It started off as such a heavy mixture of disappointment, financial setback, uncertainty and hope.
Yes, amidst everything that was happening, everything the enemy was doing to try and destroy us, there was beautiful, simple, HOPE.
From that hope has flowed such amazing blessings! Many of which have come packaged in surprise.
Not the obnoxious, nerve grating, anxiety inducing surprise that builds up as you slowly turn the handle of the small, tin jack in the box, dreading the moment when that hateful little clown will burst forth, completely disregarding the fact that you had been anticipating that very moment, and startle you.
No, they came dressed in beauty and splendor. In attire so stunning you could almost imagine it being a scene from a film.. The peasant girl arrives at a glorious masquerade ball, in some breathtaking castle. Amidst the excitement and wonder she meets her "Prince". She does not yet know who he is, but in the moment just before they remove their masks, in that span of a heart beat with time enough for just a single breath, where her life and her heart are bursting with hope and the joy of her expectation being nearly realized... That feeling is the packaging in which these blessings arrived.
I know it may sound odd but that is the only way I can describe it. Now, the big, grand reveal that removes the separation between the girl and the love of her life, the beauty and joy of that moment is reserved solely for the day that sin no longer separated me from our Heavenly Father. When the sin that was as a wall between my heart and relationship with my Father, so much like the mask that separated the girl from her Prince, was removed from my life through the grace of God, in that moment, in His loving embrace, there is no experience on earth that could compare!
That is not to say life will be without joy and surprise, no not hardly. What it contains now are these sweet moments that mirror the ONE. Moments that are bursting with joy and fulfillment all of their own, and yet still embody some measure of that feeling. They are a reflection of the grandness of that defining moment. They are reminders of the greatness of His love and the beauty of His plan.
This year has been so full of such gifts that I cannot write about them all in this one post. There are a few that touched my heart so deeply that I do want to share them with you and I will spend the next couple weeks doing my best to put them into words.
In the meantime, I pray that your hearts and lives will blessed, that your joy will overflow and that God's love will surround you and yours!
Bless and Be Blessed, y'all! <3
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