Advent.
Pondering the stillness of this morning. When life this week has swarmed around me and I have only made it to the gym once this week because of my schedule and my complete exhaustion by the time I get home to not want to get off the couch. I am taking this time this morning to pause and breathe. We are in the middle of advent season and this season literally means a waiting period of something wonderful to come.
I have been blessed by a wonderful devotional book put together by some great people and friends at Gardner-Webb and it has reminded me each night, as I lay in bed exhausted from everything I have piled on for that day, to wait. Wait in the stillness, in the chaos, in the middle of life's mess, wait.
This is so hard to do. I have been on this overdrive mindset, with more jobs this semester than I can count or keep up with and yet and income that is not reflective of the time and effort I am putting it. Yet, many times I have forgotten the amount of money, waiting, wondering, pondering and savoring is worth.
Later this month I embark on a new journey. As my journey to Africa did not pan out like I had planned God had a bigger purpose. I am going to Costa Rica and serving alongside people in communities that I have never met. I cannot be more excited to visit this country that has been on my bucketlist, since the bucketlist was born, but more importantly visit and learn from the people who live and thrive in this area. Granted I will be going back to Costa Rica at a later point to cross surfing in its wakes off the list, but that will be for another trip :).
God is doing and does amazing things in and through his people both here and abroad. It is only when we have that advent mindset, that "Wait" Active Waiting do we gain the wonder that is, seeing it in front of our own eyes.
What are you waiting for?
I have been blessed by a wonderful devotional book put together by some great people and friends at Gardner-Webb and it has reminded me each night, as I lay in bed exhausted from everything I have piled on for that day, to wait. Wait in the stillness, in the chaos, in the middle of life's mess, wait.
This is so hard to do. I have been on this overdrive mindset, with more jobs this semester than I can count or keep up with and yet and income that is not reflective of the time and effort I am putting it. Yet, many times I have forgotten the amount of money, waiting, wondering, pondering and savoring is worth.
Later this month I embark on a new journey. As my journey to Africa did not pan out like I had planned God had a bigger purpose. I am going to Costa Rica and serving alongside people in communities that I have never met. I cannot be more excited to visit this country that has been on my bucketlist, since the bucketlist was born, but more importantly visit and learn from the people who live and thrive in this area. Granted I will be going back to Costa Rica at a later point to cross surfing in its wakes off the list, but that will be for another trip :).
God is doing and does amazing things in and through his people both here and abroad. It is only when we have that advent mindset, that "Wait" Active Waiting do we gain the wonder that is, seeing it in front of our own eyes.
What are you waiting for?
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