texas snow days

a week so full of ups and downs...one minute we’re attempting to snow board down the back roads, laughing hard and wiping out harder...the next, we’re cleaning up from water damage at the church or pouring water into trash cans and driving it out to our neighbors.

when the ice finally melted, we all emerged from our homes, met at the park and pelted each other with the snow from the small patches that remained.

It was truly a strange time to be cherished. The Lord is continuing to refine and bring us into unity with Him.

Just as the wilderness teaches us to lean into suffering and with that, lean into God’s sovereignty...this week exposed the things that would’ve otherwise stayed hidden in comfortable routine. things that seemed important before did not matter when water and heat were difficult to come by.

our prayer as a house was that God would be seen and known in those moments...that His power would traverse frustration, anxiety and fear...that people would fight for each other despite there own troubles.

and in simple ways, they did...it was a beautiful to see/ be part of. even though roads were sketchy and we didn’t see much of our family for a while...the storm brought us resilience and unity in new ways.

today it was sunny and 72. we went to work and did school. back to the usual flow of things....almost no evidence is left of the wild environment from last week...as if it was all a dream :))

we are so grateful for this season and the things the Lord is doing...