This time next week, my weekend writing retreat will be underway. I’m really excited, because the last time I devoted a weekend to hearing from God, he did 5 years worth of work in me. I’m trying not to expect anything specific in terms of what I will accomplish. It will be about growth, healing, relationship, and then possibly some meaningful translation onto the page. The important thing is that I’m setting the time aside for Him to work on me, in me. Time where I can be at rest, still, distracted by nothing.

Approximately 120 posts and 65,000 words ago, I began this blog. Looking back over what God has shared with me during this time, I’m amazed by the endless ways He has shown up to guide me and provide me with clarity. The ways He has pulled from my distant past and my everyday struggles to reveal more and more and more of who He is and what He wants from me.

I continue to hope and pray that this resonates beyond my own circumstance, but at the very least, this has been God’s way of communion with me, and for that I am thankful.

The countdown continues. SEVEN short days!