When you get a really good gift, you're reminded of what gifts you bring to the world.
It set me on fire for the rest of the week. I immediately started using it, writing down lists I found significant and moments that churned up something in my heart, and I encouraged a new friend to draw something in it. I have carried it with me everywhere. It's a really good gift.
It followed me this week on an amazing adventure. For the first time since college, I stayed up till past 4 o'clock in the morning. I drove somewhere completely new and played board games and made new friends and allowed someone to catch my eye and I laughed so hard my stomach hurt and my eyes brimmed. I wrote down moments where I felt absolute clarity and moments where I felt entirely too much. And finally, I slipped that journal back into its hiding place so I could wander through rows and rows of merchandise being sold at a market that opens so early we simply didn't go to sleep. And I didn't even think about this blog.
Glory. I didn't even think about what to write here. I just thought about my life and the beauty of this season. I thought about what I'm really, truly feeling. I thought about where I'm headed and how, for the first time, I feel like where I'm going is where I want to be going. I thought about my heart and the strength the Lord has placed in it. I thought about my friendships back home and how I cannot wait to see those people again. And I thought deeply about the relationships I'm cultivating here and how absolutely stunned I am by their greatness. I thought about God. His Hand on my life.
It's a really good gift. And it spurred me on to a really good week. And so it continues.
Hi Grace! I sent you a message on FB about asking you some questions about your experience with GeoVisions. I don't know if you will get it there or not, because it says it sent the your "other folder" since we are not friends. I am not sure what this means, but I would love a chance to chat with you when you have time. I love your blog and am so inspired by your time in Australia! My name is Alyssa Lovell-Bowen, and you can get in touch with me through FB if you have time!
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