One Sunday in Ethiopia on the way to church, I was walking with a few kids and holding the hand of a little boy, Tirone. As we walked through the field, I kept his pace and he looked up at me occasionally. I’m guessing this was to make sure I was still there. The wind was blowing and my hair was getting in my face, so I would let go of his hand to fix my hair. When I let go he would keep his hand in the air waiting for me to grab it again. I only let go for mere moments, but I could tell that he didn’t like when I wasn’t holding his hand. This gave me such a beautiful picture of my walk with the Lord.
I pictured myself as Tirone, longing to hold God’s hand, to walk step by step through life together. Often there are times when I feel like God let’s go of my hand. These are only for a brief moments, but still, He let’s go. I think when He “let’s go”, He teaches me to long for him and to have the desire to walk hand in hand with him. I keep my arm up, reaching for God, so that we can walk together again. Just like when Tirone was walking with me and he longed to hold my hand, I long to walk with God, holding His hand, everyday.
This walk to church was different than most. We took many dirt paths and walked through several wheat fields. I didn’t exactly know where the church was located, but Tirone didn’t know that. Tirone trusted me to lead him to the church and that’s exactly what I did.
As I walk with God through so many different seasons in life, I always look up at Him. Sometimes it’s just for the reassurance that He’s still there and other times it’s looking to Him to lead me down which path to take. I trust that even though I don’t know the plan – He does. When I feel like God isn’t there, all I have to do is look up to Him and know He’s walking step by step with me. PEACE
XOXO
Heather
