“My fellow believers, when it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties, see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can! For you know that when your faith is tested it stirs up in you the power of endurance.”
James (Jacob) 1:2-3 TPT
Today my faith was tested. I was unsure if it was foohardy on my account, or, just what the Lord had in mind.
I caught a motorbike taxi to college. This in itself is a dangerous endeavour, the splint on my arm complicated it somewhat. My bike taxi drives lives in the apartment next door to us here in Kathmandu. I mounted his bike here in the quiet back blocks and we navigated towards the maniac stream of buses, bikes, scooties, men on foot, tuk tuks, dogs and ever honking horns.
Our initial foray was a tad hair-raising, drivers who want to enter the manic flow just do so with little regard for what is approaching. In the melee we wound around the mess of vehicles etc towards the Ring Road, the arterial line that winds around Kathmandu .
By the return trip I was again enjoying myself. My flatmate had secured an agreement from my driver that he would be available to escort me on the return trip. He is a good rider and that helps.
By this time I knew I had needed to face my fear of being re-injured. Praise God He was with me and whispered His assurance. Now I am on my way past the enclosure the enemy had planned for me!
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