Gracie is someone who leaves her people feeling well-loved. She is fun and hilarious and brings such a light into any room. She is also intentional and compassionate, and someone who will most certainly change the world one day and most certainly also already has.
In this season of life everyone seems to be affected in some way or another. Understandably so! For me, life in this global pandemic has looked like a lot of loss. A lot of pain, like the gut wrenching kind. And also a lot of restlessness. I consider myself to be someone that is pretty strong-willing and tough, most definitely in a stubborn way. But in the past few months I’ve mourned maybe more than I have in my entire life. I’ve been learning that our humanity is something that the Lord values deeply. That the Father holds in high regard the times when we lay our guard down and cry out to Him. That in those moments when we’re crying and we feel like there’s no chance we could get up, those are the moments when the Lord promises to be our strength. He’s faithful to sit with us and hold us up as long as we need. Faithful to be the provider of joy when we can’t find it. He doesn’t ask us to be perfect, He just wants our heart. He doesn’t want us to clean it up first and get it all together before we seek Him. He wants us to come to Him bleeding and broken and messy. Before Jesus went to the cross he cried out to the Father in agony, blood covering him. And Jesus ultimately went to the cross with joy, but a joy that was deepened by sorrow and recognizing the hurt of humanity. I’ve learned a lot about what it means to be honest with God in this season. That my hurt is something that He desires. That He is gentle with us and has a humble heart and is incredibly willing to carry our burdens, that we might find the most pure rest in Him. Everyone keeps talking about returning to normalcy, but the truth of it is normal will look different than before. The day to day will be different now. We’ve lost people. Good people. We’ve lost time. We’ve lost much. I’m still heart broken for what I lost but eternally thankful for the peace that I’ve found in the comfort of my Fathers arms.
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