“This
is what I’ve come to believe about change: it’s good,
in the way childbirth is good, and heartbreak is good, and failure is good. By
that I mean that it’s incredibly painful,
exponentially more so if you fight
it, and also that it has the potential
to open you up, to open life up, to deliver
you right into the palm of God’s hand, which is where you wanted to be all along,
except that you were too busy pushing
and pulling your life into exactly
what you thought it should be.”
“This
is what I’ve come to believe about change: it’s good,
in the way childbirth is good, and heartbreak is good, and failure is good. By
that I mean that it’s incredibly painful,
exponentially more so if you fight
it, and also that it has the potential
to open you up, to open life up, to deliver
you right into the palm of God’s hand, which is where you wanted to be all along,
except that you were too busy pushing
and pulling your life into exactly
what you thought it should be.”
Bittersweet
by Shauna Niequist
Gosh, I love this quote. It explains a lot about what I’m
feeling right now. That dreaded “goodbye” word is getting harder and harder to
say. Monday I head out for the Philippines
and as much as I’ve been eagerly anticipating this day, the change is hard.
I’ve seen my friends for the last time for a year. Tomorrow I leave my extended
family. Then Monday my family. Crazy. Exciting. Anxious. Nervous. Scared.
Stoked. These are only a few of the emotions I am feeling. But mostly, I am
ready to open up and be in the palm of God’s hand and go out and serve His
nations.
So here we go! Q-Squad is off for the year. Fired up.
Backpacks full. Millions of malaria pills. Bibles in hand. It’s time for our
generation to step up and answer the call. The call to change the nations. To
make a difference. To be a community. To show others our God’s love.
