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completely different
There is still pain in life. There is still sadness and heaviness. And even recently, in the dead of winter, I can find myself just wanting the sun to come, just wanting to smell the fresh air of spring, just wanting something new. I find myself feeling lonely and like I’m just going through the motions so much that I can often forget. I forget that God has already given me something new. I forget that I have access to that newness every single day.
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the fellowship of suffering
What if life is not about trying to be better? What if what matters is becoming present in the midst of it? I’m mulling over the introductory chapters of my preordered copy of K.J. Ramsey’s new book, This Too Shall Last. It is a raw account of learning to sit with pain and suffering so that grace has room to well up in our weakness and speak louder than our shame. It is a message that has arrived in my life at the odd juxtaposition of facing the pain of perfectionism, the shame of singleness, and the inescapable reality of my identity as a writer. In this book, K.J. weaves…
