there is such a peace that comes with the Lord's timing-- walking through life along His ordered steps, letting Him have the space to move, allowing your journey to align with His bigger Story. i've heard that often and practiced it little, but i can already see how doing that in this season, through this journey is making is letting God move. God breathe into me. God speak.
last night at the mil, the talk was about being attentive to God. (see where i'm going with this!) along with that, it's about being attentive to the bigger Story. the God Story. what's awesome though, is when we realize that our story is part of the God Story. that what He's doing in each of us, is part of what He's doing in all of us. getting the bigger picture helps us zoom out of our present circumstances and see those circumstances in light of the Scripture, in light of the Bigger Story.
right now, life is not good. but the Bigger Story is the miracle that I am writing any of this. the Bigger Story takes stepping out of this day and this week. this struggle, this loss. what has God done in the last year? what has God done in my life the last 2 years? if, when we look in our rearview mirror, we look at what God has done rather than at how we have fallen short-- that's when we overflow with gratitude. not when i look at how i've messed up, but at what God has done in spite of my mess ups, what He's done with them.
it's putting God back into His Story.
when we take Him out of His Story, we have to be the ones that assume control.
(sound like we've gotten full circle yet? if not, read day two)
so i'm taking some time to look back. not at what i've lost [though that's easy to do] i'm looking at where God's Story has made my story beautiful. this time of year more than any other that's painful for me. but this season of the year especially shows how our jealous God is writing His Story. how He fulfills his promises. and how redemption is the heart, the plan, the answer.
look back, and you'll see that. today… i'm making a decision to be thankful.
todays Christmas song: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. (as sung by Miss Amanda, Everett, Beckett, and Francie Anderson)
why? tonight i got to hang out with the children i affectionately call "my kids." before mill we went to chick-fil-a drove through and then went back to my office to have a picnic dinner and watch toy story before i dropped them off at kidslife. in the van we sang christmas carols and everyone laughed and yelled. it was a sweet moment. i cherish those rides and those kiddos.
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