Say "yes"

Processing. This is the season I’m in now. And can I say, having @coryfenn by my side is the absolute best, he makes me gut laugh at least twice a day.

Sometimes partnering, observing and loving those in trauma and pain places you in all the same feels as they are in. Secondary trauma they call it.

I’d love to say superhero’s are unaffected. That those helping, serving and providing are shielded from being scarred... but they/we aren’t.

Now as I process, as I look back on all the things, some things I can’t even remember because my brain blocked it out out of pure survival mode, I am gifted with a new season that’s not just about surviving. 

I must say, this is a more beautiful story now that I look back, now that I process.

Pain sucks, wounds waiting to be heeled cause aches, but the closeness you experience with Christ is THE gift. It’s the very reason Christ presses into the desire for our obedience.

God gives even in the same breath that He takes. When He breaks, He rebuilds. His intentionality is so Devine, we miss the big picture. His point is eternal when we can only see what’s in the moment.

I’m beyond thankful for this process, as much as I struggle to push others to jump in or even to share the depths of our story, I’m reminded it’s not about the details of our story it’s more about the details of all the times we encountered Him; as provider, healer, miracle worker, comforter and Father. God is a much bigger God now. The little things, are almost unseen. The scars are reminders of His faithfulness and how stinkin’ strong we are able to be when we say “YES” to the hard obedience’s!

So say YES! Say yes even if it doesn’t make sense, say yes even when it’s paralyzingly scary, say yes because the YES is the beautiful process God so desperately wants to meet you in and gift you with more of Him!