in the details

hey blog! i’ve spent the past three(ish) months in gainesville, ga learning and laughing and growing a lot. the Lord has been showing me a lot of really sweet things and a lot of really hard things, moving and shaking and shifting my heart a lot. aligning my heart with His, and opening my eyes to see the world as He does, as well as to see Him in the world. 

one really sweet thing Lord has been showing me is Himself and His presence. reminding me that He isn’t just God on sundays and He isn’t a God we can comprehend or place in a box, but that He’s God in it and through it all. on the mountains and in the valleys, in the big things and in the smallest details. His love and his goodness never change. He is intentional in the way He loves and the way He reveals Himself to us. 

here’s a list of some of the sweet little moments the Lord has used over the past few months to show me more of Himself. 🙂

sitting around the table in the dining patio. sharing meals and sharing stories, playing card games and laughing until our stomachs hurt. feeling the warmth and the presence of the Lord fill the air and fill the noise, a reminder of His presence. 

walking around the trail to the pond, picking wildflowers and pointing out butterflies and looking out over the hills, standing in awe of who He is and in awe of everything He’s created. being reminded of His faithfulness and His steadfastness, of His kindness. a reminder of His glory. 

laying in my hammock, listening to the sound of the leaves and the birds, to that sweet gentle whisper of the Lord, resting in His presence. a reminder of his intentionality, of His goodness and His gentleness. being reminded of the peace and the rest that only He can offer.

running full sprint and fully clothed into the ocean in alabama. looking up to see the waves that never seemed to end, following a rhythm, doing exactly what He created them to do. a sweet reminder that we weren’t made for the world, but to worship and to love Him, and to be loved by Him. a reminder of His never-ending and unchanging love that runs deeper and runs wider than anything we could begin to comprehend. a reminder of how big and never-ending He is. 

a week later, seeing three of my squadmates get baptized in that same ocean, and celebrating new life and freedom in the Lord. standing all around the sand and worshipping and dancing in freedom from the Lord. a reminder of the joy and the freedom He offers. a gift we have been given that can only come from Him.

waiting in a coffee shop over thanksgiving break and reading the news that our semester in gainesville wouldn’t be ending when or how we thought it would, but being reminded in that that His plan is so much greater. being reminded that He has us in the palm of His hand and that there’s nothing that could ever take us away. 

been learning to see the Lord in everything. been learning to worship and to praise Him in everything. been learning more of His heart and of His character. being called into deeper intimacy with the Father. being invited to take His hand and rest in Him. 

it isn’t always some insane, life-altering moment, or a great sermon from a speaker on a sunday the Lord uses to reveal Himself to us. He can use the little things to open our eyes to see Him, to open our hearts to love Him , and to open our ears to hear Him. a sweet, simple, beautiful truth Abba Father has been waling me through!

lots of love,

<3 reagan