van saves lives

well, since it feels like its been a long time since i've posted and i've made a promise to steve to update more frequently, i might as well give it a shot.
what have i been learning lately?
if only i knew how to fully put it into words. ;)
ive been learning that i need people.
that there are a lot of people out there that need people.
and that there are a lot of people out there that need to be fed- physically, spiritually, emotionally, and relationally.
in fact, i think there are more people out there that need to be fed than there arent.
and i want to be apart of that.
i want to be apart of feeding the hungry.
not just my homeless friends- but the people in my life right now.
the people i come in contact with on an everyday basis.
i want to be apart of it all.
i've been learning that i love tradition.
there is just something so comforting and warm about it.
ive been learning, yet again, that i know the greatest people in the world and that no matter what comes my way, i know that i am surrounded.
what else?
ive been learning that with love, comes risks.
big risks.
compromising risks.
and i want to be a person that takes those risks and doesnt hold anything back.
ive been learning more about the beauty of people- of how different we are, yet, at the core, the same.
and yet, how diverse God made each of our hearts is just a picture of how great His heart is.
i want to embrace that.
i've been learning, yet again, that He is all that i need.
and that his grace is sufficient.
and that no matter what is on my plate, that Yahweh deeply desires me-my heart.
my heart with ugly places in it.
my overly-sensitive heart.
He calls beautiful?
He looks at my sensitive heart and claims it?
really?
even when i have a hard time claiming it, He proudly does?
how that even is possible, i don't even know.
but i'll take it.

i hope that this finds you well.
i hope that you are learning, struggling, fighting, and believing.

llc