Ghana is very difficult for me to leave. I cried a great deal as I hugged my Ghanian friends goodbye to head off on the next leg of our race. Nepal is our home for the month of October and I won’t lie when I got on this plane I saw no hope in finding any love greater than the love I have for the people in Ghana and the ministry there.
Sleep took my mind away for a few hours as we flew over the tired world, but as the sun began to rise something quietly woke me. I looked out the window to find the handiwork of God sipping His coffee while sitting at His morning canvas. Before my very eyes the darkness of the night slipped away as all the colors of the rainbow lined up to surround the waking earth. Memory of another rainbow came to the forefront of my mind… One night I said a similar goodbye to a friend before coming on the race. He held me close and tears fell from my eyes when I thought about how long it would be before I saw him again. As I drove away a text from him came to my phone, “I’ve never seen a full rainbow… Never before until today, after getting home and saying goodbye to you. You were meant to go, here’s the proof.”
With the tender touch of a loving Father, God paused his painting this morning, looked over His spectacles at me wordlessly reminding me that I am exactly where I need to be. Ghana will always be dear to my heart, but Nepal holds hope for me and I must go and love as He loves.
Is it not wonderful that we serve a God who loves those we love more than we do? Is it not a gorgeous knowledge to know that a great and mighty lover is watching over all those who your hold dear loving them fiercely? Again I am reminded that we are all here walking each other home.
With so much gratitude for last month and renewed excitement for this month I say all for now through the eyes of a storyteller.
