2022 was hard. Not the bump in the road hard but the rocked me kind, the kind that was too hard to share or admit. The busy kind of hard where I couldn’t keep up and was overwhelmed day in and out.
2022 also brought the highest of joys I’ve experienced.
- So many firsts with D – learning how to swim & read, her first vacation, and our first Easter, Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve together.
- A new job that brings me so much excitement and passion and is something I look forward to going to every day.
- Leading YCP and having the most amazing team of people and opportunities through faith. Seeing the Lord work through them in our community.
- Traveling more than I ever have and experiencing the beautiful world God created with incredible people.
2022 was also a year of neglect. Neglect of house projects & maintenance, neglect of relationships that needed tended to, neglect of caring for myself, and neglect of my personal relationship & prayer with the Lord. The business and never ending to do list took precedence and stole my joy. It caused me to neglect the things I cared about most, and I forgot how to sit still. I forgot to enjoy the silence and time in prayer without thinking of all the things I had to do afterward. Good habits were broken this year. Relationships struggled. Faith rocked. Spirits crushed.
Yet, throughout the brokenness, God has given me an excitement and journey that has stirred in me these last few months: to live on mission. To literally share about, go on and plan/lead mission trips for starters, but so much more. To share my faith more in non-traditional settings; not just the good parts but the rough, vulnerable parts. To be a missionary with each person I encounter, starting with the people closest to me that I tend to hurt the most. To fully surrender myself and my expectations and allow Him to reveal the path He wants me on one step at a time. To minister while blindly following. To truly be His apostle and not the master of my life.
2022 was a year of obedience. 2023 will be a year of missions.
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