Keep Up with Chelsey

When pondering on the happenings of this past few weeks, I've been in awe of who God is and what he has done in my life, and in the lives of those around me. Before coming to Moldova, I was so stressed out. The unknowns at the time ( document saga) leading up to the trip, weighed heavy on my mind and heart. Questions like, " God what are you doing?" " God why are you not hearing my prayers?" "God are you listening, are you seeing this injustice?" .... In my pity party moment God spoke to me through scripture... *The Eternal your God is standing right here among you, and He is the champion who will rescue you. He will joyfully celebrate over you; He will rest in His love for you; He will joyfully sing because of you like a new husband. Zephaniah 3:17 From that point of feeling sorry for myself that I couldn't stay in Ukraine, God spoke to me and said,  "Am I not your God, standing right here among you? Will I not be your champion and resc...

So yesterday I went to the hospital and had an ultrasound on my knee. The ultrasound showed that my meniscus was fine, which is a relief. My knee cap popped out of place and is causing me a lot pain, but nothing serious is wrong, so with time and rest, my knee should be back to normal. One fun thing about the trip was that the ultrasound showed how little cartilage I have in my knees. The doctor said that I have around 11% of what I should have in my knee. I've always known that I my knees were bad, haha, but apparently they are old lady bad. Don't worry, I thanked my parents for the wonderful genes they passed on to me :) If you missed the last blog post, I encourage you to check it out;)  http://keepupwithchelsey.blogspot.com/2013/06/seeds-vs-trees-and-bummed-knees.html I've got some blog ideas rolling around in my head, so be sure to come back soon to see the next few blog post! Thanks for your prayers about my health and well being! Really appreciate it!

I was listening to a sermon today by TD Jakes. This was the scripture he used: The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares 24  Another parable He put forth to them, saying:  “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;   25  but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.   26  But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.   27  So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’   28  He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’   29  But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.   30  Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them i...

One of the lessons that God has been teaching me since coming to Moldova is to seek God more. I know that is kind of a cliche thing for a missionary to say, but it is really true. This week, I experienced a day of just emotional "blahness"... I was drained- physically tired, emotional empty, and mentally my brain was done with language-- I was just done. Normally, I am a self aware person, and even when I feel crazy, I can keep it in check- but this one day. I found myself grumpy and not in control of myself. I thought that talking it out would help- nope. Nothing did, so crying seemed to be the my only option. I just cried (which is not normal for me) and then I began to talk to God. I asked God in that moment to restore me, and I asked God to fill my cup up because I was feeling empty. And the amazing thing is, God took those feelings of crazy and instantly I felt renewed. Often when life gets crazy we tend to look in ourselves or to others to helps us feel better, or ...