Rough seas. If I close my eyes and think about the last few months, I get the mental image of a boat on choppy waters. Church stuff. Work stress. Interpersonal things. The impact of a broken world crashing down and bringing more hurt and brokenness with it.
I sipped chai tonight with some friends who will soon move to South Asia. The husband talked about recalibrating his mindset in the face of so much transition and change: thinking of his concerns in the scale of God's magnitude. Since God isn't a spacial being, we're not encouraged to think of him in terms of physical size. But the fact that God is greater than anything I face is a huge reminder when I get overwhelmed by the junk in my life.
Sitting on that porch and hearing that snapped me back to reality. Yes, there is hurt and stress and weariness. God's not threatened by me acknowledging that. But there is hope and joy and purpose, too. And in the last few days I've been re-finding that. Big sigh of relief.
So walk with me for a bit. Pray for Spain, for Philly, for seeing the bigger picture.
I sipped chai tonight with some friends who will soon move to South Asia. The husband talked about recalibrating his mindset in the face of so much transition and change: thinking of his concerns in the scale of God's magnitude. Since God isn't a spacial being, we're not encouraged to think of him in terms of physical size. But the fact that God is greater than anything I face is a huge reminder when I get overwhelmed by the junk in my life.
Sitting on that porch and hearing that snapped me back to reality. Yes, there is hurt and stress and weariness. God's not threatened by me acknowledging that. But there is hope and joy and purpose, too. And in the last few days I've been re-finding that. Big sigh of relief.
So walk with me for a bit. Pray for Spain, for Philly, for seeing the bigger picture.
