Take the Time

Over the past couple of weeks, I've begun to call Nashville "home". Life has truly moved like a whirlwind during this time. Many days, I feel as if I've been here for years and then there are those few moments that sneak up on me and remind me that it's only been a few weeks. How often I find myself trying to "have it all down pat" without giving myself a bit of grace.

I'm so thankful for my newfound friends, my job, and fellowship, but I am duly thankful for days like today. I am truly getting a taste of what it means to "Be still and know..." (Psalm 46:10). So, with coffee in hand, my favorite Pandora mix, and the Bible, I am finding myself getting what I need: a day un-rushed. 

I don't know about you, but I'm always pouring out all of who I am at once--so there won't be any "wiggle room" for people to guess. But God hasn't called me to be this way. He wants others to have the wiggle room to "guess" because this is how He is. He is constantly asking me to come and to seek Him. He wants me to see how I'm constantly evolving. Don't you just love that? He wants me to see how my relationship with Him and with others is daily evolving. He is allowing me to see Him and others in different lights all the time. And they are usually completely and beautifully unexpected. They are out of the ordinary, but in the mundane. For me, He is constantly speaking through the beauty of children and people. And it stirs my heart for justice all the more.

When I see a child, it reminds me that what I'm doing is not done in vain. It has purpose in it all. Plan. Pray. Send...Go. Be. Love. to the orphaned in the world.

So, I encourage you to take the time to be still, to evolve, and to expected God to move in the unexpected. It is beautiful beyond words...And your heart won't go unchanged.