Light Run Wild

“And perhaps what made her beautiful wasn’t her appearance or what she achieved, but in her love, and in her courage, and in her audacity to believe. No matter the darkness around her, the light ran wild within her, and that was how she came alive, and it showed up in everything.” Morgan Harper Nichols

“After the fire, she blossomed. She was fierce yet vulnerable; strong, though compassionate. All the tangles of the woods couldn’t keep her down.” Anonymous

Resurrection is something that is an essential part of Christianity, and yet do we believe this power is within us? Is it transforming our lives on a daily basis? If we aren’t experiencing that, are we pleading and begging for redemption in our own lives?

Can we hang on for the ride and believe that sooner or later, it comes? Darkness, hard stuff, and eternal roller coaster riding do come to an end. This stuff does come to an END! Did you catch that? The story isn’t over till Easter Sunday breaks bright and clear. That might be figuratively speaking, but it happens. And it’s exciting!!! The abyss can’t ever swallow the winning side!

Defiant joy has been a theme for me this year. We’re speeding towards the end of this decade, and 2020 will be here before we know it. In quiet ways, joy has come. Yes, there has been a lot of unexpected drama this year, but there’s also things to rejoice in. Sometimes there has to be a defiance towards negative circumstances in order to preserve the joy, but occasionally it bubbles over in spite of.

In the middle of it, a lot of it boils down to not letting all the sadness, the tough stuff get to us. Are there things that I still cry about? Absolutely. But a positive attitude rests in knowing that God is on the throne, that He will use the circumstances for His glory, and that even if it looks dark, for those who believe, the future is really bright.

Sometimes we need to separate all the parts of our lives, and live in the moment so that the hard drama from one department doesn’t get shipped elsewhere. I know, I wrestled with this one this week when someone tried to infringe on a boundary I set up. If I said no, that’s what I mean, so don’t push it. But some have that audacity. Ok, enough ranting. I can’t allow those frustrations to spill over into other aspects of life. I admit, I'm a extremely spaghetti kind of woman, and can't do the guy "waffle compartmenting" sort of thing very well. But I am trying. This separating piece is a rabbit trail of the main point of seeing resurrection happening in our lives, but it keeps giving me better perspective if I step back far enough to not drag the tough stuff into the great.

On a journey, it's hard to see the resurrection in the making. It's the darkest hour just before Dawn. It's hard to keep hope alive sometimes, but don't give up. Surrender to God, yes. To His timing, His plan, His ideas. But don't ever give up believing He has good plans for you. Tomorrow might be the beginning of the next chapter.

My prayer for all of us is that we become so enraptured with His power and All the Amazing Things He is, that we are no longer affected by the circumstances of our lives. That our one and only desire would be that His Will would be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Truly, that is where Awesome begins.

Let the Light run wild inside us, and spill over into everything else!