Book-End Promises

Two weeks ago, I got a message from a friend.

"I was praying for you, and this is the verse that God brought to my mind."

"'For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed,

but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,

and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,'

says the Lord, who has compassion on you."

- Isaiah 54:10

And as soon as I started reading it, my cheeks started to smile while my eyes started to water. Because there in the margin of my Bible, is written "From Jill, Nov '12."

Last November, as I was one month into this Costa Rican adventure...

my heart was homesick,

my head was not in the game, 

and my entire world felt... off.

And this November, as I am one month away from leaving Costa Rica behind...

my heart is in love with this land and people,

my head is completely in the game, 

and my entire world feels... on.

I'm gearing up to go back to NH.

But I have something new written in my Bible... "From Angie, Nov' 13."

I go home with the same assurance that got me through this past year.

His steadfast love doesn't depart.

Regardless of my address.