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I’m in a new season. It’s been a year since the crazy began. We moved our daughter August 1st last year, then our son got married on the 10th and then we moved the 30th. And again in May . . . all the way through June. Truly, we are pros now.

I’m happy to report-we’ve landed. -And we are helping our daughter move again this week- So it’s marking the year, and I am saying, “Thank you Lord!” and also, “Good Riddance!” It was good…but it was really hard. And really good. {How does God do that???}

 

Let’s soar together- on the wings of God Spirit. Scripture says, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” We can throw off the weights of the world (and have you noticed they’ve become quite heavy?) when we trust in the loving kindness of God and allow Him to oversee the things we often hold too tightly to with an anxiety-induced white-knuckle-grip.


Control is only an illusion. God has given me a crash-course long lesson (I never crashed, but it felt like I might sometimes!) on that reality- with the turbulence He allowed in my life over the past year. I’ll be writing about some of that here over the next several months.


I have not flown on a plane since October – And no kidding, my heart is hurting – I don’t like being grounded! πŸ˜‰ I am restless! But God says they that wait upon the Lord…will mount up on wings as eagles. So that is what we’re doing-you and I who trust in the Lord-we can live above the tropopause.




The tropopause is the invisible layer between the earthly troposphere, where there are frequent storms, and the stratosphere, where planes can soar. I have often been in awe above the clouds- where the sunlight shines bright but the earth below is dark and grey.


Up there in the higher layer of the atmosphere, turbulence is rare because of less atmospheric changes, and less pressure. I smile at God when I learn this because I see it’s a lot like how God means for us to live- by faith.

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Because faith enables our hearts to live above turbulence. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 . . . We can rest in the palm of God who holds all things together…yes, even my restless heart as it lets go of all things familiar and walks into places unknown. Held. Secure. & Thankful.



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