Think about those moments in your life where everything changed for you. Think about those experiences that completely shifted your focus. What did those moments look like?
Where they joyful? Or heartbreaking? Sometimes it’s the birth of a baby but more often than not our heart breaks in those moments. Someone dies and suddenly we realize our own mortality. Other times we see something like a street child and our lives suddenly become focused outside of ourselves.
Heart break is so good. It is such a great tool God uses to forces us to rely on others and to look beyond our own existence.
I can’t speak of a moment or a think I saw but my world shifted in Vietnam. Everything changed for me – even I changed. But I was never heart broken. God didn’t break my heart for the persons of Vietnam or for the place.
God opened up a part of my heart I didn’t know I had and filled it with love for Vietnam and it’s people. I don’t know when exactly this happened or how it happened but it did.
There is so much about Vietnam that isn’t perfect but I love it all. The people are so beautiful. Their culture is so friendly. And the food and the place are outstanding. It has a place in my heart forever and I will be back.
Having to trust God and leave a place I wanted to call my permanent home drew me closer to him. I was forced to rely on Him and His plan. Also, my life has been altered because of my time there. I want to embrace people the way they do and embrace the people of Vietnam the way God wants me to. I want to show them who God is and what He is about and I want to invest in their lives.
Over realities don’t have to be changed because our hearts were broken to pieces. We don’t have learn to rely on God in our pain. Sometimes, it’s as simple as trusting in Him when your heart wants something He doesn’t have ready for you.
Let God open your heart to the people and place around you and see how He can move and change your life through it.
