Day 31 – Humility and Hope

Tasting grace through humility and hope changes you. We are being transformed and can never be the same. The sponges of our souls are absorbing so much. In time, each of us will be able to better process all that we have seen, heard, and felt. Broken open is a good starter for me but there is so much to filter through. Like stones or shells on the beach we will pick each one of them up and reflect what the moments have meant. Our family has greatly increased in size here in Adama Ethiopia.

Yes there is another meaningful note. Adama – out of the earth – soil – Adam – God creates – good breathes life. Out of this place in this human family God has created life and brought us together through a journey of hardship, great suffering, loss, and yet, hope, promise, a belief in humanity to love, a deep faith that God will never ever be done with us. God continues to breathe life within all of us. Adama can also mean beautiful child. Beautiful children of God are everywhere. And this city named Adama – previously named Nazaret. This is Greek for Nazareth – meaning branch or root for growth to come. Christ born in Nazareth – Nazaret – the human family intertwined together in him. Rooted and Rising together. God speaks and writes the stories we carry in our hearts.

A late afternoon lunch along with a few hours of soccer together made for a great memory to carry with us. Our closing prayer time and good bye hugs wrapped us all in a blanket of care and lasting accompaniment.

Yes tasting grace through humility and hope changes you. Thank you Lord for this gift.