10-25am
We said goodbye to Adrian and Stacey more than a year ago as they left on an international working adventure. Since then, our communication has been mainly via whattsapp interspersed with calls and skypes and gtalks and Facebook encounters. I’m philosophical when it comes to these things. It’s what happens. Children grow up and leave home. Within that process comes the possibility of going overseas and making a life for themselves far, far away from their family. As we have followed their jaunt across South-East Asia, I have loved seeing their growth and interaction with the locals. This morning, I was taken by surprise at the depth of the emotion I am feeling with their home-coming. I have missed them so much… more than I realised! So last night I googled ‘flights going from Dubai to Joburg’ and discovered they must be on EK761. Early this morning, I looked it up and found the plane inching it’s way down Africa, until eventually, I saw this screen. I’m not sure how clear it is, but it says the plane landed 10 minutes ago and is taxiing to terminal A! It’s a wonderful thought that they are in Joburg.
Julian is meeting them for lunch at 2pm and then later, they fly to PE to see Adrian’s parents for a week. Their car is there, so they can drive to Cape Town in a week and then it will be my turn! 😀
So back to work today and all is well. This morning I read Psalm 32. When I got to verse 7, I was reminded of Corrie ten Boom. She made this verse famous: “You are my hiding place; You will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” Incarcerated in a concentration camp during World War 2, she was surrounded by terrible conditions. Rats, fleas, starvation, illness, cruelty by the Nazis, she was trapped and there was no light at the end of the tunnel. No one knew how or if the war would end & if anyone would get out alive. Amidst all of this, Corrie ten Boom read and memorised this verse. Seeking refuge in the only One she could, she tucked herself tightly, emotionally, mentally & spiritually into the Hiding Place of the Lord Jesus Christ. There she waited until deliverance came. Often-times, we cannot control our circumstances, but we can control our response to them. Make Jesus your Hiding Place today. He will protect you from the storm until deliverance comes.
God bless you.
In His Grip (Hiding Place),
Love Helga xx 🙂