45.
Forty - Five
(f-o-r-t-y-f-i-v-e)
Can you believe it? In just over a month I will in the airport, my skirt-blouse-and-sweater combo looking very bohemian as I run to catch my flight. (Of course, I'll be early, but who doesn't love a good running scene?) In just over month I will be stepping off the plane and onto the soil of Africa; I will breathe the air and soak in all the beauty of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
In just over a month I will meet the children.
The children! The reason why my heart leaps in my chest each time I mark off a number on the countdown; the reason why the countdown even exists is the children. I have seen their faces in pictures, I have heard some of their stories through videos, but soon they will be real to me.
Some days I realize how close it is and I pray for time to hurry a little faster, but the old turtle just keeps creeping: "Slow and steady wins the race," he says. "slow and steady." I am reminded that the Lord works in his own timing; was it not in His own timing that I was allowed to answer the call to Tanzania? Was it not in His own good timing that I worked with children from Tanzania in the States? Was it not?
It was, so be still my soul and wait for the Lord {Psalm 37:7}.
We often find ourselves in a time of waiting; you are not alone in your feelings of anxiety, impatience, excitement, and hope. As you watch the second hand on the clock lug itself forward, remember that His timing is perfect and that there is much to be done! My prayer is that you and I both use our time of waiting to prepare for what lies ahead, and to invest in what lies around.
My heart has been encouraged by this verse, and I leave you with it and a sincere prayer that it also encourages you.
"For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end - it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay."{Habakkuk 2:3}
May God Bless and Keep you!
Bekah S.
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