Days Go By

As I was taking down the pictures in my room and starting the process of packing, I was just hit with shock.  This is really the end of my time here in Darwin. I arrived here in Darwin on Feb 23, 2013 as this random American who literally knew no one. When I arrived I decided to invest in this place like there were no goodbyes.  Now as I leave I’m able to leave as a friend to many and know that this was home for the time that I was here.

My time away has been a time of pain, joy, laughter and tears. Through all of it I wouldn’t change what I experienced for anything. I’m not 100% percent sure why I had to come all the way to Darwin to learn what I did but I’m so thankful God made a way for me to come here.  I have learned that God is beyond faithful and knows me so much better then I know myself. Through everything I pray that I continue to trust that he goes before me and is always good.

If you know me then you understand how much I hate goodbyes. I’m someone that would rather just jump on a plane and not say anything to anyone. However over the years God has softened my heart to even love in my last days. Even though I hate the aspect of travelling and meeting amazing people and then having to say goodbye God has shown me that it is so much better to love then to ignore.  I am now thankful that my goodbyes are so hard because it means an exchange of kindness, love or laughter was encountered with those people.

 

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 1 John 4:16

 

 

A tad cheesy but I still love singing this song =]