{a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven}

Can we just talk about how the seasons are SO applicable to our lives as followers of Christ? It's all about the shedding away, and rebuilding. Death and rebirth. Beauty and (what we consider to be) ugliness. It's remarkable how the world around us reminds us in more ways than one that we are God's children and he insists on teaching us through experience. 


How else will we really learn?


God please burn the images of the seasons into my brain, that I will always be able to hold on to them as a reminder that as you break me down, you are preparing me for spring- a time of beauty and fruit. 

{I’m still dancing alone with the way it was}

Dear God-

I suck.

You don’t.

Will you help me stop dwelling on what I feel like I’m missing?

...Lea  

"The source of our inspiration in our service for God is behind us, not ahead of us. The tendency today is to put the inspiration out in front— to sweep everything together in front of us and make it conform to our definition of success. But in the New Testament the inspiration is put behind us, and is the Lord Jesus Himself. The goal is to be true to Him— to carry out His plans. Personal attachment to the Lord Jesus and to His perspective is the one thing that must not be overlooked."

                            - My Utmost for His Highest, October 26th 

where {we} belong

I’m leaving Arkansas.

Well, just for a weekend that is. I’m heading off to the magnificent state of North Carolina, which is 2 hours away from the home of my new music crush: needtobreathe. And  also the current home of my dear family. NC also claims one of my best friends....and I get to see her pretty face as well. Can we call this weekend a win? Pretty sure that’s a yes that deserves and exclamation mark: YES!

How crazy is it to look back and see where you were and compare it to where you are now? Currently, I’m looking at my situation now compared to the situation I wanted four months ago. Where do I come off thinking that I know what I’m doing? Ha! I can’t imagine where I’d be without God’s invisible hand moving in my life. I think I realized this when....

 I was in the car with my boss for 5-ish hours on Tuesday and we had a great discussion about politics, leadership, community, and faith. I can’t tell you what a blessing it is to have such a positive and mature role-model in my life. To be uplifting while also maintaining a professional attitude is beyond what I could have ever asked for.

This job completely fell into my lap. It was hard and definitely unsettling to know that I would be beyond poor this year. Working for Americorps is humbling, difficult, and definitely a time to realize that life isn’t just about making money. It’s about making a mark, and not working a day in your life (if you like your job, it won’t be considered work!). It’s about servant-hearted leadership, mentorship, giving and giving when you have nothing left to give. It’s about God’s overflow into your life, and your overflow into others’ lives.

Where we ALL belong is in a place of God’s will. But sometimes, while we’re so busy with seeking it out, we find that it was right in front of us all along. Seeking out what God  has for us can put us into a haze of “me, me, me” and can distract us from God calling us to love the world. Where we belong is in God’s current. While he’s directing us, we’re supposed to pull people into the current with us... and we’ll all swim together! (cheesy? Maybe...)

I love where I belong. Whether it’s in Arkansas, North Carolina, Georgia, Africa, Arizona, Colorado. Single or Married. Mother or not. Because I know that’s the place where I will know God most intimately where I will fulfill my purpose most fully.

 Now I have a purpose

Now I have a destiny

You made me for your glory 

You made me for your glory 

I was made for love.