HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!
AGE to AGE HE Stands...
and time is in HIS hands, the beginning and the end.
Wow... I don't know where the last 4 years have gone SO FAST! I was hoping to faithfully post my spiritual pondering and processing here... but obviously that has not been the case if you look at the archives! I have been writing, but it has been for some specific purposes as a call to address abuses of power in the denomination I'm a member with, became apparent to me, and I have focused on that.
Here's a very brief update of the last 4 years:
In Fall of 2015, things got kind of chaotic after a wildfire destroyed about a dozen vacation homes, including our friend's, where we vacationed on a regular basis...
In the Spring of 2016, our family got a front and center seat to a very difficult relationship, that needed some serious intervention, and about the same time, I connected with someone who taught me a lot about the poverty culture through some boots on the ground experiences. Both relationships stretched me in ways that helped our family grow in understanding and compassion for those marginalized due to complex cultural dynamics that I had not experienced before.
Later in 2016 and 2017, my husband beautifully rebuilt our friend's place along with another home that burned. This added some complexities to our family dynamics, as those homes were 4 hours away from where we live.
Then in October of 2017, another dynamic was added to my life, as advocating on behalf of those who have been harmed by abuse of power went to another level for me. I hope to share more on that part of the journey in a specific post at some point, but for now... here's a short version of how that happened.
http://dojustice.crcna.org/article/story-behind-abuse-overture
...and now here we are in April of 2020. With the Crazy Corona/COVID times! UNBELIEVABLE how something can impact the entire world so quickly! I believe God is doing a DIVINE RESET!
This is the very short summary of some of the warfare that significantly impacted our family in the last 4 years. I have also realized that I have been personally going through a significant deconstruction and reconstruction process of the reformed tradition that I have been a part of my entire life. This had actually started back in 2006. I hope to share on aspects of that at some point as well.
This journey has all been used for His glory and our good, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been a painful process. It has been costly in various ways. One of the things that got dropped with everything going on, has been posting thoughts to this blog. I hope to start again where I left off and add more posts as I'm able. But as I'm reflecting, I am reminded that this journey I've been on, is an answer to what I call the "Warriors' Prayer"(author unknown) that I have on my wall above my desk!
When it is all said and done and I'm standing before God, I want to be there, bloodied and exhausted, and worn from the fight, having given my all. I want to place at Christ's feet a razor sharp sword that has been well used, a battered shield with the Kingdom emblem faded from years of protecting His children from the attacks of the enemy and scarred with burn marks where the fiery darts were quenched, a breastplate with dents and scratches where the enemy's attacks were deflected when my shield was not able to stop the attacks, a helmet of salvation scarred with marks from deflecting doubt, the boots of the gospel resoled many times, and lastly a belt of truth that is as strong as it was when I received it. All to be given to my King, the King of Kings and LORD of Lords.
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