A Well Watered Garden

It is almost a year ago since I started blogging. Since then I have learned some deep and priceless life lessons. I have learned that God is faithful. His Word is true and He does not lie. On August 2, 2011 from His Word in Joshua 3:13, just like the priests had to walk to the river bed, before God parted the sea, I needed to take that step in faith and trust Him. I wonder did the priests feel and look foolish as they walked with the Arc of the covenant to the river bed? I felt foolish when I gave up a good job and the only reason I had was my season is over, because God had asked me to go. Through the dark and lonely days that followed, I learned that God is trustworthy and caring . He sent me numerous and constant reminders of His love. As I walked through what seemed at times, to be a dry desert and sometimes a storm, His presence was always with me. I cried a lot. Had I heard right? Why did it hurt so much? I looked desperately for another job, thinking that this would be the...

W e did not realise how different that day was going to be. As the sun rose higher in the sky and we had walked far enough, we decided to turn back to the hotel. The beach was still very quiet – too early for the hotel guests to be out. There were a few locals walking and possibly getting ready with their wares – Cuban hats, costume jewellery and little trinkets. This is where we met our beach friends – I am going to call them Louis and Max. Louis was a fairly young man. He had a torn back pack and he was walking briskly along when he stopped to chat. He wished us politely and then quickly asked us if we had any clothes for his family. He was one of the few locals we met, who spoke good English. He told us that he worked on a construction site for a new hotel and that as such he lived away from his family for a few weeks and then got a week with them. The book I was reading “Radical” by David Platt had talked about house churches in Cuba and we were curious to hear from the locals ...