i see a lot of things throughout my day.
i see people laughing. i see people in deep thought. i see kids running around and eating rice and beans. i see dirty, holey shoes. i see people singing (and dancing) along to Hamilton. i see people in intense conversation. i see the refrigerator being unplugged overnight and chicken juice spilling onto the red-dirt-covered floor. i see the lightening by the trees and the mountains. i see people waiting an hour to get a kombi to town. i see God doing things in the lives of the people around me. i see people being healed. i see people being more intentional with God than ever before.
the things that i see are so good. they might not always be easy to see, but that’s because of the thoughts and interpretations we have of the world. most things around here bring a mix of thoughts and emotions.
– it is hard to see the children here because we know that the meal we see them eat may be their only one… but it is easy to see the children here because they have such apparent joy in their lives.
– it is hard to see people on the squad struggling through things… but it is easy because i trust that they are learning something new from the Lord and i know that they are in a loving community.
– it is hard to see people with so little money… but it is easy because they know how to love so much with what they do have.
i am constantly conflicted by the things that i see. i consistently see the good and the bad in things. my takeaway from that realization is that i cannot imagine a world where God is not present. so much of what i see is influenced by what God is up to and what He shows me to be true. i love that my perspective is perfectly colored by the Lord. i am beyond blessed to be in these places, seeing what i am seeing, and being shown again and again that God is good and he is active in my life.
