The time is here. We are finishing up the logistics of our trip to
North East Asia this week. Next week we will open up the registration
process for the Retreat to missionary women in that area. Please contact vickie@purejoyinternational.org for
details.
We also have several spots still open for team members. If you believe God
is prompting your heart to join us on this trip please contact me
at the email in the previous paragraph for details.
To remind you, our theme is "He Sees" and the verse is from
Psalm 33:13 "The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of
man.” We are so excited about this opportunity and continue to ask each of you
to be in much prayer over this trip. God has been very clear about this
trip and I love watching Him put the team together knowing what the missionary
women need and what the team members need to happen in their lives through this
experience.
If you are interested in helping out with prayer, gifts, finances, and
gifting but don't know how, please contact me at the email listed above.
There is a common story told in the area of martial arts that goes
something like this....
A master was trying to explain something to a student. Now this student
was not a brand new student, but a senior student who had learned many things.
He had knowledge and experience to draw upon. But each time the master tried to
explain something new to the student, the student kept trying to hold it up
against his own notions of the way the world is and how it ought to be, and he
was unable to see the lessons in what the master was trying to teach him.
Finally, the master poured a full serving of tea into his own cup, and
into the cup of the student. Then he told the student he wanted to give to him
some of the tea from his own cup. He began pouring tea from his cup into the
student's cup, but the student's cup was already full, and all the tea from the
master's cup spilled out over the cup onto the surface below.
The student said, "Master, you can't pour anything into my cup until
I empty it to make room for what you are trying to give me.", and the
master replied "Yes I know." "And I can't give you any new
thoughts or ideas or perspectives on life's lessons until you clear out some
thoughts that are already teeming in your mind to make room for what I have to
teach you." Then the master paused for a brief moment, meeting the
student's eyes with his own knowing look and calmly but sternly said: " If
you truly seek understanding, then first, empty your cup!"
The student pondered for a moment with a look of absolute bewilderment.
Then a look of enlightenment came over him, followed by a smile, and a look of
receptiveness. The master started to explain again, and this time the student
saw what the master was trying to say.
Is your cup full? Full of you, the World, Life, etc? Empty
your cup before Him and let Him fill your cup! We too have a Master who
is known as Jesus, Savior, Lamb of God, Bright and Morning Star, Rose of
Sharon, The Gate, The Way, Our Hope, Our Refuge, King of Kings, LORD of LORDS,
High Priest, etc. "If you truly seek understanding, counsel,
knowledge, peace, etc. then first empty your cup and let Him fill it!!
Love you much !! Be praying for NE Asia !!
His, Vickie
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