I love rooftops.
I remember waking up early every morning with Amy Heiser in Cambodia to
go sit on a rooftop to worship together and ask for more of the Lord.
go sit on a rooftop to worship together and ask for more of the Lord.
Africa doesn’t have many rooftops, but
it was redeemed in India when we basically did our ministry on a rooftop. Capstone Ministries was on the top
floor overlooking Bangalore.
Stunning.
it was redeemed in India when we basically did our ministry on a rooftop. Capstone Ministries was on the top
floor overlooking Bangalore.
Stunning.
Capstone’s rooftop :]
In Nepal, we were also thankfully blessed with a
rooftop. I loved going up there
during the day and basking in the beauty of all of the mountains that
surrounded us in all directions.
One day (which actually turned into many days), I saw the Himalaya Mountains in the distance from a rooftop.
I started crying at the beauty of them. How marvelous and majestic they were, towering over the
“Himalayan foothills” in the foreground!
rooftop. I loved going up there
during the day and basking in the beauty of all of the mountains that
surrounded us in all directions.
One day (which actually turned into many days), I saw the Himalaya Mountains in the distance from a rooftop.
I started crying at the beauty of them. How marvelous and majestic they were, towering over the
“Himalayan foothills” in the foreground!
the snow-capped Himalaya Mountains in the distance :]
I also loved going up on the rooftop during the night. It reminded me of being home during the
summers and laying on my family’s driveway to watch the stars each cloud-free
night. So peaceful.
summers and laying on my family’s driveway to watch the stars each cloud-free
night. So peaceful.
One of our last nights in Nepal, I couldn’t really sleep and so I turned my
iPod on and listened to it for a little while. A song called “Dance with Me” came on and I knew that I
needed to be on the rooftop. I
walked up the spiral stairs to the roof and could see about a billion stars. The moon wasn’t out yet so it was a
perfect night for stargazing. But
God didn’t want me to just lie there on the roof and admire them. He wanted me to dance with Him under them. “Dance with Me”…”Dance with Me”…”Dance with Me” kept ringing
over and over again in my head until I finally stood up and danced.
iPod on and listened to it for a little while. A song called “Dance with Me” came on and I knew that I
needed to be on the rooftop. I
walked up the spiral stairs to the roof and could see about a billion stars. The moon wasn’t out yet so it was a
perfect night for stargazing. But
God didn’t want me to just lie there on the roof and admire them. He wanted me to dance with Him under them. “Dance with Me”…”Dance with Me”…”Dance with Me” kept ringing
over and over again in my head until I finally stood up and danced.
Remember my blog post before the Race about “Beautiful Ballerina Toes“? I have walked around on the World Race
twirling little girls around in each country in every city in hopes that I
would see that Training Camp vision come to life on the Race. But it hasn’t happened yet…until that
night at least. You see… I have
been sharing with other people about how much God wants to dance with
them. I have been almost pushing
that vision that was for myself onto other people, forgetting that God had that
vision for me in the first place.
twirling little girls around in each country in every city in hopes that I
would see that Training Camp vision come to life on the Race. But it hasn’t happened yet…until that
night at least. You see… I have
been sharing with other people about how much God wants to dance with
them. I have been almost pushing
that vision that was for myself onto other people, forgetting that God had that
vision for me in the first place.
But I want to dance
again. I want to learn what it
means to [literally] dance with my Prince.
again. I want to learn what it
means to [literally] dance with my Prince.
In the meantime though, as I figure out this whole ‘dance’ thing, you should watch the video of The Flaming Zoo Animals (Aka, Team Eleutheroo + Team Kindle) rock at the Dance Off at our last squad debrief. Yep, we won too!!! ;]
