Along with four of my closest friends occupying seats in the cabin around me, There are countless strangers now bonded together by the choice of flight direction. All headed toward the next step in life. Friends and strangers alike. One common goal, to reach our destination and keep going.
How quickly this group of people will separate after this flight. How quickly will the common bond be broken.
The reason for this trip?
The desire to grow these relationships of this bonded community of friends. the need to escape the cold of the Minnesota winter and cabin fever. (Yes, I've only been back for a week, doesn't take long to set in!) The ever present need for a new adventure. The constant drive to discover the what's next of our lives. The delight of a chance to curb our wanderlust. The eagerness of visiting old friends and making new ones.
(Sadly one main member of this random band is in a far off land, and though we are excited as to where God has him, we selfishly wish he was on this plane with us!)
Our goals for this trip? To laugh. To live, and to just be. To step outside the norm that sometimes becomes life and together sharpen and strengthen not only our personal relationships with our God and creator but challenge each other to grow and to live the life that God has desired for each of us.
This trip is an opportunity not only to discover the promises of God but to step into those promises and start living in those promises with all of who we are.
We are a team united under God separated by different passions, but brought together by the growth and sharpening that happens with the years of life together.
My personal goals of this trip? To laugh. To let the grace of Gods amazing love take me to a place complete freedom. To fully step into the promises of God and let go of fears and concerns about the future. To embrace the Joy of the new and not wonder at the what if's of what could have been.
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