Roma, by far my favorite place I have been to thus far. God has just been teaching me so much here lately... I dont even know if I am able to process it all. But its SOOO good.
I am going to let you read a little bit of my Journal from a quiet time I had one morning, I feel like it does more justice then what I could write now on my own...
"5-31-09
Italy. Roma.
I could do this. I could live here. Id need tubs of JIF Peanut Butter imported, and perhaps better vocabulary.. But I like it here, a lot.
I like the breeze through windows without screens, how welcoming Italians are, and just the beauty that is so evident around every corner. I enjoy the laid back culture adn the feeling that no one here knows me- somehow its freeing. Im a city girl- Roma has proved that evident.
On a ministry note, however, Roma has SUCH a need. God had been replaced in this City. Random make outs on every corner, wasted people passing out at 9AM... so sad. And so many other lies.
God, I fear that the beauty of this city and what it ONCE stood for often veils he reality of its dire need for you. As I stood in awe of the Villa of Borghese and the Sistine chapel, words could not do justice at the intricate beauty. I stood in awe of the beauty.
I stood in awe of this City. This beautiful city.... God, it is my prayer that at the end of this trip I no longer merely stand in awe of your hand in the creation of such beauty, but that I stand in awe of what youve done here... The lives that you have transformed, God I beg for that. You are God, you are soverign.... without boundaries or limits... I pray you move.I pray you draw your people to you.
God, do not allow the beauty of this city to distract us from the broken hearts in need of reconciling."
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