{"id":1562,"date":"2021-08-28T16:17:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T21:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2021-08-28T16:17:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T21:17:35","slug":"sing-of-song-of-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/2021\/08\/28\/sing-of-song-of-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Sing of Song of Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are several songs that have been going through my head lately; let me share just a few lines from a few of them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWhat if Your blessings come through raindrops, what if Your healing comes through tears?&nbsp; What if a thousand sleepless nights is what it takes to know you\u2019re near?\u201d<\/strong> (from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XQan9L3yXjc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Blessings&#8221; by Laura Story<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I counted correctly, since the day I had planned to return to My Country in 2018 until now, I have been out of My Country for 1003 nights.&nbsp; I would be lying if I said that they were an easy 1003 days or that I was always patient and trusting. But hopefully I\u2019ve learned whatever God had for me to learn during this time, since I finally have good news to share with you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWay maker, miracle worker, promise keeper . . . that is who You are.\u201d <\/strong>(from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iJCV_2H9xD0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Way Maker&#8221; by Leeland<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Way maker<\/em>:<\/strong> Yes, after my 999<sup>th<\/sup> night out of My Country since my planned return, I was given permission to buy a ticket and return!\u00a0 As I write this, I\u2019m in the air, on the way back to My Country (though if it&#8217;s posted, it means that my feet have touched down).\u00a0 He has made a way!<br><strong><em>Miracle worker<\/em>:<\/strong> A few weeks ago I started praying that I\u2019d be able to return today, though I knew that it would take a miracle for God to answer that prayer in the affirmative.\u00a0 And you know what?\u00a0 He is a miracle worker!<br><strong><em>Promise keeper<\/em>:<\/strong> And in making a way and working a miracle, He has kept a promise \u2013 a promise to return to My Country, to allow me to continue to works towards the fulfillment of the promises that I\u2019ve made to My People.\u00a0 He is a<strong> <em>\u201cgood, good Father,\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>isn\u2019t He? <em>(from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-ak0OoFBw3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Good, Good Father&#8221; by Chris Tomlin<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cYour goodness will lead me home.\u201d <\/strong>(from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A-qLa_2GPcM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;The Lord is My Shepherd&#8221; by Ingrid DuMosch<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so His goodness leads me home.\u00a0 Home.\u00a0 It feels so wonderful.\u00a0 I know that being home in My Country won\u2019t always be easy, but I\u2019m still rejoicing in His goodness in bringing me back home here!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for your prayers, encouragement, and everything else on my behalf and the behalf of my leaders to make today possible!&nbsp; Can you join me in praising Him that my \u201cin-between\u201d time is now over and I now get to join Him on the adventure of the next steps?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several songs that have been going through my head lately; let me share just a few lines from a few of them: \u201cWhat if Your blessings come through raindrops, what if Your healing comes through tears?&nbsp; What if a thousand sleepless nights is what it takes to know you\u2019re near?\u201d (from &#8220;Blessings&#8221; by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":945,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/945"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}