May we never lose our wonder
Wide eyed and mystified
May we be just like a child
Staring at the beauty of our King
I’m in Haiti. I’ve been away from home for 286 days. I have seen things I would have never imagined. I have experienced the Lord in ways that I will never forget.
But as I sit in a cafe that makes me feel like I’m in America again I stop and think about what the past few weeks have taught me living above an orphanage and working at a school.
These kids have their sense of wonder fully intact.
The definition of wonder is this: a feeling of amazement and admiration, caused by something beautiful, remarkable, or unfamiliar.
They find amazement and admiration in the every day aspects of their lives. They find joy in a tire and a stick. They find life in learning what their teachers have to say. They find beauty in the nature that surrounds their houses and their schools.
They have their wonder intact.
“Caleb, do you have your wonder intact?”
Woah. Thats a kick in the gut.
I’ve spent the last 10 months seeing the world. In those 10 months there has been major heartbreak and injustice, extreme poverty and hopelessness, and broken lives deny the good news of Jesus. On the flip side of that I have seen pure joy, hope beyond measure, and the good news of Jesus be received. I feel like I’ve seen it all.
I feel like I had lost my wonder. I wasn’t amazed at the same things that would have amazed me a year ago. I was having a hard time seeing the beauty in where I was. I had just gotten used to the things around me.
So today, I declare that I will have the wonder of a child. I will see life as a gift. I will see life as a joy.
I will walk through everyday being excited about what the Lord has for me each day.
It’s month 10 and I am sitting in wonder of how far the Lord has brought me. I am sitting in amazement at the lessons he has taught me, and the beauty of how far he has brought me.
Thank you Jesus for being a good enough reason to be wide eyed and mystified!
May we never lose our wonder!
In Him,
Caleb Callaway
