In the Middle
I have been feeling on a my heart lately to just speak about the middle; the middle of our stories. So often I find myself going back to my beginning and blaming my currently actions on things that happened in my childhood or moments from my past that made me feel less than. Other times I focus so much on my future that the anxiety of not being able to control those moments takes over.
The middle. It’s the place you find your story right now. It’s the place where God is present in this very moment. He’s right there in the middle of the messy, right in the middle of those joy filled days, right in the middle of your story leading you through each valley and celebrating right alongside you on the mountain tops. So often when talking with friends, I find were so focus on our end game, about where we are suppose to be at this point in our lives. In reality sometimes I think we avoid the conversation about the middle, because we don’t want to acknowledge the the toughness of a certain season or maybe we are shying away from sharing the joy that God has allowed us because we don’t want it to come off as gloating. I don’t know about you, but
when I am sincere about the very middle, I find that’s when I make the connections.
Being able to openly talk about the very middle of our journey has allowed me to open up discussions that almost always allow God a seat in the middle of that conversation too.
I don’t want to live making up for my past or planning out my future. I want to be right here in the middle because
that’s were Jesus meets us.
In the very middle - In the middle of the diagnosis, in the middle of the job search, in the middle of infertility, in the middle of marriage. He is present even in the hard times; the very middle of the battle you don’t think will ever end. It’s my prayer that my eyes be opened to what God is doing right now in our waiting - in the middle. I don’t need to worry about the next step or next season because i’m not controlling that, He is.
Our stories won’t be remembered because of how it started or how it ended. our legacies will be made up of the middle; how we chose to live out our life right now.
Go live out your middle today.
