Nepal broke my heart, and this is why.
My month in Nepal I spent a good portion of it in the capitol city of Kathmandu. We were fortunate enough to get to spend a couple weeks smack dab in the middle of the backpacking district known as Thamel.There we saw a lot of Americans and Europeans who were traveling around the country. Most of them searching. Searching for something bigger than themselves. A lot found the mountains around us to be an answer to that search. Some found the drugs that were commonly offered to any passerby on the street to suffice. There were many who were on a spiritual pilgrimage to know a false god.
But the one thing I could see without a shadow of a doubt was this city was full of hungry people. People who have felt the emptiness of not knowing identity in Christ. People who were actively looking for a God many didnt know existed. And witnessing this every single day for a month was heart breaking. As I type this now tears of sorrow fill my eyes. There are so many people who are so lost. Who are searching for their papa and just haven’t found Him yet.
Instead they have been feed lies about finding peace and identity through a billion other gods. gods that go by the name, buddha, shiva, ganesha, ecstasy, meth, nature, money, sex, adventure. (man, there are millions more and you catch my drift, it’s an endless list)
It was here in Nepal that I finally understood the charge my father has given me. He has asked me, as His daughter and advocate to go. Go and proclaim the good news. That He is the answer to all of our questions.
This month I felt surrounded by darkness. But in contrast to that I also felt filled with light. Truly a light to the world, like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. To know that is to know hope. Because that means when people look at me they see my father’s attributes. One of his many attributes is that He is not a passive God. He is a God that pursues His children.
Hope is not lost, but most embraced in seasons of darkness.
Let us remember that it is impossible that light be overcome by darkness; so then, let the darkness of the world only drive you closer to God, Father of light.
