i know you love me, i know you care.
the Lord time and time again reminds me that He loves me; whether it be a child holding my hand or laughing with my friends, He is constantly showing me His love. I decided i was going to pray for the Lord to reveal something to me to remind me of His love, one random thing that I would hold dear to my heart, so when i see this thing or hear this song, I will think of Him.
So hear me out! it’s going to sound crazy! but as my reminder i chose baby by justin bieber. you may be thinking, “you’re ridiculous” or “why even” and i’m about to tell you why. so in swaziland, my first country, i would constantly hear children singing this song, ginormous smiles and jumping for joy. the cool thing about this song is that everyone knows it. whether u want to know it or not, you know it! you can act like you don’t know it, but we all know you do. so in the midst of this song being sang, it’s also unifying and uplifting. you are almost guaranteed to have a huge smile on your face after belting this song on the top of your lungs.
another story concerning this incredibly deep and convicting song is when we arrived in nepal. i had had 1 hour of sleep that night, feeling super sick and frankly just bleh. my friends forced me out of bed and naturally i demanded we stop at a coffee shop so i could get some coffee to cure my bleh-ness. so we walked in, sat down, and next thing you know the worker there, young guy probably like 25 years old, turns on baby by justin bieber. in this moment my heart turned from sulking to joy. i started dancing and singing and he joined us as well. after this i felt good. not just good, but joyfully ready; ready for what nepal had for me. nepal ended up being my favorite month on the race thus far and this friend that we had continued to play baby every single time we walked into this coffee shop (like 5 times a week) and every single one of these times it put a huge smile on my face.
so i’m sitting in india, thinking about the Lord and his love for me, and journaling (as one does when she’s bored out of her mind and quite honestly disappointed in what “my very rural and secluded place in northeastern india has to offer”) (this was a very annoying state of mind and i just cringed typing that out). so i’m journaling and i write something like, “cmon jesus, i know you love me, i know you care, where are you?” if you read that over again, you will see the phrase “i know you love me, i know you care”. these are lyrics of my song!!! since then, i have recognized the perfectly orchestrated moments where this song is tossed into my path. whether it be a crazy indian child or our cook singing this song, His timing is always right when i need it. so yeah, that’s how jesus reveals himself to me through justin bieber. maybe justin bieber will read this one day and message me or something. just an idea, anyway thx for reading!
