You took me by storm. Your people are full of smiles and warmth; they were created to worship something/someone great and mighty. They have such a quiet nature about them but once a little bit of trust is formed their impact becomes loud. Thai people are a force to be reckoned with. Your food, well, it is epic. Who would have known that sticky rice and chicken on a stick could become a desired necessity in life? Your weather, the hot and the hotter, was a welcomed escape from frosty, foggy frisco. Your language is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. The moments I experienced your people worshiping God in your language are moments I do not want to forget; there is such abandonment of self within their worship.
You broke me heart sweet country of smiles. Your intricate temples and devotion to an infinite number of gods stole my breath. Yes, those temples are so beautiful and I know they are your history and your identity but Thailand, “the God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands…being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man”. You will be freed of the fear of man, the fear of being different. This God is different, He is life; He is joy in your heart and not just a smile on your face. This God loves every single piece of you.
Thailand, thank you for your simplicity. Thank you for desiring relationship over entertainment and for not being satisfied with the minimum given by the heart.
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