My Goodnight Story

Exactly midnight.  Headphones In.  Laying in bed – finally. 

I found myself reading a good book that was talking about the stories of our lives.  It was so good – and the music I was listening to was so good at the same time – so it was a mini dilemma, which one should I pay attention to more? So I would read some, listen some, and then, reflect some.

Reflect some.

How in the world did I end up here?  How in the world does time move so fast?  How in the world does life look so similar yet so different in various places across the globe? 

Then all of a sudden a photo falls out of one of my books.  To be fair, I was holding the book upside down because I was lying in my bed reading….and….it was a photo from nearly two years ago.  Me and three friends – we are all in different locations now, all doing some kind of work, and we all don’t get to talk so often.  

Yet – I couldn’t help but smile and let some strange tears of gratitude fall down my face.  How did God work this one out?  To meet amazing people with deep passions, and then, to become involved in work across the world that really reaches out to people who are in a rough season of life yet so loved at the same time.  It's something that really puts life into perspective.  

After a few moments, and with the music playing beautiful melodies in my ears, that’s when I sat up, grabbed this lap top and began to type – because I feel like it’s important to share moments like these.  A moment when we realize that our lives are telling beautiful stories of love and redemption as we meet people and share in their life stories.  That – God leads in ways we could never imagine and to look back and see it is a gift, even the painful parts look like beautiful pieces of a puzzle.  The crazy part, is that, there's still a lot of puzzle pieces left.  

So – that’s my goodnight story.  

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