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I am Complete in You   If I am being completely honest with you, as in no sugar and spice and everything nice sprinkled on top to cover the vulnerabilities, I wish that I could tell you it gets better.  That someday, you will wake up with sunshine streaming in on your cheeks, a heart expanding with more love than you’ve ever felt, and the giggles that just won’t stop rolling until you fall off your bed and knock that noggin of yours on the floor.  But if I were to tell you those things, I wouldn’t be portraying the candor, because in all sincerity it won’t ever be like that.  It won’t be like a switch that magically turns on to illuminate the darkness, or a shift in character that happens overnight.  Nor will it be something that you are able to fully control or gain superiority over, and as much as that pains me to admit, know that though it may not necessarily get better, our God who loves us eternally will remain the same.   So, what exactly am I referring to you might
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The Unexpected Awaits You (Our entire group posing for a nice smile before our departure! Definitely missing these new friends already)   Just a little over two weeks ago, I was given the opportunity to attend a mission trip with my college.   Heading to Indianapolis, Indiana to work with an organization called Shepherd Community on the 46201 Zip Code Project, OCU student’s as well as those from the Church on Como were met with an abundance of unexpected twists and turns along the way.   Riding up separately to meet the team because of a previous Church commitment, I was nervous to say the least about arriving and being welcomed by the already established group of friends and family.   Only knowing about five people out of the thirty that were attending, my heart trembled, and my stomach churned, as my eyes scanned the room for familiar faces.   But familiar you see, isn’t always what God wants, and nor is the expected, so when I received word that the majority of OCU studen