I want to describe this past week without actually giving detail into the events. Just know that there was immense breakthrough and freedom not just in myself, but within the majority of my squad. It has simply been a beautiful week. I have realized that emotions are temporary. everything is temporary. a lot of things that I love are, actually. people (until we go to heaven ayyy). places. chocolate. my dog. plants. the world race. it will all wilt in its own way. I have been reading this wondrous poetry book, called the Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur, and it’s speaks a lot on how the flowers “must wilt
fall
root
rise
in order to bloom”
and this couldn’t be more true about living a life in surrender to God. In complete vulnerability. Being vulnerable, I’ve realized from the event of my week, is always the right thing to do. Easier said than done, but always right. Ive realized that you can hurt so good. Ive realized that sometimes immense peace can be mistaken for numbness. that people who were once strangers a year ago, can become family. that people who you once thought were like family, can become strangers. that the the body of Christ is so much more than a metaphor. to always says yes to popcorn. that boys are silly but make some of the best friends. that good music can cure sickness. that I will always have my mom to call for a nice cry. always. I’ve realized that if you want positive energy, you must cultivate it. that our earth deserves so much more love than it is receiving. I’ve realized that you can have a strong heart of steel, yet be so soft. I’ve realized that great things come in threes. life, death and heaven. the subway here in guatemala where you can get three cookies for less than two us dollars. protons, neutrons, electrons. Father, Son, Holy Spirit, to name three of the threes. it’s how our world turns. I’ve learned that you can’t have truth without love, because it’s cruel. and you can’t have love without truth, because it’s frail. Finally, I’ve realized that love, that of our own hearts and that of the Lord’s, can truly fix everything.
I’ve realized a lot of things this week, and I never want these things to end.
