the whole truth and nothing but.....

I’ve had a few milestones these last few years, friends - like finding and marrying THE BEST guy... and turning thirty-four years old (I've just published my age on a public forum never to be taken back - Jesus help me ).…. and also weathered a global pandemic. (I’ve learned if you put “I survived a global pandemic” in front of anything I say that it just sounds really epic…)

Birthdays and anniversary's and milestones and BIG life things tend to help us stop our thoughts for a sec and make space for a bit of reflection.

But sometimes, every so often, that reflection can get a little too reflective and we loose ourselves in the what if's that lead us down the path to fear that infuses itself into everyday life. Fear has a way of making the future and the present go from life giving and exciting to something that cripples and debilitates.

the truth is that I can choose to either live fearful of what might be, OR live hopeful because of what IS.

I know that whether I am earthside or heaven, my position in relation to my Creator is permanent. I know that whether earthside or heaven, my soul is alligned with a God that transcends the passing over of this side to the next. I Know that whether I'm on this side of forever or the other side, my heart's relation to His doesn't change.

Fear has a way of fading when you put it up against something bigger than it is. I believe that the God I serve is THE BIGGEST. So when put fear up against things like Jesus bringing hope to a world and desperately needs it - or going farther and realizing that His Spirit lives in me, which means i am part of the hope that is being brought to a hopeless world - perspective shifts just a bit.