i just realized i have two blogs. this one and "a sojourner of life". both are true to who i am. i am always trying to find a way to get to the center of who i am and that requires sojourning through life. i am amazed at where God has us now. sometimes i don't know where i am or what in the world i am supposed to be doing here in bmore. but i am trying my best to be true to who i know myself to be and Who God is so that i will not disappoint Him or others.
one of the things i am discovering about myself is that God has called me to love people. all people...not just the people who are lovely or loveable. i have been more challenged with that truth here than any other place i have ever lived. i am thankful for this part of the journey for that very reason.
many i know would not understand some of the people that i have come to love dearly. they have their ideas of what constitutes worthiness to be loved. i think God does not have the same ideas. God loves us as we are and where we are. that is what Jesus is all about. there were no prerequisites for us to do or be in order to be loved by God. Jesus came to die for everyone...it is His free gift to us, the undeserving of His constant grace. we just need to be willing to open our hands and receive that unmerited favor.
what about you...are you ready to open your hands and take the hand of Jesus as He goes among all people offering love and grace? i hope so, because it is a beautiful, sometimes heartbreaking part of the journey. but so very worth it all.
love and peace abide.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
reconnecting
i am returning to this blog after starting a different one. not sure why i started the other one and when i figure out how to get rid of it i will do so.
i have been reconnecting with souls from my past lately. friends with whom i was privileged to journey for a season. students we worked with when we were at ubc, austin and who became dear to us. time has passed. they're lives have taken many different paths and they are in many different places in life.
we have reconnected through facebook. i got on facebook when it first came out because i was working with college students and it was the best way to remind them of meetings, etc. i never dreamed it would reconnect me with so many friends.
i have always been one to try to keep up with my friends. ask any of them and they will tell you i have been sending them Christmas cards (until i lost track of them) and with many i have written letters. i am not sure why it is important for me to keep up with friends who are no longer along my path, but i guess it is my way of keeping them with me. i do love my friends. i do love people.
i am thankful to fb for this gift of reconnecting. and grateful to God for keeping them all in His care.
i have been reconnecting with souls from my past lately. friends with whom i was privileged to journey for a season. students we worked with when we were at ubc, austin and who became dear to us. time has passed. they're lives have taken many different paths and they are in many different places in life.
we have reconnected through facebook. i got on facebook when it first came out because i was working with college students and it was the best way to remind them of meetings, etc. i never dreamed it would reconnect me with so many friends.
i have always been one to try to keep up with my friends. ask any of them and they will tell you i have been sending them Christmas cards (until i lost track of them) and with many i have written letters. i am not sure why it is important for me to keep up with friends who are no longer along my path, but i guess it is my way of keeping them with me. i do love my friends. i do love people.
i am thankful to fb for this gift of reconnecting. and grateful to God for keeping them all in His care.
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