A year ago around this time I was still transitioning from the race. I had been out of the country and back before in my life and yet it wasn’t as smooth of a transition as I had anticipated. A huge part of the reason was because of the dilemma inside of me that I wrote about in the previous blog. It’s crazy for me to think that it took me a year more of learning to put that transition into some words for you.
This year has been a year of transitions and I’m about to head into another one in a few weeks as I’ll be heading out to India and Nepal with 4 other extraordinary young men! These next 4 months have some things in store for my life that I can’t prepare for even with all my effort and preparation. Yet, somehow I keep getting more and more at ease with giving up my American addiction to control.
Anyway, I really would like to make this blog a bit more interactive but I’m not sure how yet. If you have any ideas I’d love to hear them. Plus, I’m going to attempt to start responding to comments left on my blogs way more often which means I’d love to have you comment on my blogs 🙂
Today I’ll just start with Christmas:
When I was young, one of my biggest excitements had to do with presents. Sometimes I would even lose sleep over the anticipation! The more I mature, the more my father’s words resound about how Christmas is all about “PRESENCE”. From the beginning, God gave us the best gift He could…Himself.
These next months I won’t be in the country all that much so I can’t quite give you the best gift of myself. So, I’ll have to settle with giving you a piece of my heart by being transparent through my blogs.
In the meantime, do you realize how valuable of a gift your presence is?
Who do you lavish that gift on?
I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and look out for more blogs coming your way soon 🙂
