I thought it would break, but wait… what? It’s only gotten bigger. I thought God would do one thing, instead he did the opposite.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9).
And you know, I love it.
Before this trip, one of my prayers was that God would give me such a love for the Swazi people and this experience that my heart would break when I had to say goodbye. But as that verse in Isaiah said- God’s ways are so much greater.
The end of this week I left my little ones in my class and said goodbye to my sick brothers and sisters in the Lord at the Hope House. Though it was sad leaving them, knowing the next time I see them may be in heaven, my heart did not break… it only got bigger.
I guess my more recent prayer- expand my heart, and my older prayer- break my heart, are a bit contradictory, but it’s been so cool to see that God sees my heart and your heart as well and that when we delight in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our hearts (Psalm 37:4). He gives what is best for His children. And I’m so thankful.
The joy of the Lord is completely my strength on this trip and I’m excited to see what else he has in store for us as we leave Manzini, and return to Nsoko for the remaining two months.
