Today was our team's first day working in Kibogora Hospital. Our day began by joining the hospital staff during their daily morning devotional. Although the entire service, including musical worship, was in a language completely foreign to me (Kinyarwandan), there was one thing that became extremely evident during this time of worship:

Our God is a wonderful creator who deserves the worship of His creation.

How unfathomable, yet how awesome, is it to realize that for every moment we sit in our home churches or have a private meeting with God through quiet time that, at the same time, there are people all across the globe doing the same. People who were made perfect in God's image, yet who are so different than us. People living within a different cultural atmosphere, with different economic resources, raised with a different way of thinking about the world around them. However, despite all of these differences there is one fundamental thing that does not change...the fact that He deserves our worship.

"For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed." Revelation 15:4

This time of worship was so humbling. To see the joy of the Lord reflected in the hearts and faces of strangers living half-way around the world from everything I have ever known and to realize that we all love the same Father. What could make your heart more full than to have the privilege of worshiping the One you love surrounded by a diverse family of believers who share your deepest love?

Lord, I pray I will never forget to give you the worship you deserve. I pray that during times of discouragement that I will remember that the body of Christ does not consist only of the visible Church around me, but instead it is composed of a diverse, powerful body comprised of believer from around the globe. All who are made in the perfect image of Christ. Amen.

-Jennifer