I am still pursuing life with as much voracity and vigor as I can!
Walking into my personal new year, birthday, I realize I am genuinely happy, but more than that… I’VE GOT JOY. True, sincere, JOY. Forty was not a bad year, but it wasn’t absent of challenges. Cue 231 day journey, iykyk, and that was not for the faint at heart. In all of it, the ups and downs, countless interviews and rejection emails and calls, the searching, the peopling, the thoughts, the gardening, the attempting to create only to hit ceilings and walls that seemed to be moving, I KNOW that God KEPT me.
The entire time He sustained me. When I didn’t see the resources, He sent people. When I didn’t see people, He sent me peace, butterflies, and beautiful days. When I kept my eyes on Him, I could see that He had me all along.
Was it EASY?
N O P E
But on the other side I can shout from the mountaintops… JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
I’ve heard it quoted that, “the fastest way to get somewhere is slowly”. This is true in this season. I have had several “rerouting” moments in the past ninety days and I can now see them as God positioning me to align with the season He has me in.
This is where I insert that it may not feel good. You may grieve what you thought you lost or missed out on… but stay with me.
What if you shifted your perspective that the God who created the universe and everything in it also created ONE you. That even when you have NO CLUE what’s happening, and the world is on fire, or under the almost constant threat of war, storm, ism, fear… He is kind enough to send the very thing that makes you smile. That the scripture you NEED jumps out at you… the person who makes your heart smile reaches out when you need a boost. That even in these ramblings, you feel the deep hug that is woven into the message and you embrace that in your not knowing, you are connected to the One who does.
As I embrace forty-one, I urge you to embrace the season you are in. What we can always change is our perspective.
IVY OUT
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