Immeasurably more.

You are enough.  I’m not sure who needed to read that right now or if I needed to remind myself, but there it is.  Today I was journaling and in fancy calligraphy, I wrote out the beautiful, albeit cliche, Philippians 4:13.  “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”   Well, not really.  I cannot bench press a car, I will never be elected president of the USA, and I doubt I’ll ever become a record holder in ‘most slices of pizza eaten in one sitting.’  (but that last one is a big maybe… that’s actually plausible.)  So while I cannot do ALL things, I gotta remember that what God has called me into, He will continue to equip me for by His grace and His power.

And thank God that it’s not just “up” to me and my own abilities.  Otherwise I would have raised the white flag a long time ago.  “It’s too hot.”  “I’m too tired.”  “Whoa, there’s a scorpion in my couch. Now it’s on my leg.  NOW IT’S IN MY BODY.”  And if I’m being completely honest, it’s not just the general discomfort of living in a developing country…  Often times I battle with my own insecurities.  “My Spanish isn’t good enough.”  “I missed that IV just now.  I suck at nursing.”  But I must always remember that when it feels that the expectations of this world are mounting, when I’m doubting myself, and I feel insufficient, that I. AM. ENOUGH.  And you are too.  Ephesians 3:20 says it best… “Now unto HIM who is able to do IMMEASURABLY MORE than all we ask or imagine according to HIS POWER that is at work within us.”  It is Christ who strengthens me.  Christ who fulfills me.  Christ who sustains me.  And because He is able, I am able too.

We have been in Guatemala for 8 months.  And I have seen God do IMMEASURABLY MORE than all I could imagine, and I believe the best is yet to come.  Come be part of our journey too.  Head over to http://www.sendthesaultons.com/support to preorder one of our new t-shirts!

You are loved.  You are enough.

-Whitney