Panting up a mountain in Bagmati, Nepal day 1 of ministry kicking myself for not taking “getting in shape for the Race” seriously and then arguing back that its not me its the altitude thats making this so hard … yeah, its definitely the altitude not the copious amounts of sweets I’ve consumed over the last month(s)… so truthfully as I am justifying my current state of fitness up a mountain in Bagmati I’m questioning why in the world this is necessary for day 1 but, then we get to the top . . . and everything became still.
notice how far back I am and we just started
I sat down on a rock overlooking all of Kathmandu Valley and asked God again “why is this necessary today?”, He instantly took me back to my last night in Ongole, India on the rooftop of our compound singing worship songs. Laying there staring at the vastness of the universe in front of me I heard God tell me : ‘of everything I have made you all are my most precious, I wove you in my image for every detail of you was intricately made.’ I began to cry thinking how deep His love truly is and if I could just understand even a quarter of His love how different things would look. For every time I think I get how much He loves me He pushes further reminding me He is so much greater than anything I have the possibility of understanding. I was reminded that if He did’t chase after me persistently for 22 years of my life I would have missed out on the greatest love I will ever know and He longs for each of us so intimately because we complete Him as much as He completes us.
Overlooking Kathmandu Valley
Clearly God needed to drag my tush up a mountain and out of my comforts yet again, for what we are going to walk through in Nepal I need to hold that feeling at the forefront of my heart.
Abba – I pray that we have the strength to be vessels of your love, that every time we open our mouths it is not our words but your love that pours out to these beautiful people you have brought us to meet. I ask that you continue to break our heart for what breaks yours, as hard as it is, so we can grow in understanding the depths of your love. I pray that we have the courage to sift through all we see and hear and see you in the midst of it all. God please drag me up a mountain a day if thats what it takes to never lose sight of this again. Thank you for who you are, thank you for chasing me down, thank you for bringing me on this journey. I pray this all in your Name, amen.
On the mountain top we cast vision over the month as a squad (all 51 of us are in the same location this month) then prayed over a Hindu Temple that is believed to “cure” infertility.
