I sent an SMS to friends I remembered after my morning devotion. I received a reply from my best friend and it read: "I'm being assigned to Sydney for 3 years."
Now there are 2 things you need to know about me before I proceed. First is that for some weird reason, I am very very emotional in the morning. It's stupidly uncontrollable. If you wanna hurt me, do it the moment I wake up and you'll win instantaneously. Another thing is I share everything with my best friend: secrets, problems, happy moments… and the thought of her moving to another country even for just 3 years drove me nuts.
Panic stricken, I called her mobile phone but she kept rejecting it. Realizing that she's probably at a meeting, I sent a text message and bombarded her with questions: "When? Why? Are you sure? Did you accept it already? Why now?" and a heartbreaking "please don't go". No reply. The silence killed me and I started crying as thoughts of how I will survive without her ran through my head. I turned to my Bible for comfort and His words popped right out of the book of Deuteronomy:
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. (Deuteronomy 31:6, NIV)
God can take away everything and everyone from me if it means I would realize that He is all I need. That's His message. Loud and clear. HE WILL NEVER LEAVE ME NOR FORSAKE ME. What great comfort those words brought to me this emotional morning. I prayed, thanked God for His word and I then I received a reply from my BFF: "Happy April Fools! :p " Someone please remind me why I'm best friends with her.