Tuesday, January 10, 2012

"I could not find my people...."

He had been missing for 10 minutes. Poor Borei. He wasn't sure what to do. So he sat down and waited. And that's where I found him.
   Having completed an informative canal tour of Bangkok, Thailand, all the young leaders were enjoying a delicious (and sometimes spicy) buffet lunch at a riverside restaurant.  The meal was wrapping up and Borei headed to the bathroom - everyone else headed to the buses to depart for the hotel. When Borei exited the bathroom, he found an almost empty room. 
    "Where are my people?" he asked the server.  The server pointed to the dock, where the boats dropped everyone off at the riverside restaurant. Borei ran to the dock only to find all the boats gone. This was his first trip out of his country, to a city with almost the same number of people as his entire country, Borei was alone. At least so he thought.
    "I could not find my people. I thought, 'Oh, what should I do? Where should I go?' And then God said to my heart, 'Do not be afraid. You are my sheep - I will find you.'  And then you came around the corner!"
    I shouted his name, he turned his head - a smile of relief and joy stretched from ear to ear. We hugged and laughed, both relieved.  "God told me He would find me!" he shared.
    The next time you feel alone consider him who said, "My sheep hear my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life....no one can snatch them out of my hand."  We are never alone.