it comes to us all.
CHANGE.
like the spare change of dimes and pennies we collect in jars or bowls, we never know what to do with it. maybe if we let the change collect long enough it will be worth something...be transformed into wisdom, perspective, new opportunities, strength, or maybe five bucks!
but before we can get to the other side of change we have to wrestle, ache, lament. some change may cause mild discomfort (like my iphone dying on me this weekend) to more stress-inducing change like selling a house/moving to another state/traveling for work all in one week (sorry dad and betsy!).
and then there's the change that stills the heart and draws you into sacred sorrow. tonight a family is in a season of lament as their baby girl is at eternal rest. i can only imagine the mingling moments of peace, pain, exhaustion, silence, cries, ache, hope they are confronted with. i know Jesus is with them. His tears affirm that shalom is severed, that this wasn't the beauty God intended...even if sweet Bailey is in perfect peace, we still grieve.
so i go to sleep tonight sitting shiva in my heart and mind for my friends...and a broken phone seems like chump change.
CHANGE.
like the spare change of dimes and pennies we collect in jars or bowls, we never know what to do with it. maybe if we let the change collect long enough it will be worth something...be transformed into wisdom, perspective, new opportunities, strength, or maybe five bucks!
but before we can get to the other side of change we have to wrestle, ache, lament. some change may cause mild discomfort (like my iphone dying on me this weekend) to more stress-inducing change like selling a house/moving to another state/traveling for work all in one week (sorry dad and betsy!).
and then there's the change that stills the heart and draws you into sacred sorrow. tonight a family is in a season of lament as their baby girl is at eternal rest. i can only imagine the mingling moments of peace, pain, exhaustion, silence, cries, ache, hope they are confronted with. i know Jesus is with them. His tears affirm that shalom is severed, that this wasn't the beauty God intended...even if sweet Bailey is in perfect peace, we still grieve.
so i go to sleep tonight sitting shiva in my heart and mind for my friends...and a broken phone seems like chump change.
1 comment:
Kelly, this piece really touched me tonight. God has gifted you with so many abilities... communicating feeling through words being one of them.
Blessings on you...and your dear friends that have lost such a precious little one. Too soon. Too soon.
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