HOMiEs: anyone I did life with prior to the world race.
Dear HOMiEs,
There are a few things I need you to know for you to best help me adapt and walk into this new season. So grab on to your britches and let’s be real honest for a minute
1. I am SO thankful for yall. Yalls encouragement, love and support made these past 11 months possible. If it wasn’t for y’all spurring me on, this journey would have been a lot harder. I know you think what I did was cool and you want to hear all the stories but please listen to me when I say I want to know about your life too. You’ve done 11 months of dates, concerts, holidays, etc. that I truly care about. So as I tell you stories please know that I WANT to hear your stories too. They are just as important to me!
2. I’m SO excited to see y’all and spend time with y’all, but as you know, I’ve been around people for the past 11 months constantly. Honestly, my bed, dog, and chick fil a might snag the majority of my attention for the first few weeks. This isn’t because I don’t want to see y’all or be with yall, this is because I have seen and been through some incredibly hard and dark things (of course, great things as well). I need time alone to process these things (and let’s be honest, ugly cry for a few hours.) please do not take this personal or like I do not want to be with y’all. but also, help me out in making saying “no” to dinner dates, movie nights, coffee outings, etc. a little easier for me, but also invite me, because who doesn’t like to be invited.
3. I’ve done life with about 10 people for the past 11 months. I’m going to talk about how incredible they are like all the time, but you need to know they also know how incredible you are too! My heart explodes at the amount of people I get to share and do life with!
4. I cry. Like all the time. The littlest things trigger memories, heart breaks, and thoughts. Don’t be alarmed. You said nothing wrong. This is all just a part of it.
5. I might ask hard and uncomfortable questions. The Lord has really taught me how to take ownership of my spiritual gifts and use them to bring people closer to Him. Please know when I ask hard questions it’s because I care a whole lot more about your heart and your eternity than I do about your present comfort. Don’t shy away from thought provoking and hard conversations, over the past 11 months I have seen so much growth come from the hard questions.
6. You have every right to keep me accountable and call me higher. I NEED accountability. I NEED people who have similar convictions to spur me on daily. But also, please love me through my mistakes. I will never be perfect and still struggle with some of the things I left home struggling with, so please please please call me out and call me higher. I want to be as much like Jesus as possible and if you see something about me that I don’t see, point it out. Those are called blind spots and we all have them. Help a sister out, im all about growing into the best version of Morgan!
7. Last and most important. I’m still Morgan. I might use a lot of different words like “process, norms, ATL, feedback, call me higher” etc. but I’m still Morgan. I have changed and a lot of my interests have dramatically shifted, but I’m still Morgan. I’ve spent 11 months not only loving other people, but learning how to love and be myself. So if you feel like you’re getting to know someone all over again, that’s okay, I had to do it too. I can confidently say who I am now is who I was created to be.
Let’s be patient with each other and let’s extend an enormous amount of grace to each other!
IM SO EXCITED TO HUG EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YALLS NECKS IN ONLY 15 SHORT DAYS! <3
So here’s to us & lasting friendships!
I can’t wait to grow and go deeper with each one of y’all.
