2012 was a blur of excitement,sad goodbyes and hello to new things-places,cultures,dreams,people, new friends, school.California dreaming to living and breathing life in Redding, coming alive to new things in Him, and hearing His voice say "this is who you really are". A year of promises fulfilled, exceeding expectation or imagination.
It's bittersweet to think of a new year, my time here is quickly coming to an end.
6 months comes in a blink of the eye, it comes in the form of the unknown, dreams, desires and plans waiting to take shape, held by my sweet Jesus.
I am excited to go home. My journey to Bethel is marked with many many many people who set me up well to go.
Jesus has secret plans to honor those who sowed time, prayers and finance into my time here. My time with Jesus this morning led me to a time of prayer and thankfulness, remembrance of all He is in the year- I have beautiful people in my life, so so so so many people. I am sure that He has some amazing things coming my treasures at home.
I was reminded of my mum driving me and my friends to youth group when I was younger, she would drive me to church. Conversations with my Dad about Jesus and life. Friends inviting me to church for the first time, Easter camps andParachute festivals. Friends who I have dreamed with- I am living in the days I dreamed of. Friends whose own journeys inspired and encouraged me to go after my own. A church that joined my journey, and i joined theirs, a home that's full of people I adore.
A job that I loved, I miss my friends there, I honestly wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them. Divine connections that reveal His work in my life.
Then I got here; a new home.
New faces and places that I am in love with. Friends that will be forever friends, our lives entwined by 9 months tucked away in Redding. Transformation. A school, a year of being poured into by some of the most incredible people I have met- hero fathers and mothers who give everything they have. It's a lot to process, but can be summed up by a simple sentence: God is a good God. He is a good Dad who takes care of all who will let Him.
My whole life points to this one truth. That there is a God who loves, whose grace is sufficient for people like me, who crowns all who come close with love. A God who pursues me with a lavish love. Who patiently waits for me, who wraps me up when I let myself come undone. A God who chose me; He could have made anyone and He chose me.
He is a God that chose you. He chose you and in the middle of where your at, He still chooses you. He wants you to know Him, He wants to share the secrets and desires on His heart with you, and adventure with you. Whether its 2012 or 2013, He stays the same, and continually beckons us to come away with Him.
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