What? Rain? Thunderstorms possible? It’s NEVER rained in Tiberias on my
watch! The boat ride is first thing in
the morning? All I could think of is how
terribly disappointed everyone will be if they can’t ride a boat on the Sea of
Galilee. The same water that Jesus
walked on. The boat ride is one of my favorite
all time things to experience here. The
one place that someone can’t build a church over to commemorate the site of Jesus’
miracles on these waters…and it was in jeopardy this morning. It hasn’t rained here, really rained, in about
6 months and God chose today? I know
Israel needs the rain desperately…but still….God, really? I didn’t sleep well,
knowing our morning’s plans could be cancelled.
In the morning I brought my umbrella down to meet the group and had a
knot in my stomach. Outside, the rain
came down…
I sat with the guides at breakfast and watched the outside weather
from inside the cozy the dining room. I
asked them, “What’s the plan, what are we going to do?” The answer was, “We are going to get on the
boat and pray.” I resigned to this plan,
not knowing what else to do at this point.
We were going for it. By the time
I finished my strawberry lemonade I looked outside again. How could the rain had stopped? The forecast was gloom and had shown no hope
for a dry day! But ahhhhh…. God was with
us! We walked to the dock…boarded the
boat and sang, prayed and worshipped on the Sea of Galilee without one drop of
rain on us! Another day, another
miracle! I was the last one off the boat
and I shook my head in awe and then offered Him my thanks and praises. Why did I worry? Why did I fret about something that God has
complete control in (like He does everything else!) Yes, me of little faith. A lesson learned already and it wasn’t even
9am yet!
Thank you Lord for clearing the skies for our boat ride…for
our St. Pete’s fish lunch and for the entire afternoon of glorious sunshine and
blue skies! We are all having a great
time here and today was only day 2 of our journey. A journey that has us meeting with God in so
many ways.
I heard someone say today that when they read their Bible
just a few days ago that they read it in “black and white”. Now…they are reading it in color! Our Bibles are alive now!
Tomorrow is another day with a chance of rain and I will
still bring my umbrella, but I will not fret.
God’s got this!
Shabbat Shalom everyone!
Kim
More soon / and pictures too!
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