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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