03/21/2020
Week 3 back in full time missions.....
WHAT A WEEK IT HAS BEEN!
So many thoughts have ran through my mind the last week (as I’m sure it has All of yours) but a sweet new friend said something to me a few nights ago that has reminded me of Gods faithfulness. She said “I know how unsettling it must feel right now, especially since you aren’t around your tribe in WA, BUT you are so loved here and already feel like family”
Let me unpack why that changed my WHOLE perspective this week. You see....being a 7 on the enneagram, life is an adventure to me. I’m spontaneous and crazy and LOVE life to the absolute fullest and I want everyone else to enjoy life and not be miserable Cows, but I LOVE my relationships even more. I wake up thinking about people and go to sleep thinking about people. My tribe in WA gets me. They have spent years putting up with my crazy 😜 they even love it from time to time 😉 BUT when my new sweet friend (who will remain nameless, but trust me she’s pretty spectacular) said that sentence to me something clicked. She didn’t say “ your tribe back HOME” she said “Your tribe in WA” now to most people no biggy but this crazy 7 thought about that for days. It all of a sudden clicked (ever have those 💡 moments) I miss my tribe, I WILL ALWAYS MISS MY TRIBE BUT......THIS IS HOME NOW. Maybe this is the acceptance part of transition I don’t know but in the midst of world chaos I’ve found my peace of “HOME” I’ve found the reality of this being HOME now. I have an amazing tribe in WA that gets me to my core, my best friends, My sister hood of the traveling pants if you will BUT it’s ok to start building that here in my NEW HOME TOO. I’ve found peace in that, in the midst of craziness. I’ve found peace in knowing HE CALLED US HERE. HE HAS PLANS FOR US HERE. This is HOME now. There are things Jesus wants to do in our NEW HOME and I’m excited to be a part of it. Driving to the airport tonight I started laughing. I thought “wow this week has been so UP AND DOWN” I then took a deep breath and looked at the beauty all around me. The sunshinning, Starbucks’s being open, Selah and I singing as loud as we could to some stupid Katie Perry song, Isaac coming home from loving and serving the people of Mexico, there was no traffic, people seemed kinder out and about, Gas is cheap, the world although in the midst of a crazy time is an absolute beautiful place. The gifts and talents, the laughter, the coming together to support and encourage and the trust that people are having in Jesus all over the world to get us through feels so pure and peaceful. So tonight, week 3 I choose acceptance of THIS IS HOME, I choose joy, PEACE and to stop and see how freaking beautiful and creative our creator is.(say that 10 times fast) If this time is making you feel anxious I encourage you to go for an drive and just look around. BREATHE, stop and look at the subset and have confidence that the creator if that subset will NEVER EVER EVER EVER LET YOU DOWN and then BREATHE AGAIN. The world is BEAUTIFUL and the people in it? Breath taking!
WEEK 3
