connecting the dots –
Sharing your heart with someone who not only listens but is going through or has gone through a similar experience is one of the best gifts. It is like completing a ‘connect the dots’ exercise and seeing a picture emerge.
The picture = I am okay. What I am experiencing is normal. I am not alone.
A sigh of relief rises up from my soul when this happens.
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Last night my friend Kate and I were able to share where we are spiritually and emotionally in our lives. Resonance. Understanding. While neither of us left with answers, we left encouraged and strengthened to continue on.
While we left without answers, I held one thought Kate shared in the palm of my hand and it has slowly been evolving into an answer of sorts.
“My students were asked to describe faith. It made me think about how I would describe faith. I think faith is when we believe and trust in something so much that we build our entire life around it and on it.”
Kate’s words were encouraging and convicting. I want that kind of faith. If I had to describe my faith now, it is like a small candle struggling for life in a dark cave. It’s like a rock I have one foot one while the other remains uncommitted and unstable.
Kate’s thoughts on faith tied into the quote my friend Carolyn posted on facebook: “What we truly desire, what we are most passionate about, will determine how we organize our lives.” from Good & Beautiful God by James Bryan Smith.
thanks for sharing D!