First off - this is the post in which I will initiate syncing between facebook and xanga. Xanga meet Facebook, Facebook meet Xanga :)
It's been 6 weeks since my detox and re-entry back into life. The last two weeks of my detox had the theme of "reflecting on redemption". Where had God taken me in the past year, how are many of my counted blessings only made possible through times of brokenness. Everything of significance to me now has a direct or derived experience of brokenness that happened within the past 8 years. It is only now that I can see that trials and brokenness are truly necessary to pave the way for bigger blessings. I've always tried to find the easier way out, and ways to settle. Its these experiences that shape and give my life context and the experiences of amazing grace beyond expectation that defines my identity.
Not going to mention any specifics or names - but I feel like the past 6 weeks I started to notice an increase in brokenness in lives around me. I know nobody is perfect and we all go through tough times every-so-often. But this feels different. I am hopeful for the work God is starting in those around me who might be hurting. I thought of this photography/spirituality analogy - A picture of redemption requires the
right amount of light exposure. Overexposure leaves us blinded and underexposure is dull and dark.
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Overexposure leaves us blinded and underexposure is dull and dark... but sometimes a bit of either is necessary for the desired image. :P
I'm sensing and seeing the same thing in our Kingdom family...