I was standing outside in the freezing cold yesterday while waiting on a friend to pick me up. Due to extreme circumstances this took about two hours (another friend was in an auto accident) and I was struggling quite a bit. Even though I understood the circumstances, I found myself being pretty “salty” about the whole thing! I tried to find something useful to do with the time, and so I began to focus on how this moment was making me stronger; this moment was growing me in strength, patience, and endurance. In the process of this and ultimately singing praise songs, God began to reveal something to me about my own image of “victory.”
Yet as I began to warm up, I began to think about the difference in how I see “good” and God sees good. I realized that I had begun to imagine that “victory” in life looked like a snap shot of the American Dream. Yet God has so much more planned for my life and not all of it is warm and comes with a perfect Instagram filter. A lot of it will be quite challenging, but it helps me to get him know him better, just like an adventure novel.
I’m thinking a lot today about how to enjoy the process, and how to align my vision more and more to God’s. I’m taking my time and moving intentionally, re-framing my why regarding the things that I want and am moving towards.
Adventures and Reflections 