We found ourselves in the center of His will, doing exactly the thing that God asked us to do.
That doesn’t mean that we are always exactly safe. In a quote from a book that I have found that I love in this season of my life, Mark Batterson says this:
“God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time. A sense of destiny is our birthright as followers of Christ. God is awfully good at getting us where He wants us to go. But here’s the catch: The right place often seems like the wrong place, and the right time often seems like the wrong time.” (In A Pit With a Lion on A Snowy Day)
A thought like this ran through my head as soon as the earth started shaking, especially the last part: “The right place often seems like the wrong place…” because I was pretty sure that I wasn’t in the “right” place when the ground below me started shaking.
I knew the stories that the people have told me over the course of our first week here in Nepal. I knew that earthquakes usually came out of no where, lasted for a time that felt like forever, and would leave you often wondering if the ground was shaking. All three of those I found to be true in the time during and the time after the earthquake. I keep a bottle of water around to know if the ground is actually shaking or if it is just the phantom shakes. I never really believed people who said the ground seemed to continue to move even after 24 hours of the ground not shaking any more, but now I find myself looking to a bottle of water to see if I can trust the feelings I have.
I don’t doubt that God is using the earthquake to weave a tapestry that is better than we can imagine from the side of eternity we can see. We don’t know the picture that God is attempting to paint for us; I don’t know WHY God is writing a story of this squad in the way He is, but I am content to tell you that God is GOOD and continues to be good.
Continue to pray for Nepal.
Until He Comes,
Kristy
