Susan LaffertyIf there’s a hunt for hidden treasure in an old bookstore or second-hand market, I’m in.
I’ve searched in some out-of-the-way places around the world and it can be fascinating. An adventure. You never know what you might find.
Like that one day in Karachi…
“Of all the places you’ve lived, which one is your favorite?”
It was a casual conversation and a question I’ve been asked many times. Impossible to answer.
So I said the usual: “There’s something special about each one.” But over the next days I reflected on the significance of place in our lives. What is it that lodges a certain location in our hearts and minds?
And I began to notice place in God’s Word.
One morning in August 1992, I sat on a hillside next to our temporary apartment and read Psalm 86.
We had arrived in Karachi that June and were spending a month up north studying Urdu in the cool air of Murree. The past year had been one of upheaval with numerous moves and changes.
I clung to these daily moments with the Father. Time to pray. Breathe. Meditate on the truth of His word. I came to verse 11.
“Teach me Your way, O Lord,
and I will walk in Your truth;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear Your name.”