It means no worries, for the rest of your days.
I apologize if that song is stuck in your head, but you can thank me later. 😉
Okay, it's kind of silly but coming from Tanzania where they speak Swahili, this song got stuck in my head a lot. And God has been using it to teach me a few lessons.
I'm a worrier. Ask anyone that knows me well. I worry about the smallest, silliest things, and often let these fears and worries consume me.
The last few weeks have been tough. Homesickness has started to creep in and I have spent a lot of time thinking about the things going on at home. There are so many things up in the air, what I'm going to do, where I will fit, if my friends will still be around. I was counting down the days, wishing time away so I could just go home, eat ALL the food (yeah, we talk about food we miss an awful lot..) and just figure out all these things.
And then it hit me.
Seriously, Bekah? You're wishing you were home? Remember how much you love Africa, how you have been waiting and waiting to come back? And now when you're here, fulfilling your hearts desire, and YOU WANT TO BE HOME!?
God brought me here for a reason! At this specific time, this season. He knew all the things that would be happening, with my family, friends, life. And yet, I'm here!
He is asking me "Bekah, do you trust me enough to give up all of that and just enjoy this time, with me?"
I had a friend write me an email before this trip, encouraging me. And in it she wrote this.
"God loves you so much that He flew you across the world to tell you that. To romance you. To remind you of the love that we sometimes forget about when we have those distractions. So think of this trip as a honeymoon."
And the more I thought about it, the more I realized this trip is just as much about the people I came here to share Gods love with as it is about me fully understanding His love for me.
So no more worrying. No more distractions. I choose to give Him these next 6 weeks, and beyond this trip! Because He is showing me just how much I need Him. And He wants to show me that He has got my back.
No worries.
