Be Still.

“Be still and know that I am God.”

It’s all I seem to remember as I weave in and out of the glorious moments of children laughing to the harder moments of Satan yelling. It’s a beautiful compilation of mountains and valleys-yet I find myself on the highest hilltop during unexpected stillness and much needed reminders of how faithful Yahweh is.

Another reminder of the unwavering presence of God? Zoena’s smile. Whether stealing drinks of Cola or even getting an IV, that little girl is the epitome of the Father’s love for us, I swear it. And for those wearier moments, snagging a glimpse of little Janey as she hops in and out of the room giggling all the while, like she had just witnessed the funniest thing of her life. Even simple times though, like when Jason yells “Auntie Kelsey, come sit!” and I just smile at the fact that he already knows my name.

But a moment of complete surrender came during worship night. Aw shucks the power was out turned into praise the Lord with just the simplicity of the candles and guitar. The fact that it only took the words,

“I want to be near to you” for me to remember how close He was.

And today, sitting in the quiet, were the words of another song proclaiming,

“There’s no place I would rather be, than here in Your love”

…and I know that there truly is no where else for me, right now. That God ordained this journey and all I am doing is sitting in the stillness of His perfect plan, knowing that He is who He says He is, and that He’s so close that I could literally share this peach mango water I have, with Him. By the way, you should totally try it. It’s from Wal-Mart and it’s totally amazing.

And on a quite hilarious note-Care and I nearly got trampled by a herd of cows today on our way to the Nile. #thirdworldproblems.

Peace and love and love.

-Kelsey