Heart for Scotland

Well while i was on DTS God really increased my heart for Scotland. I knew God had asked me to do DTS in Scotland because i knew there was more i wanted to learn about here and about the people here and he was well and truely ready to show me more. Of course my way of being shown more and Gods way is so very different and that took me by surprise a little. God showed me a lot of the brokeness in Scotland through different things in me which though small have had a huge grip on my life. Also another way in which i have learnt more about Scotland was through the perceptions of my fellow students.

While in Morocco i was chatting to a guy named Mohammed (one of the many) who had befriended the guys on our team and been introduced to the girls therefore we were allowed to talk!! One thing that this guy said which was his moto in life was " i know who i am and i know with whom i am speaking". This moto stuck with me for a long time as did many other things he told us (me and Brenna), he was confident in life because he knew himself well and he knew where he was in life. This got me asking questions about how well we know ourselves and how confident we are in who God has made us to be.

Back in Scotland God is continuing to break my heart for the people of Scotland who don't know who they are or where they fit, constantly looking for somewhere to belong. Young people who deeply desire to be accepted for who they are yet have no idea how to be themselves because they are so scared of being rejected. People who isolate themselves because it is far easier than being isolted. My heart cries out to these people, Scottish people, because I know and understand a wee bit of what it is like.