Start

Day 1 “Start” Hopewriter challenge
It started with a couch my husband found on FB marketplace that was supposed to go in the basement but it was just the right color and nicer than we thought so it ended up in the family room. This “little decision” left us painting walls, refinishing floors, buying new rugs and pictures for the wall. I am finding sometimes beginnings come sort of sneaky like that. We weren’t planning on redoing the family room-but the decision to move forward and buy the couch put a whole series of events into motion. What was just a nice grayish brown tweed couch at a good price has become a whole cozy new living room for me. Oh how I need to remember that the start of a thing is just that- a start, a beginning. And that often the end of a thing is unknown at its beginning. As much as I want to know the end before I begin, my Father knows that’s not always best for me. I am learning to trust my Heavenly Father with the end of the matter. When he asks me to step into something that’s all He wants me to do. Step toward and into that new and sometimes scary thing - and when the step feels hard, just a lean will do. I lean into it and into Him- And the best part is I find Him there holding me up and unfolding the story piece by piece. Before I know it I am staring back at that beginning so long ago with teary eyes and words stuck in my throat in wonder. How in the world
did I end up here? This was way different and way bigger than I could have ever imagined when I took that first step forward. And I say quietly to myself,”It’s true, what my heart already knew, He is faithful and so, so good to you.”