KNOWN 2014: The Word WAS

                                      

This has just chased me down all week. A new reading of a familiar verse.

He WAS. Just always. From the beginning. My Jesus. WAS. 

                           

It is a familiar yet earth-shaking reality. My Salvation always WAS, with God. In God's mind, in the beginning, was saving me from myself with the Word that is Him. 

Just can't seem to digest that crazy wild reality this week. But have found it such a buoy to my days. It has made my heart sing with gratitude. 

                             

                                             

In Spanish it reads, "In the beginning, the Word existed. And the Word was (form of be that indicates something changeable) with God, and the Word was (form of be that indicates something unchangeable).

He WAS the unchangeable God who comes to change, who exists in time and outside of it, in all that is eternal and all that is temporal. In all that is glorious and all that is ordinary.

                             

And what He was was the Word that Love spoke into the world, the Spirit being His voice. 

And the three who always were, they have always KNOWN me. 

                              

And that, friends, that is carrying me on eagle's wings and bringing me unbounded joy this week. Which was only amplified when I read this. You too, friend?

What great comfort are you finding in the Word this week, friends?

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Where to Begin?

It's hard to know exactly how to tell the story of the last few days. So many family and friends loving us, praying for us, supporting us and wanting to know all the details.  And then there is me, just trying to ease in, go slow, savor this new life, take it in slow sips, like a perfectly brewed cup of warm tea on a quiet afternoon after a string of hectic days.

I have created this slide show to tell the beginning of our story. It is hard to believe that a three hour plane ride and endless grace is all that was needed to transition from our life in Louisiana to life here. But so far, it really has been that simple. I know that the grace your prayers have won has made that possible. I cannot thank you enough.  For now, my thoughts are quietly forming themselves into all the things I want to share about this new journey.  While they incubate, enjoy the sights of life in Grano de Oro, Costa Rica.

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Welcome

Whether you have found your way here from Facebook or my dear friend Elizabeth's blog, thank you for coming by.  In this new space, I hope to provide a glimpse into the life we as a family are embracing as missionaries in the Catholic Church in service in Costa Rica.  Right now, that life is all about packing and preparing and praying our way to our post.  Will you join us in prayer as we fill our final days here with the business of work, the still silence of prayer and the warm embrace of family and friends? And why don't you leave us the intentions or one word your heart is speaking to you this New Year? We will carry them with us on our journey and deliver them safely into the hands of Our Lady of the Angels at her shrine in Cartago. We would love to take you all on this adventure with us.