After wrestling with that thought process, I had a change of heart, a change of pace. I am choosing to grow into this process of recording life, of sharing life with others, of creating a forum to speak and to listen. It is good and blessed to grow into what life brings. I will learn as I go. I want to be patient with myself through this process. I want to be patient with myself through life in general.
My husband, Nelson, is a writer. He's so damn good with his words. He's another reason for starting this. He has taught me the value of words and of a life well-recorded. I want to give that value a chance to thrive in our life. It could be beautiful. We are approaching a much anticipated season of possible transition. We are excited about pursuing a Ph.D. for Nelson and that could take us anywhere. (Well, at this point it could take us one of six places.) Any of those places would require a move, new friends, new home, new church, new job, new every corner of life. For me that is even more cause for this first of hopefully many posts. Family may not always be 3 miles down the street like they are at the moment. Okay, I'm done thinking about that right now.
Lately, I have been assuring Nelson that "we can do hard things." I use this as a sort of blind, not fully believing what I'm saying encouragement for our hearts. It tends to work. But today, while sitting with my coffee and the Word, I read Hebrews 10: 39. It puts my insufficient encouragement in the place where I really intend for my words to be.
"But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved."
We can do hard things, push through seasons of life while simultaneously reveling in them with joy because Christ has strengthened us and we believe. He will carry us and we will not shrink back from the coming days. We believe He is good.
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