[ preparation ]

As I stand here in your presence,
Of your beauty I will always stand in awe,
I reach my hands out to the heavens, yeah,
And I lift my voice to you alone, To you alone,

As I bow my head before you,
I lay my burdens down at your nail pierced feet,
Every ounce of you radiates your glory,
With you I know that I'm complete

And I sing Hallelujah,
You are my God, Maker of the heavens,
Hallelujah, You are my LORD,
I bow before your presence,

As I stand here in your presence,
Of your beauty I will always stand in awe,
I reach my hands out to the heavens, yeah,
And I lift my voice to you alone,
And I sing Hallelujah,
You are my God, Maker of the heavens,
Hallelujah, You the LORD of all, Maker of all the heavens,
I can only kneel before your presence,
All the nations praise your Holy Name,
You are the great I Am, More than I can reason,
I realize more that I am needing you,

You are worthy, you are worthy LORD,
You are worthy, You are worthy,
You are mighty, You are mighty,
You are mighty, You are holy,
You are mighty, You are holy.

-jeremy camp-

Despite the very busy time preparing to move overseas I keep finding myself at the end of the day on my knees thanking God and praying that I can be everything He desires me to be. Secretly, my heart is stirring and changing so drastically. I have many requests to take care of, things to organize, items to take care, people to talk to, and countless other expectations but in the end, I can do nothing but answer to our God, our Lord, and our wonderful Savior. Everything that I thought was a priority as become nothing compared to my priority of awesome making God everything He is and deserves to be. I very much see now the areas I need to work on to make myself everything for the Lord. Yes, it takes time to work on problems areas in your life. But in the end, God will say to you, "Well done my faithful servant."

As the days grown closer to my departure I can feel myself changing every single day. I know, I know without a doubt, that God is going to be doing some amazing things with my life in Kenya over the next few years. I feel entirely blessed and grateful that He has picked me to be blessed with such a vision.

I pray that you are seeking God's desire for your life because He has an amazing vision for each of you too, a beautiful amazing vision. All you have to do is ask Him for it and He will show you when the time is right. I encourage you to get on our knees and give it all to Jesus. Give him your family, your friends, your boyfriend/husband, your insecurities, your worries, your whole life . . . and most of all, your heart. Take back your heart from those who make it weak and give it to Jesus to make it strong.

In the end, you will be living a life of true worship.

in His service always and forever,
melissa a. brown