As we drove the two hours to the Rhino Refugee Settlement, I looked out the window at this beautiful country. So lush, so green.
We passed women with babies strapped to their backs bent over at the waist to sweep with weed-reed brooms. Boys and girls in school uniforms walking or running on the street. Men chopping the hard ground in the field with a flat headed hoe.
The sky looked like it is lit up from below. A spotlight focused on the base of the painted clouds.
I know God is in a good mood today. He’s in a good mood everyday, but today I know it not just in my head, but in my heart and my spirit.
As we passed the landscape of varying shade of green I notice patches of pink. In between overturned fields, prepped for planting, ripe fields of corn, tall trees, short trees, overgrown grass and more revelation drops into my spirit.
This landscape is life. We move through seasons.
Seasons we feel broken and exposed but we are just being worked into good ground.
Seasons we feel full, where we know we can be generous because what was planted has come to fruition.
Seasons we feel seen and powerful.
Seasons we feel strong, useful but humble.
Seasons we feel like we are spinning and out of control like there is no time to tend to our heart.
But these patches of pink in a sea of changing green is still another season. I’m sure these tall reeds are weeds. And if we did what religion tells us, we try and stomp them out or rip them up as quick as we can. They weren’t planted on purpose. They are just taking up valuable space and precious minerals in the dirt.
But if you follow the root up, the top is a feathery baby pink.
Healing.
Sometimes what starts as a weed — or what we think is a weed — is something God planted on purpose to bring us to a greater healing. A healing that takes us higher into His glory. A healing that becomes a focal point of glory.
As an artist when you want to highlight something you make it pop by using a contrasting color from the background. And that’s what I see here. The color on the opposite side of the color wheel from green is red. Pink is simply red brightened by white.
Jesus’s blood mixed with His righteousness. By His stripes we are healed. We are clothed in His righteousness.
Where are you struggling today?
What healing does God want to bring to that hurt?
I encourage you to let your heart sit with God today.
