Hello family! It’s been ten days since I made it back to the states, and once week since I’ve been back in Illinois! How insane is that!
It’s been interesting to say the least. I spoke in Spanish to the Houston airport TSA agent, ate a HUGE meal from Whataburger as my first meal back in the states (and felt so sick afterward), and marveled at how expensive everything is. I made it to ATL where we met up with the 4 other summer teams for debrief. I met some super incredible people and stayed up a *little* too late talking to some of them. We were instructed on how to take what we had experienced on the field and apply it to our daily lives.
Being home now for one week has been good. And hard. The Lord has been so faithful in providing me with opportunities that confirm the fact that this is where I am suppose to be. He has brought peace throughout this entire decision making. But it’s been emotional, I’ve walked into the basement and seen everything that was suppose to be going into my dorm and began to cry. I’ve been home alone for the first time in a month and when I would usually celebrate, I broke down. And I am not saying this for sympathy, but to tell you, change that is great is still hard.
Your feelings are valid. Allow yourself to feel everything. Your emotions bring connection between you and the Lord. In Matthew 11:28-29, Jesus commands us, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."
He wants to share our yoke with us, he wants to walk side by side. He craves to encounter our obstacles with us. The yoke leads to relationship. Sharing our yoke with him also allows him to take off half the weight that we are carrying. The weight that we were NEVER suppose to carry all by ourselves.
So to close out my final blog for a while, I ask you this..
Are you sharing your yoke with the Lord? Are you allowing Him to carry it with you?
Thank you all for the endless support you have given me! I love all of you so much! If there’s anyway I can be praying for you, feel free to reach out to me! I’m always a text or call away 🙂 My phone number is at the end of my last blog!
For now, Bri
one last girl pile in our Atlanta hotel 🙁
