Not alone

I had only met her twice before but it only took a day for this eleven year old girl to find her spot curl up beside me on the coach resting her head on my shoulder asking me questions and listening attentively. I had the chance during my second week of “vacation” to go along to a cottage with some friends and a few kids from their summer/afterschool program located not too far from where I work in T.O. It sounded restful, fun and so I went along never imagining the many ways I would be encouraged and strengthen through it.

This young lady is like so many others her age; young, scared of what life might do, confused about a lot of things and desperately seeking someone to hold her and talk with her. She wanted to know who she was going to marry and if she would ever have to face divorce. She made such profound comments about being an enemy with people is more comfortable than being friends because she feels more in control. So many effects and fears developed from what she sees and experiences in life, so common to so many others in this world living in protection mode scared to show who they really are and afraid of being hurt, not knowing the One who is more than willing to love, care and save them.

Yet as our time at the cottage continued there were so many moments of God being so evident. Of lying on the trampoline star gazing and being able to speak of the creator of every star being the same God who formed our lives, of watching a sunset or staring in a fire, of sharing our own testimonies and lives, of joining hands before bed and praying together, of opening own lives to each other and sharing the same love that was so graciously given to us by the creator of this universe who love, cares and seeks after each one of us.

Psalm 139