Allowing access and a piece of paper

The birds have returned, chirping their cheerful tunes of contentment.  Trees still drip and sway from the morning rain that welcomed this Monday.   A beautiful symphony for my soul as it leans into a new week with all of it's agendas and lists.  Busy comings and goings over these weeks of meetings, new directions, re-sets, all with the anticipation of kids wrapping up another year of college and being together again.

Clouds open up as the sky breaks forth even for a moment and then the wind hurries them along.  Going to be a day where if you close your eyes, you may miss it.  The beauty of change.  

I have closed my eyes too many times.  I have missed, been unwilling to let go for the beauty to arise.  Afraid of the song it may sing or the scar it might brush up against.  The vulnerability of it all.  This beauty of change.  

Of being moldable, 

soft and safe when in the hands of a loving God.  

A place to breathe, and unclench.  

Heart and hands open

trusting He is good.

Allowing All Access to search me.  Teach me.  Show me.

For when you encounter the love of God, the life Jesus showed us, the way he loved us and sending us the Holy Spirit within, everything changes.  

Everything changes 

and not just once

But for always.

Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 3- 

16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

Seems this changing is for a lifetime.  For us to live, whole and free.  

Able to freely give and receive.  

And somehow your story, 

the one you thought was broken, is redeemed.  

It is just a piece of paper that I was handed at a big meeting this past weekend.  Saying something about ministry and being licensed.  But for me,

for this one broken heart that had closed her eyes afraid and

forgotten how big her God is,

it means He is still redeeming.

That even if I had, He didn't forget His promises or that calling He had placed in my girl heart.

May I live life allowing access  

everyday.

Always.