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And just like that...

When I signed up to be on summer staff, I knew it was going to be tough; the work load, the loss of energy, the short sleep schedule. But never did I expect that we would work 5 times as hard when the Americans were not in Zambia... to say the least: this week has been rough. My body, mind, and energy level is drained. All eight of us feel the same way too. We are working so hard and it's extremely exhausting, but we keep saying, "Ok ladies, at least we are storing up treasures in Heaven for this."

The fortunate thing is that I can still wake up early enough to spend time in the word, and the past couple of days has been awesome! Today I read about David and Goliath. Of course I've heard this story as far back as I can remember, but today it was different for me.

"You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will hand you over to me." 1 Samuel 17: 45-46

Wow. This is incredibly powerful. To think, David was a young young boy who herded and tended to the sheep all day, but his confidence in the Lord's power is extremely extremely evident in this one passage. To say, I come against you in the name of Jesus is a powerful thing. That's exactly what we are doing here. I am looking satan dead in the eye and saying, "You come against me with evil, hatred, envy, negativity, wickedness, BUT I come in the name of Jesus" and he flees soooo quickly, because he can't handle the name of the Lord.

Incredible stuff.

The Lord is challenging me in many ways this week, but reading and embedding these verses of power in my heart is helping to strengthen me to work hard! :) I praise the Lord, because only He could have given me the energy this week has required.

I leave Saturday... it's crazy how fast this has gone by. :(

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