What a crazy couple of months it’s been. Lauren’s gone and married, I’m finished school preparing for a long summer at camp, and doing very little but working and reading.
It’s been a painful couple of months though… Something you might call a pruning season, although I’m not sure if I’m ready to say that for sure. I can say that God is teaching me things; I just hope that a season of growth, a season of spring is on its way. This winter season is teaching me, in a very clear tangiable way that Jesus is all I need. It’s a season of taking much of what I know in my head and moving it to my heart. And it’s an answer to prayer, that movement. I just didn’t count on it being so painful, or lonely.
What a funny thing loneliness is. I find myself in moments where all I want is to be around people, sometimes with someone specific, but I find that when I venture out to seek that social comfort, all I want is to be by myself.
I think I might be coming to terms with the fact that sometimes I’m lonely. And there isn’t anything I can do. Jesus may take it away, but in His timing. He may see fit to leave me in this state for a long time– but I’m choosing to trust that it’s for my good, and more importantly for His glory. And choose to remember that moment by moment.
What you’ll find here is a collection of musings, thoughts, writings, and ramblings about things I’m reading, watching, and thinking about. It’s my goal to inspire, encourage, and instruct my fellow sisters in their walk with Jesus and their understanding of the Word.
- Erika Recommends: Best Books of 2021 - December 15, 2021
- Slow-Going in the Fast Lane - October 14, 2021
- A Taste You Can Feel In Your Cheeks - September 29, 2021
