Embarking on an Adventure
I have always loved adventure, from being a young child playing in chin-high grass behind my house until now as an adult going for bike rides, runs and hikes. Nothing makes me feel more alive, more vulnerable, and more in-tune with my Creator than putting my life into the vastness of earth and realizing just how small I am. Yesterday I went for a run and I stopped just to hear how silent the wetlands were. It was the middle of the day and an eerie quietness filled the valley that I was running in. The neighborhood in front of me was still; no one was walking or running near me, and I lost myself in that moment realizing that this was right where I wanted to be.
We are living in a really weird time, can I just say that? I feel like crazy is the only way to really explain it, and I know that doesn't sound very smart. But seriously, doesn't this feel like a movie or some episode of a show that would scare you in real life? But in the midst of this, I am finding so much joy and life in embracing this uncertainty and also in embracing my Creator. We might be fighting an unseen by the naked-eye enemy right now, but we serve a God who can conquer anything, and although he may not stop this virus, we know that in the end, he wins.
Because he wins and because he is ultimately in control of all things, I can rest my mind and my heart in his safe arms. This frees my mind from the tail spin of worry. Not that we shouldn't be worried, that's just normal, but when I excessively continue to try to figure out what will happen and I stay up at night because I don't see a way out, I need to turn to my Creator in these moments. That's just me guys, I don't know your story, but for me, when I turn to him and when I physically place myself inside his greater story and greater perspective, I find that I am freed from the crippling anxiety that infiltrates my mind.
So, we embark on this adventure. If you woke up today, give yourself grace and self-compassion, you got out of bed! If you decided to take another step, good for you! Our adventure right now is just getting through life, but it is also the possibility that in the midst of all of this craziness, we can embrace even more and that maybe our Creator can speak to us through our hurt, our pain and our anxiety. Maybe the adventure looks like jumping off a mountain a paragliding or maybe it is just not hitting the snooze button for the third time. We all have to be patient with ourselves and non-judgmental towards others. Embrace whatever adventure is yours right now and be willing to ask yourself if maybe there is more, even in the midst of a global pandemic.
We are living in a really weird time, can I just say that? I feel like crazy is the only way to really explain it, and I know that doesn't sound very smart. But seriously, doesn't this feel like a movie or some episode of a show that would scare you in real life? But in the midst of this, I am finding so much joy and life in embracing this uncertainty and also in embracing my Creator. We might be fighting an unseen by the naked-eye enemy right now, but we serve a God who can conquer anything, and although he may not stop this virus, we know that in the end, he wins.
Because he wins and because he is ultimately in control of all things, I can rest my mind and my heart in his safe arms. This frees my mind from the tail spin of worry. Not that we shouldn't be worried, that's just normal, but when I excessively continue to try to figure out what will happen and I stay up at night because I don't see a way out, I need to turn to my Creator in these moments. That's just me guys, I don't know your story, but for me, when I turn to him and when I physically place myself inside his greater story and greater perspective, I find that I am freed from the crippling anxiety that infiltrates my mind.
So, we embark on this adventure. If you woke up today, give yourself grace and self-compassion, you got out of bed! If you decided to take another step, good for you! Our adventure right now is just getting through life, but it is also the possibility that in the midst of all of this craziness, we can embrace even more and that maybe our Creator can speak to us through our hurt, our pain and our anxiety. Maybe the adventure looks like jumping off a mountain a paragliding or maybe it is just not hitting the snooze button for the third time. We all have to be patient with ourselves and non-judgmental towards others. Embrace whatever adventure is yours right now and be willing to ask yourself if maybe there is more, even in the midst of a global pandemic.
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