Lockdown 59

Lockdown Day 59 - 24 May 2020

Still on the topic of love, I have a story to tell. A love story.  

Who would have thought it possible for a single person to meet the love they have been praying for for years, in a time like this. I believe when something like this happens it is an act of God when two people find each other through compassion and trauma, not realising they are being set up for the greatest experience Godly love can bring about. This is how it began for two people in Lockdown. For the purpose of anonymity I shall call them PT and EH. 

PT works in essential services in a country on North American soil, regularly commuting between there and a coastal town in SA. EH works in essential services (not the same as PT) in Gauteng, SA. Both have lost their marriage partners within the last couple of years due to completely different traumatic events.  Once, long ago, they lived in the same town, hardly ever saw each other, lived their separate lives. 

Fast forward to SA 2020, a couple of weeks prior to lockdown, a whatsapp conversation started up between them when they learned of each other's trauma and wanted to express compassion about their respective losses. Then Lockdown happened and PT was 'trapped' in SA. Their casual once in a while whatsapp texts became a daily event, with both finding themselves strangely excited. 

The excitement grew into an attraction both could not deny. It was like this show on tv called "Hear me, Love me, See me".  In this show a man or woman looking for a partner, gets to have 3 virtual dates with three hopefuls wearing a body cam. The person at home gets to see what the hopefuls do and where they are. They get to know each other without seeing each other on camera or in person. 

And this is exactly how PT and EH got to know each other’s likes and dislikes, pet hates and loves and found they share the same spiritual beliefs, believing God is the author of their destiny. Little did they know how God was putting together their “See me” moment. PT had to travel across provincial borders to see his father after which he would have flown back to his job abroad for the next commuting cycle. But the airline could not fill the flight on time and his flight was postponed. 

And yes, you guessed it, he was stuck in Gauteng! EH could not contain her excitement. The time was right to meet each other after months of talking, sharing, laughing and praying. The moment of truth revealed a deep connection they were not prepared for. And for now, that is enough. Hopefully after his next commuter cycle, PT will be back in SA in no time. In the meantime whatsapp will have to do. 

Lockdown eat your heart out! Godly love transcends all boundaries. Faith and trust in God has proved as much. I feel inspired and encouraged that neither life nor love can be dictated by circumstance, however bleak the future may appear to be. I carry the story of PT and EH in my spirit as a reminder of the transcending hope and faith in God that can bring about the impossible. And that no boundary is insurmountable for a God who's got this.