I swear, this is true. When I read your post about going off for the weekend, I thought to myself that I probably would not go on that trip because I'm very risk averse. I would be worried about a car accident or some other kind of tragedy -- and I thought about how much I probably miss in life because I don't take those kinds of risks. Since that post, I've been checking in on you every now and then because I was a bit worried for your safety. I'm so glad everyone is relatively uninjured and I will pray for good results for you and your friends when you return to Totota this week.
I wasn't going to mention it, but since H did, I actually had the same thought. When you mentioned your trip, I remembered another blog where a woman had just arrived overseas with Doctors without Borders and died in a Jeep rollover crash.
I think you deserve a break, so I'm not saying you shouldn't have gone. It would have happened to anyone passing on that road.
Ali-stargirl...
I am sitting here, sobbing, and re-reading your post again. When you wrote on thursday that you were heading off on an adventure, I felt very strongly the push to pray for your safety. And i did, asking God to protect you and keep you safe. Now i'm just sitting here so overwhelmed and thankful for your life saved... for the voice of a loving Father in the form of your mother's wisdom in your head, and the hands of God moving the hands of Lourens to the left instead of the right. ALI, He has such plans and purposes for you! You are all in the palm of His hand, and nothing He allows to happen to you, neither infected needles or car accidents, none of it is out of His control. He is allowing it, but only for His glory. Keep trusting Him.
I am praying for complete deliverance for Lourens, that the grace of God would continue to be so evident to each of you in this time! An outpouring. Overflowingly evident.
Much love from South Korea...
Your cousin by blood,
and sister by the blood of Christ...
-Fi
Delurking to say thankyou for writing what my heart needed to hear today.
(*You are not alone. Walk through the fires, if you will, but I’ll be there. Think you’re drowning? I’m there. It doesn’t matter what happens. I will move heaven and earth to keep you safe, because I love you. And you’re mine.
Mine.*)
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story that some would like to take as a lovely series of fortunate events, but that we can clearly see as the hand of the Lord at work.