I don’t think a day has gone by where I have not eaten a PB&J here in Nsoko. Not one part of me is mad about that. Everyday I look forward to the moment that I get to eat my PB&J. Since its the only thing we eat for lunch we’ve gotten creative with them. Today is our sabbath day so I am spending the day with the Lord. I’m sitting here in the hammocks watching people have fruitful conversations and looking at the dead (but somehow beautiful) trees as goats pass by them just thanking God for this PB&J. I put a tiny bit of jelly and a good amount of peanut butter.. I was going to toast the bread to jazz it up but I forgot the electricity was out all day so I put the bread on the stove. The peanut butter is melted and the bread perfectly cooked. Every piece of it melts in my mouth. Savorying each bite one by one. Its crazy what we take for granted when we don’t have everything under the sun at our fingertips like we do in the states. I actually think you need to be stripped away from all the things you’d think you’d never go without to really appreciate the little things in life. Life is so much simpler than we make it and life in America moves so fast. I am learning day by day what it looks like to spend quality time with Jesus. I never would have guessed it looked like making a pb&j sitting outside and just going through everything I am thankful for. The Lord longs to spend time with us. He is our father and a good father wants to spend time with his kids. Its hard for some people to see the Lords as our Father but thanks to my earthly dad he made it really easy for me to see God that way because of how he has fathered me all my life. God is not only our father but He is our friend. If you think about your best friend you can hopefully say that if you could you would spend as much time with them as possible. Thats how Im trying to be with the Lord. People will fail you but He never will. He is constant. In America I know my excuse for not spending time with God is because I say Im too busy. But then again I would find time to hang out with my best friends or go on social media for 30 mins. The truth is is that if you really want to get to know the lord better and you claim Him as your friend you will find time for Him. Even if it feels like it has to be forced at first I promise you that He will slow down the time and fill you up. I didn’t really believe in the Lord filling you up until I was burnt out from spending everyday with little kids, holding them, throwing them and running around with them. I wasn’t finding rest in sleep so I literally had to rely on Him to fill me up. And I promise you if you give Him the time He will. And as for this day of sabbath I am spending it eating a pb&j knowing that Him and I are the only ones that will ever know how good that pb&j really was. Thanking Him for the small things is just as important than thanking Him for the big things.
Today is 10/16/19 but Im not sure when the next time I will get wifi will be!
Heres a South African song that we all love right now:
Come Holy Spirit (Uthando) by Live at LIV
love, KC
