I woke up at about three this morning (jet lag is a cruel, cruel malady) completely and utterly defeated and depressed. I missed New York. I missed my parents. It was cold, dark, stinky, bla bla bla. You know the rest.
So, what did I do in that time of trouble?
I checked my e-mail, naturally.
Well... at least, that's what I thought I was going to do.
Turns out God had other plans in mind.
Anyway, there I was, sniffling away in the dark, thinking to myself how lonely I was, etc, etc, etc. basically I was drowning in my own poisonous self-pity... not really the wisest, smartest, or the most mature way to handle the valleys of life. But, ignoring my better judgment, I decided to check my e-mail, somehow thinking that would cheer me up. I picked up my iPod (some kids sleep with teddy-bears... I sleep with my iPod...) and started tapping away. Coincidentally (or not, depending on whether or not you'd consider this a miracle) my finger misses the "Mail" app and lands on the "Bible" app. A verse from Isaiah fills the screen:
"I will always show you where to go.
I will give you a full life in the empitiest of places."
My mind is blown. Why is it that God loves us so much, that he would think to speak to us like that? The verse was something so small... yet it completely took away all my fear, all the dark feelings roiling around inside. It was so precious, so powerful. He doesn't need to love us that way, yet He loves us fully and completely, with wild abandon.
We live in a magical world; our lives are fairy-tales. Whether you happen to go to an ocean-view school, live in a high-rise flat, a pink flamingo double wide, or a dusty Chinese apartment, life will never cease to be an adventure. You just have to be looking in the right places in order to see it.
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