Beginning and End

            The idea that everyday life is hard, that it takes everything we have to keep moving some days, is true. It’s easy to lose sight of all the opportunities that are presented on a daily basis. It’s easy to get wrapped in the bad, the awful, the horrible things that do happen to good people.

            After years of hard work, after countless tears, pouring out of my mind, body, soul, my undergraduate career is coming to a close. I’m terrified of making a decision for my future. It’s my time; the clock is coming near with decisions of grad school, career choices, and opportunity. Does that mean picking up everything I know once again, and moving to New York City to fulfill another dream? Does it mean settling here, where I’m comfortable, and growing the relationships that I’ve started? Does it mean doing something that I’m not expecting?

            This is what I do know; the past four years have been vibrant with hurt, and healing, laughter, and learning, growth and understanding, failure and success. My hearts full, my life a colorful story of God’s grace, and mercies made new everyday. I am on fire; my calling to pour out the love of my heart has never been so clear.

            New chapters are opening, the world is spinning, but I know that I have a direction that I will follow faithfully. My heart will continue to sing as my days move forward, past Moody Bible Institute, past the friendships that will soon extend the vast stretches of earth. These people, this place, have brought depth to my life; the relationships I made here have grown my understanding of what it means to be distinctly “human.” I’ve learned it’s okay to want, that it’s okay to dream, but that having wants and dreams means doing something about them. I have accomplished much, but the dark, star-filled sky is the limit, my story is just beginning.

 

            In every moment, dreams, wants, longings, are important; they relentlessly drive us to action. Fight for the dreams of your heart, because dreams aren’t just rooted in your heart, they are rooted in a story larger than you. They are rooted in the connection of a story that pulls people together into the overarching story of humanity. If your dreams are whole, pure, good, they are worth your time, they are worth your fight. People need dreams brought to action, passions lived out in love. God as the creator of all has instilled humanity with the ability to dream, and if those dreams are of good intent, those dreams are rooted also in the heart of God. You are responsible for what you do with what you are given, it’s your burden to share the dreams of your heart, and put them action.

The Sun is Rising