LIGHT & JOY
I started this blog because I felt like God had given me something to say. I felt like I had a story to tell, and I wanted to encourage others through my story. As I sit here, 3 weeks into our transition from Alabama to Louisiana, I keep having to remind myself that God divinely inspired this blog. I have to remind myself that God is writing my story STILL, but he's called me to be an open book to you all. He is reminding me that this life is not about me. It's about Jesus and loving others. So, maybe I'm not called to share a perfect story about how easy life is and how if you just push through then everything else will be perfect. Maybe, this blog isn't an elaborate, inspiring, perfect account of life. Maybe, I'm called to just be real.
I have STRUGGLED with knowing what to write this week. I have felt totally inadequate in this phase of life to give advice, encourage, or even just share my heart. I have been beaten down by the enemy and fear is in the driver's seat of life. What do I have to offer when all I can do is try to hold it together until the next day? Well, here it is.
All I can do is be completely real with you all and all I have to offer today is light and joy. Not in the way of a happy feeling or an "everything is going to be ok" band-aid. Only in the way of what Jesus has offered us, light and joy.
In the midst of fear, uncertainty, and the unknown it can be hard to see clearly. Everything seems to cave in around you. Thankfully, we don't have to rely on our own perspective because if we did, we'd never get through the hard times. I've been struggling to see clearly for weeks now. I keep getting caught up in my perspective of misunderstanding and not seeing the big picture. Just because we are following God's plan for our lives doesn't mean that everything will feel good. It's going to be hard and it may feel totally wrong sometimes, but we have to remember where our light and joy come from. It doesn't come from our circumstances, it comes from light and joy Himself, Jesus Christ.
As I write these things, I say them to myself because I am in desperate need of this reminder. Like I said, all I can be is real. And this is about as real as it gets. Short and sweet and straight to the point because there's nothing that I can say that will make your situation better. All I can say is "I'm with you" and point you back to the One who knows exactly what to say and that is the SOUL purpose of being an open book.
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