Totally Taken In Tuesday

Mali. I'm totally taken in by your beauty and your hope. You are one of the poorest nations on Earth, yet there is still something there for you to cling to. It's funny how when you have the least materially, you hold on. Wealth in material things are nothing, yet the hope of life is SO important. I hope to share Jesus with you, so that you can see that life can be ETERNAL with Him. There is nothing else like knowing that. NOTHING. I try so hard not to be contaminated by the wealth of my nation. And I think you're helping me see it even more. I don't need anything but Jesus. He is all I need. All I will ever need. Nothing else matters. Thank you, GOD for using Mali to give me a nudge in the right direction.


I'm totally taken in by their beauty.
... by their smiles.

...by their innocence.

... by their eyes.

.... even by their little feet.

... and their thirst for life.

... and by their hope in times of having little.

GOD, thank You for taking over me so that I could finally humble myself before You and say YES! to what you've been whispering to me for years. I've fought missions ever since the sixth grade when I knew I was called. Thanks for looking past the stubborn girl, and seeing what I could be in time. Thank you for being patient, Lord. I'm so humbled by the fact that You kept whispering. That You were patient. You never gave up. From the bottom of my heart, thank You...

I tried to run
I tried to fight You
But I'm done
I'm giving up
I've learned to trust You, Your love

Now I'm singing...

Can You take over?
Take over
Can You take over me?
I've been here over and over again
Here on my knees
I'm only closer and closer
To where I wanna be
When You take over, take over
Can You take over me?

I tried before
To let go
And I just hold on more
Amazing Lord
I need the strength to let go
And be Yours

So now I'm singing...

Can You take over?
Take over
Can You take over me?
I've been here over and over again
Here on my knees
I'm only closer and closer
To where I wanna be
When You take over, take over
Can You take over me?

I surrender all I have
And I surrender all I am
As I remember what You've done to set me free

I just want to sing...

Can You take over?
Take over
Can You take over me?
I've been here over and over again
Here on my knees
I'm only closer and closer
To where I wanna be
When You take over, take over
Can You take over me?

Can You take over?
Take over
Can You take over me?
I've been here over and over again
Here on my knees
I'm only closer and closer
To where I wanna be
When You take over, take over
Can You take over me?

Take over me
Take over me
"Take Over" by Aaron Shust

"And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey." Jonah 3:1-3