I heard a story today from Freddie, one of our guides for the trip. Freddie is Mayan and his family has been here for many generations. He told me the story of how we sit, right now, in the middle of a massive volcanic crater. A crater formed years ago by a volcanic eruption. The mountains around us are the rim of that volcano and the lake was filled with water during the flood of Noah. Words cannot describe the beauty of this place. As amazing as that story is, the part that really got to me is the depth of this lake. Freddie went on to say that National Geographic believes this lake to be 900 feet deep, but the reality of it is that no one really knows the depth of it. No one has ever touched the bottom. He said the slopes under the water are so steep in places that they seem to go on forever. At that moment, it was like God said to me, "That is the depth of my love for you.".
It is a love so deep that we can't see the bottom...A love so deep that He is intimately involved in our lives on a daily basis...A love so deep that it prompted a prayer by Matt, a member of our team, after which he said he could feel the weight of God's presence on that holy ground...A love so deep that members of our team are overcome with tears when they feel His presence...A love so deep that He would call the nineteen people on our team, the hundreds that supported us financially, and the hundreds of others offering up prayers on our behalf to participate in the work He is doing here. God can do this work without us. He doesn't need us, but He is gracious enough and he loves us enough that he invites us to participate. It is in this work that we experience God's mighty power and His unending love.
"Now glory be to God. By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope." Ephesians 3:20
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