A time for everything…

Another month has past, yet it seems I’ve only blinked my eyes. It’s been a whirlwind of emotions but each one has been needed in this season of life. Each one plays a part in drawing me closer to Jesus, so I am praising Him for each tear and each smile.

Yesterday, I was getting in a workout at the American club, just up the hill from where I stay. I saw one of my friends and her dad working out. Her dad began asking what I’m doing here and a host of other questions. In an instant, so many emotions stirred up inside of me. He asked me, “how do your parents feel about you being here?” A typical question but hard to hear these days. This man didn’t know I had lost my dad in January. I looked at my friend who knew and she gave me a smile that spoke of her sadness for me. Those moments I am faced with explaining it all, which is still difficult.

I dug deep and explained how "my parents have been the biggest supporters of God calling me here to Africa. Even though it’s hard to have a daughter go off, they never wanted to stand in the way of what God was doing. Though this time, it’s been more difficult due to the loss of my dad and my mom being by herself." 

I believe my dad is still supporting me, but this time he gets to see how all of this fits together. He has the heavenly perspective from God’s view and what a view he has! ;)

Seeing that today marks 5 months of the loss of my Dad, I look back at the time I have been in Uganda for 2 of those months. I have gone through so many emotions and I believe there is a time for everything. I have found myself weeping, being lonely and broken. But then I find myself singing, laughing, dancing and embracing everything that comes from the Lord. There is a set time for everything. It each comes at the right moment. I have to believe that this journey is not over in experiencing all that God wants me to. So no matter the emotions, feelings, or what I go through, God is working all things together for my good and His glory!

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

“For everything there is a season, 

a time for every activity under heaven.

A time to be born and a time to die.

A time to plant and a time to harvest.

A time to kill and a time to heal.

A time to tear down and time to build up.

A time to cry and time to laugh.

A time to grieve and time to dance.

A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.

A time to embrace and atime to turn away.

A time to search and time to quit searching. 

A time to tear and time to mend.

A time to be quiet and time to speak. 

A time to love and a time to hate.

A time for war and a time for peace.

God has made everything beautiful for its own time. 

He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, 

people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.”