starting point.

maybe it is the yellow school buses that i see driving around. or maybe it is the fact that i am helping a sweet friend move into a new house this weekend. or maybe its just the fact that this past year i have been baptized in change. whatever it is i feel like the word start has continued to pop in my head over and over again.

the beautiful thing about a new start is that it is a fresh start. it offers us with the realm of possibility that there is hope that anything is possible. the sky is the limit. that you are opening the door to an unknown excitement of adventure. 

that you can finally be a better person. that you will lose that weight. that you will finally make it through a day without shooting death eyes at the car in front of you in traffic.

whatever this "fresh start" may represent the truth of the matter is that there is a point. just like in a race, there is that anticipation before the gun goes off.

but with every start. there is a starting point.

with change there is a point where we are ready to make change.

this "school year" {yes i still operate from august to august} i am at another starting point. a point where it is time to create margins in my life. this summer has been the very definition of "go" and to be completely honest...
i. am. exhausted.

so this august i am at the starting point of giving myself some space.

of not trying to be everything for everyone.

of going and just resting.


“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

{matthew 11:28-30}