The Lord is never outdone in Generosity...

When I was blessed with the opportunity to commit to a year of service with the Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Zambia, a wise person told me, “The Lord is never outdone in generosity.” While at the time I didn’t understand the context of this promising hope offered to me – my eyes are slowly being opened to the generosity that accompanies my feeble attempts at following God's call to love.

When people call me a “volunteer” – my stomach turns a little because in many ways I feel like a spoiled child, not a volunteer. The good Lord has not only provided me with a wonderful support of family and friends here in the States – but He has already provided financially for my trip through the grateful hearts of those around me. He has blessed me with a support of love from Zambia that I can sense just through emails I receive from the Sisters.

The generosity of support and love poured out upon me from my family and friends already far surpasses anything that could be seen as “giving up my life for a year to serve those in an underdeveloped country.” While those who will soon bless my presence for a year may live in an underdeveloped country – I am well aware that I am living with an underdeveloped soul – a soul that is overwhelming blessed to hear from those in Zambia, “Christine will be accepted in our community and country for exactly WHO she is.” It is in receiving such love from those to whom I am still yet a stranger, that I am challenged to look at the opportunities God is placing before me and encouraging me to accept everyone in my own life for exactly WHO they are.

I am still in the States and my heart is enlarged daily as I can feel the generosity poured out from the Lord through my family and friends here – but also for those in Zambia who will soon be my family as well. When we offer up a drop of ourselves to the Lord – He graciously showers us with unending rainfall of blessings upon our souls. Praise God for His goodness, His blessings of my family, friends, and those who bless me by already generously and graciously accepting me into their home.