…Eventide at the Backyard Benefit concert last Saturday…
This time of year is a struggle for me. My super-elastic heart starts to feel the strain of its counterparts going in so many different directions, and its deep-set insecurity questions the strength of those connections.
And by “counterparts”, I simply mean my girls going to the other places they call “home”,
a few of my guys biking across the country before beginning their big adult jobs,
the team reaching out to East Asia for a few weeks,
and so many of us leaving Manhattan “for real”.
Looking forward, I’m so excited to really get to know my World Race family. Two weeks ago, I got two phone calls from Adam in Afghanistan. Those two thirty-minute conversations put so much peace in my heart about this transition. He said,
“Katie, you don’t have to pull away from anything. Those relationships may change but they will last. Don’t worry about pulling away from one, or towards another. Just keep growing closer to God. He is what holds you all together.”
I shared this with my Challenge family at our last time together: “Those who were scattered preached the Word wherever they went.” (Acts 8:4). All of the coming and going, the strengthening and loosening of connections, it is building the Kingdom. What I’ve chosen to do for now is to hold onto the joy from this time we’ve had together, to tell those stories of provision and of belonging and of love changing the world, one life at a time.
I am so encouraged despite any and all imperfect things going on at the moment. Togetherness is real.
-Katie
