God is here

Sunset. Beautiful beach. Sand between your toes. Fresh and warm ocean air breathing over you. Contentment.

You will walk along the Goan beach of Anjuna and as you saver the splendor of nature around you, you can't help but notice a large gathering of people. Walking closer you begin to see the lives of wandering souls who meet together each evening. Some sing Hindu worship songs to the many gods around, others dance letting their bodies move with the beat, some stare off into the air. A group in the back twirls hula-hoops around their bodies while others sit tranced centering their souls. A man walks up and strips down next to the guitar player while another couple makes out to the music. One girl would sit perfectly still and suddenly start to contort her body into different stretches and then sit quietly back down into her sedated state again as if nothing changed.

The group slowly disappeared as the sun bends behind the earth. We made our way to a restaurant in town to meet our German friends who invited us to listen to a band they liked. Little did we know they were a Christian band from California traveling around SE Asia and India playing at different places and giving out free CDs of their music. After a handful of songs a man walked up front. Shirtless with a knitted vest, baggy pants with a leather belt hung freely around him, and his afro hair looked old and scraggly. His wife dressed as a gypsy walked up front with him followed by his 2 little girls - maybe 4 or 5 - one naked and one dressed. He strummed his guitar and sang songs to the Hindu gods. His little naked girl ran around while he played. After 2 or 3 songs he walked away.....

The christian guys came back up and although they played all their original stuff before they decided to sing a song we knew - "From the Inside Out". Everlasting your light will shine when all else fade, never ending your glory goes beyond all fame . A sweet breath of air but it also an awakening to me that the one true God is still here in the midst of all these people searching.