Here it goes! Blog numero uno! This one’s going to be a little heavy but I promise they will be more enjoyable along the way!
Loss comes in many forms. You can lose something physically, inadvertently, and even willingly. Last month, I physically lost the best dog our family could have asked for. God graced us with 17 full years with her and I know that she is at peace and pain free but that did not make saying goodbye any easier. There’s a Shane and Shane song called, Though you slay me, with a verse that goes, “Though you take from me, I will bless your name.” This song has brought me comfort many times and will continue to I’m sure.
Inadvertently, I lost an element of my relationship with my sister. I hope to not convey any anger or maliciousness through writing this but things change when your only sister gets married. I have hope that the Lord will open what doors were closed and that their marriage will be a blessed, joyful adventure! I started reading Phantastes by George Macdonald the other day and was blown away by one sentence in the introduction, “He who loves, sees.” C.S. Lewis wrote the introduction because Phantastes was one of his inspirations for the Chronicles of Narnia. In that one sentence the always relevant Mr. Lewis brought me back to the beginning of love. All that I need is to continue to love my sister and brother in law and God will continue to work in that area.
This year I’m willingly trying to lose everything. All of my comforts, all of my fears, anything keeping me from growing closer to God. I am adventuring across the world and making more of Him and less of me. At World Race training camp last month I was poured into and strengthened and stretched in my faith in ways that I didn’t think were possible. In Colossians it says, “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” I am so blessed to be a part of this journey with some amazing team members! I’m going to expect miracles and hope to get lost in the glories of God throughout this year!
P.S. I’m going to try and attach the Shane and Shane song, Though you slay me, to this blog. If it doesn’t work please check it out, it’s amazing! Music is a love of mine and is better at explaining things than I am, so I hope to carry that through my blogs!
