One Week
I was just thinking about how much has happened in the last seven days. So much has happened I don’t think I can really process all of it — a death in our church family, a friend we rarely see telling us about some serious junk going on in her life, a sister in Christ having to move home for a while to deal with things she’s going through, various other people going through trials ranging from financial to relational…and in the same week experiencing the joy finding out about someone who recommitted her life to Christ, hearing about awesome relationships being built in the dorms, going to a really amazing Rock on Friday night, and having the pleasure of seeing two friends who trusted God to give them His best get married on Saturday.
While Tony and I were visiting my family in Minnesota, we watched on DVD the movie “Love, Actually” with my mom. I don’t necessarily reccommend the movie, as there are some scenes that may not fit the viewing standards many of you may have, but it was a relatively enjoyable movie with a warm fuzzy ending. The early part of the movie flashes from scene to scene of life experiences various people are having all in the same day — a wedding, a funeral, going to work, a new prime minister (it’s a British film) moving into his residence, etc. It seemed jarring when I was watching the movie, but it’s almost how my life has felt this week.
Instead of watching fictional characters woven together with a common theme of love, I’m watching friends and brothers and sisters in Christ live out a series of stories that can’t be tied up neatly in a two hour film. There may or may not be warm fuzzy endings to some of these stories. I know in my head there is a common theme of God working in all these lives, but it’s not always obvious or easy to see. I’m just praying that I can be Spirit-filled enough to see what part God wants me to play.