rest for the weary -or- 2017 in review

June 24, 2017
Matthew 11:28-30 New International Version (NIV)

 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

I've been called to a season of rest.

I've been off work for a week and a half and now I'm looking around for something to do. I mean I've got plenty to do but I am resting. 

And I'm reflecting. about myself. and I've seen things about me that I don't like a whole whole lot. Which is cool. I mean, God does that from time to time. 

But when everything is still and quiet in my mind, a few things happen:

1) we can see all the beauty that surrounds us

2) we can take time to reset bad habits

3) we can face the demons plaguing us

January 9, 2018.
I never published this. From April til now, I've not written anything.
Summer came and went.
We faced some disappointments. nothing tragic. just not what we thought.
The fall was hard.
At Thanksgiving I decided I'd train to run a 5k for my 40th birthday- I'm learning a lot from that.

Christmas was busy. but good.

New Year's Eve brought a lot of reset.... I needed to reset. So I have.
Running is helping me get stuff off my mind.

so 2017 was underwhelming.
But the constant was Jesus. We were able to get some things on track. Nothing epic happened. And that's okay.
I'll take what I've learned into 2018.
as long as Jesus is there.