Was It Enough?

It's a question I keep coming back to, especially when I think I'm having the worst day.

Were the nails and the spear in My side

Not quite enough to provide

The victory you need in your life? -Jill Pacquette, Come to Me

No matter what you are going through, whatever pain you are feeling, what mountain is in your way or who your adversaries are, you have victory if you have a life surrendered to Jesus. The victory may not look like you expect, it's really better than you can imagine.

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57

With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies. Psalm 60:12

What more could He have done? His sacrifice - I'd say it's more than enough.

Victory!

Today, I got my first letter from my Compassion kid in Uganda. His name is Victory. What a great name! His actual name is Twesigyemukama Victory. Let's all say that together. Twi.. twes... twees.. tweyseeg... uh... I think I'll stick with calling him Victory.

Part of the letter (which is a form they fill out if they are able, and he is able) is to add some drawings, which I have included here.


Here's what he wrote:

Dear my beloved friend Karen,
Praise God Thank you For choosing
me to be your Friend.
I hope God will keep us alive and our frien
dship last. God bless you.

I typed it just like he wrote it so the line break is supposed to be there. This makes perfect sense to me, but they also added a translation, which doesn't make much sense at all. Maybe one day Victory will be a translator, but right now he wants to be a mechanic.

You know, sometimes it seems like our friends are too busy or that they have forgotten us. I'm glad to know that I have a young friend in Uganda who hopes our friendship lasts. I hope so too, Victory.