The Good, The Bad and the Ugly... It's all good!

I honestly can say that I don't know what to write. Life seems to be flying by so quickly I can't keep up. God has connected me with some amazing folks these last couple of weeks and I'm learning so much from them and Him. It has been a roller coaster of great ah-has, amazing conversations, some feelings of 'how am I going to know what my next steps are with all this great info pouring in?' and some hard lessons about how I have handled some things this past year on top of it all! I guess the more we learn about the world, the more we learn about ourselves. And, perhaps, the more we learn about ourselves, the more we learn about God and His beautiful nature. Truly, we are made in His image, so when we learn something new about ourself, we learn something about Him. I find this takes two forms... the first is that if we learn something about ourselves that is yucky -- as I have these last couple of weeks -- it likely generated by our brokenness. In facing it and accepting the grace God offers, we can shed that layer, thus getting a little closer to being the person God created us to be. In this process we learn more about who that is and more about the One who created us. The second form is when we learn something about ourself that we like -- as I also have these last couple of weeks -- somehow it is easier to embrace this lesson. When we see something beautiful in ourselves it is a reflection of the beauty of God. Goodness and love are who He is, so when we see it in ourselves, we see a part of Him in us. Those are the fun recognitions. But ultimately, both lessons -- about our brokenness and our beauty -- give us an opportunity to learn more about who we are created to be and to celebrate the God that created us! Cool!
So, I guess I did have something to write today after all! God bless you!!!!