The ultimate title [I am a SLAVE of Christ]

The Lord has been revealing Himself more and more to me as the past weeks have gone by. Simple things like the wind, the rain, the moon and the stars absolutely captivate me from the display of beauty created by MY creator. And on top of that, I, Rachel Miller, am HIS creation... And He says I exceed all of the stars combined :) How cool... WE, His creation, display His beauty!
On top of this new found joy brought by my Savior, the Lord has been also been strengthening me, equipping me, and preparing me for sometime. This past week I have learned of why... Thursday night I went to a missions dinner. This dinner had the purpose of making our goals of how much we would, as a youth ministry, raise for mission this year. Specifically, raising money for sweet, innocent, little girls in India who have been sold into sex-trafficing. As this dinner went on, with tears in my eyes, the Lord began breaking my heart for these precious children. As I began contemplating, doubting, and arguing the thoughts in my head, I heard our district youth director say one thing that shook me to the core, and, of course, the Lord repeated in my ear for only me to hear this time, He said,

Rachel, these are MY girls

My heart dropped. Just as the Lord tenderly rescued me, pursued me, and swept me off my feet, these little girls needed a rescuer. They too desired to be pursued, loved, and held by their Daddy. With a following question, He said,

Now, what are you going to do about this, my love?

With that, and of course the many slue of doubts, with the help of my Lord, took hold of this, and we, Elevate youth ministry and I, pledged to raise $54,000.00 for oversees missions. Along with this, of course, will come much time, PRAYER, and seeking the Lords face, but I believe with everything I am, with the Lord, we can do this!
God is good. He desires to use each one of us, isn't that incredible? He HAS a plan for you... you just have to be willing.

A song that has caught my heart lately is the song by Misty Edwards, I will waste my life. I wanted to share some of these incredibly powerful lyrics with you...



I will waste my life I'll be tested and tried
With no regrets inside of me to find I'm at Your feet

I'll leave my father's house and I'll leave my mother
I'll leave all I have known and I'll have no other

I am in love with You There is no cost
I am in love with You There is no loss
I am in love with You I want to take Your name
I am in love with You I want to cling to You Jesus
Just let me cling to You Jesus

I'll say goodbye to my father my mother
I'll turn my back on every other love and
I'll press on yes I'll press on