Circumcision of the Heart

Whenever I’m tempted to ask God why, my heart beats fast,
reminding me that He has the right and I don’t.
My heart only beats because of Him.

And then I cry once again…
For I know He has allowed me to continue living,
because He wants to keep on showing me there’s more to life!

Even though there were times I wish I would have just died and not suffered this pain…

But then, the heart is satisfied…
because in the midst of it all,
It finds its real joy!
No wonder why He,
cut away that which hinders…

But oh so painful, and it continually is.
But I desire a heart of flesh
and not of stone,
so continue the work in me Lord.

Take my heart!!!!
I am yours…

From Haiti with Love

Greetings from Haiti!

It’s been 3 weeks since I left the Philippines and the Lord has done so many things around me. Our team left St. Kitts and Nevis last week and now we are here in Haiti to serve for three weeks.

We are going around the 6 districts of the Church of the Nazarene, and we are currently at our third district in Bas Artibonite.

Thank you for remembering me in your prayers! I am doing well and I am knowing the Lord more as I serve different people. It is my desire to encourage you by sharing my stories. I see you as a valuable part of my ministry and as my partners, you make me feel I am part of the body of Christ as we all respond to the call to make Christlike disciples in the nations.

Here are the links to my daily blogs:

Archive for St. Kitts and Nevis

Transition from St. Kitts and Nevis to Haiti
Haiti, Day 1: Be Strong in the Lord
Haiti, Day 2 (Part 1): He Makes All Things New
Haiti, Day 2 (Part 2): He Makes All Things New 
Haiti, Day 3: I Wanna Be a Speaker of Truth to All Mankind
Haiti, Day 4: Changes
Haiti, Day 5: Gratitude
Haiti, Day 6: A Change of Heart 
Haiti, Day 7: Longings

Thank you for those who have said they enjoy reading my posts. Although I don’t have internet always, I am trying my best to keep  you updated with the Lord’s work on this side of the world. We need all of your prayers and we are encouraged knowing there’s a huge army of brothers and sisters praying for us.

Hope you are having a great day today! Love you and may the Lord fill your heart with joy today!

P.S. If you wish to partner with me by supporting financially, visit my page at:

http://web.nazarene.org/goto/janary

Love and Hugs,
Janary Suyat

Called to Serve in the Nations

Hello Everyone!

I made it to St. Kitts! I praise the Lord for His protection and travelling mercies, and most of all, I thank you for all of your prayers!

I have written my blog for my first day in St. Kitts and I would like to blog on the highlights of each day. I invite you to subscribe because I would only upload them once I get an internet connection. I was told it would be once a week that we can connect online Now talk about adjustment but it’s all good. I have a wonderful team with me.

Click on this link to go to my daily highlights and don’t forget to subscribe.

For some of you who do not know yet what’s going on, I am now serving at Mesoamerica and will be here until August. Our first country is St. Kitts and Nevis, and on March 24 we head out to Haiti and serve there for 3 weeks. Then we will serve in Dominican Republic for 3 weeks, then Mexico for 6 weeks, El Salvador for 3 weeks, and then Panama for 3 weeks.

I’ll keep this blog updated and will write my daily highlights on the other blog. So don’t forget to subscribe here, and on the other blog to follow where the team is and what we are doing, so you can all pray for us.

You are all wonderful thank you for praying for me, and sharing your treasure so I can get here and serve the region. I feel the body of Christ, and we are all responding to God’s call and partner in His mission to save the world

Visit my fund page, and if you wish to partner with me, it is still not too late to do so. I have another story about my tickets so I’m back to raising $1,600 dollars more on top of the $3000 dollars I raised for the tickets, a total of $4,600. I will blog more on it later. So if you and your church want to partner with me, please click on this link.

So til later! Love you all!

Llamados  a ser como Cristo en el mundo,
(Called to be like Christ in the world),
Janary Suyat

Also, I invite you to LIKE our 12:7 Serve FB page to be updated. Click on this link.

Better Than Comfort Food

I love you Lord for You know me as I am.
You have filled my heart with gladness,
and the new morning has come!

Oh sunshine in my soul!
A kiss of glory that fills me…
You carry me from strength to strength.

Your love never ends,
it never fails, nothing compares.
You have turned my grief to unspeakable joy!
My tears are gone.

You in me and I in You
For all eternity…
You complete me.

Renewal of the Covenant

Today, I renew my covenant with the Lord and pray that I may be His alone.

I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt,
rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed for thee
or laid aside for thee,
exalted for thee or brought low for thee.

Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things,
let me have nothing.

I freely and heartily yield all things
to thy pleasure and disposal.

And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
thou art mine, and I am thine.
So be it.

And the covenant which I have made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven.
Amen.

-the Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition.

A Love Letter

My dearest,

I do not know where you are now, but I want you to know that I am praying for you today.

It is hearts’ day today or Valentines day, whatever they call it… and I am overwhelmed by how much love is in the air. I went out and have seen couples and their smiles and their amazing bliss for a day. Because love is magnified on this day, (although it should be magnified each moment), I would also take this time as worth thinking of you.

I am sorry if I have not taken care of my heart, but I will keep on surrendering it to God so He can mold it and I could become a woman after His own heart. I want to keep guarding it, and hope that when you are finally here, you would choose to be my protector, my warrior.

I long for that day when you would delight in me, and tell me you have also prayed for me and have been waiting for the moment we could be together.

I pray you would take care of your heart too. I pray that God would make you a man after His own heart. I pray that you would learn from His love, and be more like Him each day.

I’ll wait for you.

Love,

Janary

He Holds My Hand

These days have been tough for me as I have started walking on “roads” I’ve never traveled before. The word of the Lord in Isaiah 41 has greatly encouraged me as I go through this journey. I especially keep on remembering verses 10 and 13:

¹⁰ ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; 
Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. 
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, 
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

¹³ “For I am the LORD your God, who upholds your right hand, 
Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’ 

Whenever I remind myself of these words, I always picture myself holding God’s hand while being in an unfamiliar place; or holding God’s hand, blindfolded and feeling the cold wind that makes me shiver and afraid. I also remember Peter when he walked on water, but I don’t want to end up doubting and losing my focus on Jesus and start drowning.

Though these verses talk about Israel’s circumstance which is different from mine, I could still claim its promise as it talks about the same God who is holding my hand today. I can feel His warmth, and there’s comfort at the thought of not being alone. He is with me, and He is near.

I am finding out more and more my behavior when I worry or when I am unsure, and it surely shows restlessness expressed in so many ways. I can’t keep silent, I wander, I lose my way, I try to scream for help from other places and I can’t keep my focus. But then His word comes to me like His hand tugging me back to Him, reminding me:

“My child, I am here.”

I stop to fall on His arms, and accept His big embrace. I cry for a moment, and cry a lot. And He lets me be.
And then He holds my hand, as if telling me: “Are you ready? Let’s go, do not be afraid. I will be here, I will not let go.”

Then I am tempted to ask:
“Lord, but why on these roads? Why here? Why so narrow and steep? Can’t we just walk on the other side?”
Forgetting that I am with Him, and that’s all that matters.
He won’t let go, His way is perfect, and He wants me to walk with Him.

I do not know how all of these would turn out exactly,
But I will keep on trusting Him…
For I know that He will help me,
and that is enough to keep me on.

He knows the way…
He knows where we are going.
It’s bigger than my dreams.