I’m sat here enjoying what is a seemingly rare thing in Mozambique at this time of year – cool weather. More excitingly, I’m sat here with my team watching an exciting display of light orchestrated by the greatest performer of all. That’s right – we’re in the middle of a storm. It’s only a couple of miles out so we’re getting some breath-taking views and some terrific crashes to rock our world. To our left, below the break in the clouds (the only spot you can see some blue sky), a rainbow has formed above the next house along.
Points for the first person to comment and tell me where the quote that makes up my blog title comes from, but I can tell you that the weather here is close to unbearable. It’s the middle of the afternoon right now but just before we had lunch (at about 2.30) I took a shower. Sat at lunch, in the shade inside the house, with a breeze on me, with a cold soft drinks bottle in my hand, having just taken said shower, I was already sweating. It’s not unusual for it to be over 100â�°F (around 40â�°C) in the middle of the day.
Needless to say I’m so grateful to the orchestrator of this coolness.
Now to try and find some sort of spiritual lesson from this*. Truth is, it’s just ridiculously hot here and I so I wanted to tell you that. Not because it’s not hot where you are but because it’s too hot here.
I guess one thing of note is that we can look at other people’s situations, locations or otherwise and wish to be there but truth is each situation has it’s pros and cons. I really noticed how in church here everyone looks so much more joyful – everyone is smiles and happy to see us, and if there is ever a gap or delay in the programme rather than just sit there in an awkward silence someone starts a song that everyone joins in with. It’s great to see that they take every opportunity to praise God, and so we continually hope that that is the kind of lifestyle we build – using whatever happens as an opportunity to worship.
*You should see one of my teammate’s, Michelle Lasko’s, blog post “Poop, or something spiritual” for a blog that draws a message from one of the more random real life experiences.
