Here’s to new seasons… a collection of thoughts as I’m anticipating my trip.
A few days ago I filled in the final page of a journal I had been writing in since August of 2017. As I’m anticipating stepping onto a plane to Georgia for training camp in just six short days, I feel very much that I’m tying up loose ends and standing on the edge of a brand new, very different season of life. I feel like finishing that journal is such a timely representation of how my life feels right now. Turning the page, starting fresh with a whole new chapter of pages to fill with experiences, prayers, thoughts, and lessons.
The past few weeks have been a funny little season of transition. As most everyone around me went back to school after the holidays, I’ve been waiting, packing, working a little bit, and ultimately counting down the days until I leave while trying to enjoy time with friends and family I won’t see for three months. A quote by Jordan Lee Dooley recently struck me as really relevant.
She says, “I think it’s funny how the things we think we want most aren’t always what we really need – and how the seasons we’d like to fast forward through are the very ones we so desperately need.”
There have been many times lately where I have felt the desire to fast forward though the waiting time up to this trip, but I think the slow pace and more time alone than I am used to is probably just what I need as I anticipate the season ahead of me that will likely be anything but slow and definitely spent in close community at all times.
I’ve been reminded lately about how we hold the power to change our thinking and can choose each day how to view and handle our present circumstances. A podcast I listened to emphasized that we have the choice to either bend to our feelings, or bend to what God says is true about us. Great power lies in simply speaking truth over ourselves and declaring boldly that God’s opinion matters most. During this time where it is easy for me to get caught up in the anxiety of the unknowns that lie in the coming months I am finding a lot of comfort and encouragement in reminding myself of declarations such as these…
– today is my gift and today is good
– God you are with me in this
– my eyes see by faith beyond what’s before me
– my voice carries words of life to affect me and the people around me
– my mind agrees with the thoughts that you have for me God
Podcast link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/girls-night-with-stephanie-may-wilson/id1278993781?mt=2 (episode #45)
Finally, here’s a quote that I really like right now by Morgan Harper Nichols.
Thanks for continued prayers and encouragement. I’m excited to say that the next time I update on this blog, my trip will be underway!
Love,
Jordan
