Posted in Mexico by Sara Ellis on 7/16/2008

“Trust in him at all times, O people;

pour out your hearts to Him,

for God is our refuge.” Psalm 62:8

 

Her heart aches for places she has never seen.  She risks it all as she steps out in the faith that He will catch her.

 

Her heart breaks for a boy she just met.  Her brokenness for his heart is visible on her face.  Her tears are as real as his pain.

 

Her heart shutters as she follows a calling she does not understand, as she steps into darkness trusting His light will come.

 

Her heart bleeds for a team she is still meeting.  Their pain is real to her as she listens to their stories, as she longs to be known.

 

 

These are the four women I will spend the year with.  The four women who have aready taught me more about loving God than I can put into words.  The four women whose hearts break for a world that needs hope, for people that need love.  Four women who are seeking and finding, growing and changing, breaking and healing before my very eyes. 

 

5-Alive minus Nat, our perpetual photographer.

 

 

They are my friends, my sisters, my family.    

 

God calls us to a reality beyond ourselves.  A reality that exists in community, in relationship both with Him and with other people.  This community is not always easy, but to know that anothers heart breaks or sings or laughs in the same way as the heart that beats in your own chest, lets you know that we are not that different after all.  In fact we are all more the same than anything else.  Our tears are the same, our grins are the same, God loves us the same and He seeks each of our hearts.