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| 'All this for me?' -Blessing |
"She is crying because we are walking on the other side of the tennis court, feeling she's being left behind. She has no idea that in a weeks time, Mommy will stay while the rest of us go. I wonder how often we're like that with God, crying that things just don't feel right when he's there and will remain with us. We have no idea of his deep love." -Zach while we did our daily morning walk on the tennis court (Blessing often joins us).
Now that week has passed. Me (Christy), Daso, and Blessing returned from watching our four sisters and Zach scan their boarding passes. It was teary, but they were brave and excited to see loved ones on the other end of the long journey. The heartbreaking cries that lasted all the way to the hotel and intermitently all night long from Blessing weigh on me, but I know that we are all doing our very best to let this sweet person know she is secure in our love and, most importantly, in God's love for her.
How often do we underestimate the sacrifice of Christ, the great length he went to be sure we could know his embrace in this broken world? How often do I cry from my side of the "tennis court", "Where are you, God?" when he is not only close by, hearing my desperate cries, but also planning something that will draw me closer to the fullness of life he has in store for me?
“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God[e] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. (Matt.6:32-33)
Please do pray for us during this time of physically distant (in 5 weeks Zach will return and shortly after Christy will go to meet the girls), that every one of us will know our Father knows our needs and he is trustworthy.
