Emmanuel, God is with us. El Shaddai, all sufficient. We NEVER walk alone, and this is our hope

Okay, so I know that since I didn't update yesterday the beginning of this blog should read "bear with me for this long post to make up for the past two days" but i'm extremely sleep deprived so I may just do the highlights/update for yesterday and be forever behind one day :)

 So yesterday and today God has definitely been teaching me lessons on PATIENCE. Everything that could possibly go wrong on the little thing has. Trains not working properly, attractions closing early, elevators breaking, schedules not being followed--by the end of the day I was just laughing at the fact that we make such tight plans when in reality God is the one in control, not us. But yesterday was very good and God's lessons on patience are slowing working their way into my daily life :) 

But anyways, yesterday we went to St. Paul's cathedral (so gorgeous!!!), walked over the London Bride, went to the London Tower, walked up the London monument, saw the Tower Bridge, and then went on the London Eye. And yes, that was all in one day. The fact that we did all of these things in one day with my whole family is a miracle in itself when we take into account how many trains/tubes we had to catch and that we are traveling with my mother who has an injured hip and my 80 year-old grandmother! But God was so good yesterday and helped ensure we all kept positive attitudes and loved each other. 

I am just still so amazed at how wonderfully God can work if you just let Him. He literally will CARRY YOU through your days and PROTECT you when you think you cannot handle one more moment of this life. That is a huge lesson I have learned this week so far. God has been carrying me through this trip and giving me His beautiful peace and allowing me to enjoy this time with my family despite everything else that is going on. God has also allowed me to see how truly blessed I am with my amazing friends and family and now I'm finally comprehending that I am BLESSED because I get to participate in God's plan.

And now here is where I should start talking about our day trip to Paris but I'm about to fall asleep and I know that this post has been enough rambling for one night so tomorrow night I will hopefully get caught up on everything. Just please keep praying for Japan and London. They need God so much.

"what this world needs is for us to stop hiding behind our relevance, blending in so well that people can't tell the difference, and it's the difference that sets the world free"