Life is Like...

"Life is a roller coaster, we are the passengers, and God is the seatbelt..."

My oldest daughter is amazing...

...she sat across from me at the kitchen table one morning as we ate breakfast before church and she made this statement to me.  She was full of all excitement - as if she bumped into her favorite star.  The statement made me sit back in my chair and immediately think about my life up to that very point of the statement.

Our lives our constantly bombarded with the issues of life that causes us to make choices and decisions that are often split seconds apart. We go through steep drops, sharp curves, and loops at speeds that seem so fast that it's blinding. We're secured by either a harness or seatbelt, one that oftentimes has us wondering whether or not it's going to keep us. Yet and still, we go on the roller coaster knowing this. Such is the perseverance that is in all of us.

Isn't it awesome that Jesus provides us with the same security when we accept that it's Him that can provide that through The Father God?

So, as I sit and think about the roller coaster that is known as life in the eyes of my baby girl, I am forever grateful that He has secured me to not only ride it, but enjoy it.

Unconditionally,

Andre

Categories: growth , life , perseverance , purpose , secure

Just Can't Let Go...

I think the title of this blog is quite fitting, seeing that we're mere hours away from the end of 2010.  I must admit that I'm leaving this year with many mixed emotions: happy, excited, a bit of sorrow, feeling like I'm missing something, peace, resentment - yeah, many mixed emotions.

I'm being very transparent. Some folks will read that and bug out, but those that know me know how I am. I think A LOT and very few emotions actually plant themselves in me to the point where they actually have some significant weight.

So, here I sit, thinking of all the NUMEROUS and VARIOUS things that happened in my life and in the lives of my close friends and other loves ones this year. Yeah, I can honestly say that it's been a roller coaster ride, much of which is due to many of us wanting to go back on and ride again while a few of us were trying to desperately look for the STOP button!

Why does it seem like I just can't let go of 2010 yet? Is it because it's still technically here or because I still feel like there are some things that haven't been resolved or maybe still because it was such a pivotal time in my life spiritually, emotionally, physically, and mentally?  Perhaps it's all three and if it is, that's cool with me because at the end of the day (well, in this case, at the end of the year), it's all going to be defined in a mere three words...

...in the past...

Categories: 2011 , change , Christian , growth , inspiration , life