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We headed out this morning around six a.m. We made sure we had the cake and all the gifts we had wrapped as we headed towards Big Bay for Hope Christian School’s closing ceremony. It had been planned for Friday but was changed to Sunday due to excessive rains. I silently said a prayer that we wouldn’t get stuck in the mud.
As we made our way through the various villages that we pass in route, I suddenly grabbed Nate’s arm an exclaimed loudly ,“stop the car!” I had heard that one of our former students was married now and living in this village but I had not seen her yet - until now. My eyes and hers locked as if at the same time the recognition washed over us both, if our eyes could talk we were both saying “I see you!” I got out of the truck and greeted her with a hug not even noticing the group she was walking with, then I looked down as she was carrying a guitar and I soon found out she was headed to church. Later, back in the truck, I begin to remember how no one in her family was attending a church when they had first started coming to school back in 2011, now here she was headed to church carrying her guitar. I thanked God for allowing me to see her and my heart was so glad as we continued to drive. A little further up the hill we passed a house seemingly in solitude. It was of the local materials, bamboo and natangora, fashioned in a nice hut style. There was a thin but colorful piece of cloth nailed across the front in place of a door and the wind was catching it slightly. I watched as suddenly a head poked out of the side of the cloth door and realized that hearing a truck come at all (especially that early on a Sunday morning) was worth checking out for this small boy with his long wild blonde hair. It made me think of the children’s game of “peek a boo” and I thought to myself “I see you” as I smiled and waved. My heart begin to work over time as we drove through a lot of nothingness until we passed two kids standing in front of a small hut with very solemn expressions. I smiled and waved and suddenly their faces did an about turn as they lit up in glee “she can see us!” Shortly after that they begin to wave vigorously. Yes, I see you. I have come a long way to see you but more importantly God sees you. He sent me to tell you this very thing. He sees you. He knows where you are at. Rather on an island, out in the jungle, in a big city, or a mountain top, He sees you! Later on as we got out to cross the river Jordon on foot due to the rains I watched as my three year old was placed on the shoulders of one of the village men. I knew he was strong enough to carry her but as I watched the strong current carry them further down stream than planned my heart cried out to God, “do you see me?” I continued to try holding on to the stones underneath me with my bare feet as we fought our way against the current trying to get to the village school. Moments later my precious daughters were safely on the other side and I gave thanks to God for not only seeing me but guiding me through the deep waters. In case you are wondering today the answer is yes, “He sees you.”
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One thing. One thing matters. One request. David was a man of many failures but also a man after God’s own heart. I wonder if it had anything to do with the one thing he was seeking for, the one thing his heart desired most - to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of his life? What about you and I? What if we could ask God for one thing? What would that one thing that grows deep in the inner most parts of our heart be? Can we honestly say like David our one thing is to dwell close to God? I seen a meme on Facebook recently that said something akin to this, “If all your prayers were answered would it change the world, or just your world.” What is our earnest cry to God today? Are we crying out for the lost to be found, are we seeking the things that are close to His heart in our everyday lives, what is our one thing? God help me to be a world changer and not just my world. Help me to desire more of you and less of me. I pray that the depths of my heart would cry out for the one thing that David’s heart cried for. “Oh to be like you Give all I have just to know you Jesus, there’s no one beside you Forever the hope in my heart” (lyrics from the song “Scandal of Grace”.) |
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