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Exploring what “long work” means in everyday life.
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Exploring what “long work” means in everyday life.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024, I left for work not realizing that I’d just closed the back door behind me for the last time. That a couple short hours later, our home would be engulfed in a merciless deluge of flame, smoke, ash and water. That my family would escape with our lives, and not much more than that.
If you have walked closely with someone in their last several weeks of pregnancy, you are likely familiar with the roller coaster ride of waiting.
So began a journey of redefining “living” according to Jesus’ life in me. I had fresh hope, not dependent on answered prayers for a family or for health.
We needed … everything. I remember thinking, God, where are You in all of this? I wouldn’t call it doubt. It was more like wonder. It verged on awe. In the same way I knew my house was gone [fact], I also knew God was with me [also fact]. My head knew, and my heart knew. Despite the trauma.