So worth it

Today was nothing short of exhausting. We spent the morning at a local private school loving on some teenagers. It was definitely a new experience for me, and the language barrier was quite significant, but the Lord used that part of the morning to prepare my heart for the rest of the day.  After we finished our program at the school we headed back to the church we are partnering with to plan for our afternoon basketball clinic. Again, I was expected to lead/participate in a sport that I literally know nothing about. Similar to my experience at the school earlier in the day, I was forced to completely rely on the Lord. As funny as it sounds, this is not something I am used to. I rarely am completely incapable of even beginning to tackle the task that is before me, but in the past few days I absolutely have been. I have found that it is in these moments that Jesus moves in my heart the most. He is enough-more than enough. He is sovereign over language barriers and my lacking sports abilities. He can and will still move in my heart and the hearts of these children. It's just so cool. After we finished the clinic we ran back to the hotel to eat and shower before heading back to the church for their Wednesday night program. In all honesty, I was so exhausted by this point in the day that I couldn't imagine being able to give anymore. Of course, Jesus took hold of this moment and spoke softly to my heart, " I am worth it all. Eternity is worth it all. These children are my children and they are worth it all.  Your energy, your time, your money..it's not really even yours to begin with. It's mine that I have entrusted to you, how will you steward those resources today?" In that moment I had a choice to choose joy,serve well, and point others to the only One who is worthy OR throw myself a pity party and miss an opportunity to literally be the hands and feet of Christ. With little to no second thought I choose the first option and had a wonderful evening. This isn't to say that I was exhausted or that my feet hurt any less, but that my heart started to believe that Jesus was worth it. All of it.