As I sit sipping my Turkish apple tea and ponder on the last few weeks, I cannot but rejoice in the Lord!
After visiting SA for six weeks due to pneumonia I rejoined my team and for the first time this year without a cough. I only realised once I was healthy again how long it has been that I have been sick...
It is similar to when we live in sin, we never see how deep we are in it until we are free from it and look back to see how far we've come. God's intention for us, His children is to live in health and freedom, but for some reason we are too proud to admit that we are struggling or not coping and therefore we continue to live a life where we try to cope instead of a life of abundance... I realised this when I had to suddenly leave my team and go back home for medical treatment. I could have faked it until the end and continued with the journey without admitting that I needed help, but God knew better and His plan for me was never to just cope, but to experience life to its full extent and to live in abundance, even considering my own health.
I now look back at those 6 weeks and remember the intimacy with my Creator, the special times with my loved ones and the lessons I've learned and I realise that I now understand more completely what is written in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
It might be an old truth, but today it is a new relevation to me! And the apple tea is delicious!