Time for a break…
It’s not you; it’s me. I just can’t commit to a weekly blog in this season. Most of my writing will come in the form of sermons and papers and reflections. I haven’t read for fun in like 3 months. My free time, free brain space, free anything belongs to school now.
When I started this website and blog and all the corresponding social media, I was determined that I wouldn’t quit on it within the first two years. We made it to two and a half years. And I’m not quitting. This is a break, not a break up. One random Wednesday, when you least expect it, you might just find me popping up in your inbox again.
My goal for this site – for everything I do – is to glorify Jesus. He promised that if He was lifted up, then He would draw all men (that goes for women, too) to Himself. Well, He was lifted up from the earth, just as He said in John 12. So now, we lift His name up in the the earth. And I determined that I would lift Him up.
Lift Him up.
When life didn’t go according to plan, lift Him up.
When dreams didn’t come true, lift Him up.
When expectations go unmet and hopes are dashed, lift Him up.
We often can’t change our situations – it is the Lord who changes times and seasons. All we can do is be here, wherever “here” is for you, in this present moment. So while we are here, my whole goal was to lift Him up. And maybe find some camaraderie and encouragement to know that we are not alone.
I’m quite certain the Lord put this website on my heart. So He will resurrect it when the time comes. Now, He has given me a different assignment to complete. Last July, I knew it was time to apply for seminary. I’d put it off long enough; it was the next right step in my journey with Him. I turned in the application, then accepted my position in the cohort as one of only a few dozen from around the world.
We often can’t change our situations – it is the Lord who changes times and seasons.
Over the next three years, I’ll learn with and from people from five continents. I’ll be sharpened in ways I can’t wrap my head around – that part’s already begun.
I have all the big concerns you’d expect – finances, time management, neglecting friends and family and puppies for the next thousand days – but chief among them is the question we often find ourselves asking: What happens next? After the degree? I don’t know yet.
What happens next?
So, friend, in our last convo for a while, can I ask something of you? I’ve been blessed by several of my in-person friends who have committed to praying with me, even partnering with me financially (which was never part of my plan, but thank you, Jesus). Now I’d like to invite you into this journey with me. Would you pray for me?
I’ve grown quite fond of you over the last couple of years. I treasure our conversations. I care deeply for you, and I talk to God about you often. I will miss this dedicated Wednesday friend date. And I truly hope to get back to it. In the meantime, I’ll continue posting on social media, and I hope you’ll join me there.
Would you pray?
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