A Love Story Penned by God - Part 4: The Courage of a Beautiful Warrior

In this update, a beautiful warrior named Summerah selflessly and courageously risks piercing the heart of Montaña to bring God's hope and life deep into his heart.

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Montaña had left the United States on a journey for adventure, on a journey of healing to be released from the slavery of selfish success, from the slavery of feeling like his longings and desires were perhaps for another life. He was on a journey that would eventually lead him to know that who he was created to be was good; very good. And that the world needed him to be who he was and no one else.

During the first five weeks of the Grand Adventure, Montaña began to question what it meant to create life, what it meant to share something with people that could change the lives of those around him in the midst of some of the most extreme poverty he had ever seen. He longed to know how he could change the world, longed to know what real life was, and longed to know that he could be a part such an amazing adventure. In between finding joy running in the hills of the Philippines, he would pour concrete day after day, trying to make friends, trying to fit in and perhaps be a part of the solution to the hurting all around. He knew Jesus was the answer, but how was He the answer haunted Montaña day after day.

Yet weeks later in Hong Kong, Montaña began to finally feel the weight of being crushed, the weight of being told many times during his life that he was worth nothing, that he had nothing to offer the world. All the hurts of the past came up once again in full force, and he felt like he was in a fight for his life and just wanted to run and hide. But he knew he couldn't; he knew that God had him on this grand adventure for a reason. There was true freedom through the impossible wall of darkness to be found somewhere, somehow, someday.

One day in the kitchen while he was being prayed for, Warrior Summerah stood up and fought for his heart. She bodly told him who he was, spoke life over him, and spoke hope directly into his heart. To this day, no one has ever been able to reach so deep, never had someone's words brought so much life in the midst of hopelessness. Even a month later a few days before leaving for Kenya, her courage, love, and friendship had left its mark. And something within him knew she needed to know how significant her courage had been to his heart.

Summerah had already been a relief for Montaña's heart, a light in the darkness. He could be real with her and began to love her friendship. Yet little did he or she know how essential of a life-bringer she would be in God's story of his redemption and healing in the months to come.

- Montaña

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To be continued...