Recently I was on a mission trip to Sri Lanka. It is a very intense time for that nation. I was there in the month of February. Six hundred people had been killed in that nation from January first of this year until the day I arrived there. Four hundred of that number had been civilians.
I felt that it was the Lord's idea that we go there to pray with the people and encourage them. I had an assurance in my heart that all would be well for us. However the loved ones back home struggled with our going. It brought many to their knees on our behalf.
One of my cousins was very disturbed by the possibility of us being in danger. She was crying out to the Lord on our behalf one day. She felt she heard Him respond to her prayer with these words, "I am watching her like a hawk."
My cousin lives in a big city in the Midwest and she said that she had never really noticed any hawks there until after she heard the Lord speak. Within a few minutes she saw a hawk. And then she saw two more. By the end of the day, she had seen fifteen hawks. The Lord made it very clear to her that He was watching over us.
Many things happened on that journey and I can assure you that the Lord made it obvious He was watching over me.
I will share more of this story tomorrow.
Because He Lives!
Cheri
4 comments:
Cheri,
How privileged I am to be the first to comment on this lovely post! All I can say is: Wow! Sri Lanka? Oh. My. You are such a woman of strong faith, you inspire me.
Thank you for emailing me back and for your words of encouragement. I will let you know how our meeting goes next week.
God truly blessed me when He put you in my path last weekend.
Thank you.
Laura
Laura~
I am anxious to return to Sri Lanka. It was the most amazing adventure of my life. Would you like to go with me someday? :-) I haven't heard from the Lord that I can go back yet, but I tell you I really, really hope I can. I think you would be awesome to take along!
I am thanking Him for you! You have brought many rays of sunshine onto my path!
I will be away until Monday. Check back next week.
You are a very special blessing!
Until He Shouts!
Cheri
I was amazed when you shared this story with me face-to-face and again now I am reminded of how awesome and personal God is to each of us.
Thanking Him for His continual care, knowing I rest in the shelter of His wings.
In His sight,
Joy
There is no place like home, right beneath the shelter of His wings!
I love you, Sweet Joy!
Cheri
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