wholeness

This Christmas break is the first time that I have been at my new home for more than a week. It has been incredibly lovely and restful, but I did learn a few key things that I thought might help you out in case you ever visit me in the middle of nowhere in Colorado.

Here are 10 lessons that Colorado taught me:
1. It is not necessary to pack boots, scarves, mittens or warm cardigans when coming to a high desert area for Christmas. You will not need them and they will waste your precious luggage space.
2. Unpacking clothes and putting them in a dresser is very hard when you bring home more clothes than you need and when the dresser is smaller than you'd like.
3. In all honesty, it's okay to wear the same pajama pants all winter break in your own home, especially if you have a sister to borrow clothes from. You don't need to pack four pairs. And you certainly don't need to pack 10 pajama/workout/lazyday tshirts.
4. Even the longest and funnest list of to-dos can get bypassed when you end up realizing that you really just want three weeks of doing nothing and watching movies with your family.
5. Always use filtered water to make coffee in the morning.
6. Good luck trying to sleep next to an innocent looking 10 year old cousin. Chances are she snores louder than any grown man you've ever met.
7. Taking life slowly is always underestimated and always needed (trust me).
8. Even if you're a morning person, it's okay to stay up late and sleep in late once in awhile.
9. Skype dates do not measure up to real, face-to-face coffee dates. They just don't.
10. If the 'Christmas feeling' never comes upon your heart, that's okay.

And one last thing: Jesus came to bring peace. He came to make us whole. And take heart- for there soon will be no limits to the wholeness he brings (Isaiah 9). And until that day when the Earth and all that is in it is made whole, cling to the fact that His Kingdom is not just in the future; it is now. And at this very moment in time, Jesus can and will make you whole. Friends, let him begin the process of wholeness in you today!

And if you should ever choose to visit Colorado, let me know. I have many more tips that could certainly help you out.