The months went by quickly in Fire in the Night. I look back and still can't believe that it's already over...even now, after being home for 3 months. A 6 month period seems like a long time before it happens, but after it's over, it's just a blink of an eye compared to your whole life that's a head of you. But things seemed to slow down for me mid-February. It seems like that happens a lot when I have something I'm really looking forward to.
I don't remember the exact day, but it was late February. I was having dinner with my fellow Fire in the Night interns (at 1 o'clock AM!) and I received a letter. Usually my friends and family would tell me when they were sending something so I knew to look for it when the mail came in. But this one surprised me, and it was from Alisha. Other than the occasional comment or "like" on Facebook, I hadn't really talked to her since receiving her letter the October before. This is one letter that I was not likely to soon forget.
"I'd like to invite you to come visit me in Texas...How about Easter weekend? The meaning of that weekend with the renewal of life and resurrection would be quite fitting".
Imagining me flipping out in the cafeteria, crazily waving the letter around, proclaiming "I'm gonna meet Alisha!!!" After my excitement, I was speechless. Wow. I was going to meet my birth-mother. I went back to the prayer room that night, sat against the wall in the back and had no idea what to think, or feel. And for Easter! Why, that was only 3 weeks after I got home from Kansas City, and I only had a month left there! Less than TWO MONTHS and I was going to meet her! It was all coming so suddenly. It was a reality, and a reality that would change and shift my whole world, for the better I hoped.
What I loved most, was how God showed Himself through this. He loves showing us how much we mean to Him, and showing us in ways that will speak to us personally. Although it never even crossed my mind to pray for this invitation to Texas, it happened. Whether Alisha herself prayed for direction on what to do, or whether the Holy Spirit gave her the idea to invite me, He knew my heart and my desire. It was just another reminder that God does see, know, and love me.
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