After a month long hiatus for the December holidays, Five Minute Friday has returned. Last night was a lovely party {#FMFparty} on Twitter with some of my favorite ladies on the web. It was a real treat to my extroverted, words-of-affirmation heart. You should TOTALLY join us one week...for the party and the word scramble.
It's hard and beautiful and lovely and scary.
And I hate to ever miss one week!
So without further ado......
I've been dreaming a lot lately.
This has been pretty amazing.
For awhile I thought I had lost the dreamer,
the artist,
the soulful girl,
the Anne-girl of my childhood.
But God is faithful and good and gracious
to renew and restore and fill us up again.
So I have been dreaming.
Of the future.
Of the year to come.
Of the days ahead.
Of the now.
I am full up with possibility, opportunity, and the light at the end of the tunnel.
I do not know if I will become an author, a counselor, a professor, or a graphic designer.
I am not sure if I will move to Alaska or Colorado or Timbuktu or even stay here in small town Maryland.
I have no idea if we will have six children or one, if they will be foster or adopted or biological or all of the above.
I am not sure.
I am not sure about a lot of things.
This used to scare me.
Some days it still does.
A lot.
But lately, the pot has been stirred and I am bubbling to the brim with the open doors that I can just make out on the horizon.
It is a mystery,
where they will lead,
what mountains and valleys that I will travail,
which beautiful hardships and gifts will cross my path.
But somehow...in the mystery...for the first time, in a long time....I trepidatiously, with outstretched arms, step forward into the Light, knowing that His fingers are at holding my palms leading me on.
P.S. Had a "little" more than 5 minutes today...was just on a roll and HAD to finish!! ;-)
