Shalom.

"i will no longer be afraid. i am not worthless. there is a plan - a huge one! open my eyes and reawaken my soul. help me find joy again - real joy. help me breathe again - not on my own, but with you and through you"

two years ago today a huge, broken, mess of a girl got on a plane and flew to Israel. she spent five weeks truly living for the first time and all the broken pieces of her heart were mended. she experienced real joy, real life and found real hope in her creator.

i'm celebrating those moments for the next five weeks. hopefully reminding myself of the struggle and pain that is sometimes necessary for growth.

i cant believe where i am after two years and how dramatically my life has changed. i'm so thankful for ways i have grown and can't imagine what the next two years might bring..

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever.