Today I miss my family more than normal!

Here I am. On the other side of the world. Far from my family, friends, and my church. I have to say I miss them all terribly. I miss talking with my sisters (and irritating them :-P) I miss bugging my older brother and drinking his coffee. I miss my mom telling me what to do  [a little bit]. I miss a regular church service in my own language. I miss devotions in the morning with my family. I miss my little brothers hugs. There are so many things that, when I feel sorry for myself, I can really miss. 

My dad often sends me an e-mail with "the word for today" the scripture he sent me a couple days ago comforted me, yet convicted me. 

Colossians 3:12 - 16 

"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."

I need to let the peace of God rule in my heart. I am part of one body, the body of Christ. I am bonded with Christians all over the world. This is including Taiwan. I am a part of the body of Christ including people that don't speak the same languages as I do, people of another culture and people that worship the same God that I do. So while I am lonely at times and want to go to a church service in English, I know that I am blessed by being a part of the body of Christ. I know people are praying for me at home. Through the challenges of life and the little things such as missing someone, I was convicted of the fact that I felt like I was going through this alone and I'm not. Jesus is with me, and I am a part of the body of Christ. 

So today I was lonlier than normal :'( (so I blogged about it..) it's okay to be lonely, but I hate the feeling. 

Let the peace of God rule in your heart. <3

~Lon