexual abused, or mistreated. children and adults. I know a few already... just across the street...

The last days has taken forever. the medicine which I got for the nail boor knocked me out- and at the same time enabled me to sleep.. that has lead to hours - days on my back, too worn out to do anything but thinking, missing my family, missing my friends.. feeling lonely, though I know I'm not. I want to go home, or travel further, but I know God wants me to be right here for this special time, the days are just so s l o w... But the man stopped complaining about not having shoes when he met a man without a leg..Yesterday I went to the hospital. I met Nyelini, who had been sitting next to her son's bed the last three weeks. her eyes were drowsy, because of lack of sleep, she had a fever, and she carried the pain of her little one. two months old, and the tiniest baby I'd ever seen. His lounges didn't work properly, and he was only getting worse.. the child next to his bed was already dead. I realized my days are wonderful... and if nothing else, I can spend my time praying for those who really suffer!

Please pray with me for this little boy, that God will do a miracle!
Pray for rain. a lot of people don't have water.

(God has humor: I felt so lonely the other day, and prayed that God would send someone to me from my nation, to talk to, who would understand, the next day the head line in the news paper said that Erik Solheim had come to Guyana....)

Sunday, November 8, 2009

embrace life in every way...always

God creates beauty out of brokenness. the seed needs to break before the plant can come up from the ground. the egg needs to break before the chicken can come out and start to grow. Brokenness is not about the sircumstances, but about our reply om what happens. the same sun that melts the butter, hardens the clay. when challenges appears, we can either choose to run away from them or we can embrace them, knowing that God's truth and faithfulness will carry us through. how will we ever grow if we are not willing to face - and overcome the challenges...

Life is a journey, it takes you to the high mountains, and it brings you down in the deep valleys. I've experienced this in an intense way the last week. spiritually, menthally, and physically. one day on a mountain top - the next in the deep valley. it teaches me so much, sometimes too much, more than I can bear. it fills me to the fullest - and it totally wears me out. Both brings me om my knees. one in greatest awe of God, the other in greatest dependancy of Him.

Right now I'm having a hard time accepting some of the things in this culture. I'm forced to use my money to buy new clothes - because what i have is not good enough for this culture. it makes me angry and frustrated. why should I spend money buying clothes I don't need, when i know so many who really need the money - for food...
Everytime someone yells I feel it like a slap in my face - and that's the way people communicate with each other...
Everytime I hear the neighbors hitting their children, I cry - and that happens pretty often.

This weekend i've been working with some of the guys, breaking down a building, so we can build a basketball court on the land instead. by the end of the last day I managed to step on a piece of wood, and two long rusty nails went through my shoe and into my foot. A guy named James had to come and drag the nails out of my foot. unfortunately my tetanus shot had expired, and the hospital were closed. but they cleaned my foot, and burned inside the wounds - like they do in Guyana. (yes, it was pretty painful). today I went to the hospital to see a doctor. I got the injection and some antibiotics..

But even if some days are a bit challenging, God keeps filling me with His love, and I enjoy to build and grow in my relationship with my Father. I talked to a woman in the hospital with incredibly pains. I prayed with her, and I asked her "do you know that Jesus loves you? do you know that you are His precious daugther?" she looked at me, her sad face was now shining, and she said; "yes, I know! - because I can see it in your eyes. God's love shines through you. thank you!" Those moments is what keeps me here, and makes me believe it's worth it...

Please pray for protection from any illness. every day I am surrounded by sick people.
Pray for strength and a owerflow of joy!
yours in Christ - jannemor

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Parika

I keep praying for God to break my heart for this nation, for these people. and suddenly when this heavy, heavy burden appears on my shoulders, I don't understand it. I get totally worn out, and all I want is to lay flat on the floor and weep. but then this beautiful little African girl comes to me. she is poor. her clothes are torn. her face is dirty. but her eyes shines, though they've seen a lot of pain. she sits down on my lap, looks into my eyes and place her head at my chest, seeking love in my arms. and suddenly I realize... tears starts rolling down my face. Thank You, Father for sharing a piece of Your heart with me..

Another week of this adventure is over. This is really a time where God is equipping me for what He has for me in the future. a time of drawing closer to Him, letting Him build a stronger foundation in me. It's exciting. I'm enjoying every day!
Yesterday we went back to the hospital to visit the patients. I sat on a man's bed for to hours, talking to him, reading from the Bible, praying for him, and just speaking faith and hope into his heart. He didn't have anything, so we gave him a sheet for the bed, toilet paper, washing cloth, soap, tooth brush, food, I've never seen anyone so happy to get a box of juice. The guy next to him suffered from TB, and he didn't have much time left. I witnessed him receiving Jesus as his Lord and Savior. awesome...

The rainy season has really come. I thought as a "bergenser" that I knew what heavy rain was, but I realize I had no idea. I wake up every night, actually believing we are going to die, because of the heavy rain, thunder and lightning. then my thoughts goes down the road to some of our very poor neighbors that doesn't even have a house to stay in.. oh God..
Yesterday we gathered everyone in the whole village to watch the movie "facing the giants". we baked hundreds of coconut buns and threw up a big screen in the backyard. a lot of people gathered, even the monkeys came to watch from the mango trees. it was great!!

Thanks for praying for my brothers in Tanzania. They are completely healed. Praise God.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

"..but greatest of all is love"

I thank God for each new day here in Guyana. He is so close, and He reveals Himselves for me in a new way every day, through all I see, hear, feel etc.. Sometimes I wonder if I have come to the garden og ede.. Canooing down one of the many rivers, surrounded by jungle, flocs of birds dressed in beautiful colors guiding the way. Knowing that poisonous snakes and crocodiles are hiding in the brown water. Singing to Jesus. Being amazed by the creator of all this beauty. But then I look behind all this, and I see the poverty, I see the men sitting all day long smoking marihuana, I see the old woman in the street with her life in a plastic bag, I see the orphans, I see the two small boys which was "left in the grass" by their mother. My heart breaks, and I realize that this is not garden of ede, this is a place with a lot of suffering...

...But it is also a place where there's big possibilities to make a difference. There's such a need for love, God's kind of love. And I find that's one of the main reasons why I am here. Every day I get the chance to give some love to people around me. Hug a child, listen to someone's story, go to the hospital, visit the sick, comfort a crying child, minister to a mother that has been sitting on a chair next to her sick child's bed - without sleeping or eating for a week, praying together with them, praying for God's healing and strength. I find that nothing gives me so much that being able to share God's love with someone.

Guyana is such a uniqe country, a mix of everything I've seen before. Villages like Thailand, rainforest, african markets, dalladalla, cows in the streets, african people, asian people, some few europeans, spicy food, sweet and juicy fruits, working horses, friendly people, rasta men who wants to marry me..
I'm starting to get used to the wild life inside the house which I'm living in. Frogs jumping out from the shower, coming up from the sink, sitting on the toilet seat, jumping over the table. Big beautiful butterflies flying around, fireflies lightening up the night, and so many different creatures I'd never seen before crawling all over; floor, roof, walls, bed.. After a week I look like a walking mosquito bite, but I'm still happy to be here, and really excited that I have so much time left!

Today I made had some interesting experiences. I went to a Guyanese church, which was quite a wonderful experience, so much passion for Jesus, and a big hunger for more of Him! In the afternoon we went on to a Hindu wedding just across the street. We got a lot of good and spicy food served in a huge leaf, crazy loud music, old women dancing, tradissions. Nice experiance, very different..

Thank God for who He is, and pray for my brothers in Tanzania that suffers from malaria.
Love

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

God is faithful

Friday night.. still no ticket from Mexico city to Georgetown, Guyana. Not even someone to drive me to the airport.. but once more I got to experience God's faithfulness, and help from people that loves me. I am so blessed. A few hours later I packed my stuff and left from Grimerud.. As I sat at Gardermoen, waiting, I suddenly realized that I had really no idea of what I'm heading on to. Maybe I am a bit crazy, after all, but my heart is filled with this amazing peace that surpasses all knowledge.

Paris.. too late for the next flight, too many people, running fast, but not fast enough. Praying that God will delay the flight. He did. I entered the plane in the very last minute. I got a seat next to this very nice Mecixan man, who were very willing to let me tell Him all about Jesus, hour after hour.. Joy.

Mexico city.. my connecting flight to Miami didn't leave until next morning, so I'd got to stay at the airport. God showed me this place away from the crowds of people, so I rolled out my sleeping bag and laid down on top of my giutar and my backpack..

Flying from Mexico city into this beautiful, beautiful sunrise. Flying in cercles over Miami.. Sleeping im Miami one night. Get to talk to a lot of nice people. Coffee at starbucks. Playing my guitar, and praising Jesus. Monday afternoon.. take off to Trinidad and Tobago. Flying over the Caribbean while the sunset is painting the heaven dark red. What a wonderful maker, what a mighty god, which is living inside of me.. Wow..

some more hours in Port of Spain before finally landing in Guyana late monday night. Kim(the leader of the YWAM base) warmly welcomed me at the airport, and we went on for one and a half hour drive to Parika, which is a small village outside of Georgetown.

This is my first day in Guyana. It's a BEAUTIFUL country, wilderness and rivers everywhere. The people that I stay with are just amazing. They all have powerful testemonies about God's faithfulness in their lives. I don't know why God brought me here, but I have big expectations for what He wants to teach me, show me, reveal for me, do through me while I'm here. I'm just so filled with joy and peace.

Thanks for praying for me. I can feel in my heart that you guys are really praying. Pray that I'll be a blessing and a smile to the people here. God is good, and He is always faithful.

Friday, October 16, 2009

GUYANA...

when I stop doing thins in my own strenght, when I choose to sit down at Jesus feet, just to be with HIM... when I seek Him more than seeking His gifts and blessings, seek His face instead of seeking His hands... when I realize that my main calling is not to do, to go, but to be... together with my Father... than suddenly doors just open...

Guyana, I'd never heard about the country before.. but it's there, south america, and God just opened a door for me there. so hopefully, in few days I'll be landing in Georgetown. I am going to stay at a ywam base there, and be a part of their work among the poor in the country. they have a lot of different minestry such as bush evangelism, children minestry, mercy minestry (visiting HIV/AIDS victims at the hospital), construction minestry, worship etc... I'll be able to give, recieve, learn, grow... while I'm surrounded by the beautiful amazone.. 

If you want to pray for me feel free to do it. Pray that I'll manage to go from Mexico to Guyana (so far I only have a ticket to mexico city), pray that God will send someone who wants to travel with me down in Brazil in January. And pray that God will send people in my way that I can share His love with!

May God our Father fill us with peace and joy as we sit down at His feet just to be in His presence.. Amen

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

All I need

How high are Your thoughts?
How deep is Your love?
How far are You able to reach?
How mighty are You?
How great is Your name?
How big are Your dreams for me?

How bright is Your light?
How real is Your touch?
How patient are You?
How long last your mercy?
How close can You get?
How meek is your heart?
How sweet is Your kiss?
How faithful are You above all?

You are higher
You are greater
You are better
You are brighter
You are sweeter
You are deeper
You are closer
You are more
You are

Let me long
Let me see
Let me hear
Let me feel
Let me understand
Let me touch
Let me breath
Let me know You, God
Let me know You, God
That’s all I need

surrender

I've never been so secure in Gods love than I am now. I've never known so much about Him, or experienced more of His goodness. I've never known so many truths about Christ and who I am in Him. His word has never been more alive for me than it is right now. I've never had more revelations about the Father, or heard His voice clearer. I've never trusted Him so fully or loved Him so deeply. Still I sometimes find myself thinking thoughts like; is God real? who am I? who is God? what happens if I just end my life today?
I know where theese thoughts come from. And as long as I want to follow Jesus with all I am, I will face resistance. If you're not bumping your head into the evil one, means you are running the same direction.. Jesus ask us to SURRENDER ALL TO HIM. So simple. So huge. So difficult. That is the biggest thing in life. and the thing the enemy are most afraid of. Because that will glorify God on earth. that will make a difference that will last forever.

I am greatest when I am on my knees, and have totally surrendered all to You my King.