transitions.
Well, my dreams of documenting this pregnancy and impending motherhood on the blog are clearly shattered seeing as I am due in 4 weeks and I haven’t posted in…almost 3 months. I’ve been thinking a lot lately how much of our life is in a total transition stage right now: our last Sunday at Cumberland is this weekend and we are transitioning into going full steam ahead with Resonate, we are having our first child in 4 weeks and transitioning out of a life of just the 2 of us to a life that is going to look VERY different…so many changes ahead!
As we head into our last Sunday at Cumberland this week something in my heart is SO excited about what is next and the vision of Resonate coming fully to life, but there is definitely a sense of greif in that as well. We have been at Cumberland since we were engaged, it is our first church home together and we are deeply, deeply invested in the ministry and the people there. I know those relationships will still be there, but things will obviously look very different for us as well. I will miss seeing my sweet friends every Sunday and hearing about what is going on in their families lives, but I rejoice in the fact that those relationships have been such a huge page of shaping me in the past 3+ years and make me excited for what things will look like at Resonate. I know this Sunday is going to be hard yet so joyful at the same time, closing a wonderful chapter and fully stepping into this new story…
Then 3 short weeks later we will be welcoming our daughter to the world. Talk about a transition! A life of only having to think about taking care of ourselves and our own needs is going to look radically different. We are bringing a life into the world that is going to be fully dependent on us, whoa. I am so excited to see what she is going to look like, what her personality is, and to see Chris and I in the roles of mom and dad. I am excited to learn and experience the love a mother has for a child and watching her grow. My prayer is that she desperately loves the Lord and that we can be a model and example of that for her daily. But, being honest, amidst all of the excitement, I also have a sense of “grief” for what is being left behind as well. It will never be just Chris and I again, I am cherishing and soaking up these last weeks of having our own agendas and doing our own thing. I am absolutely thrilled to bring our daughter home and watch our family grow, but again, this is a transition, closing a wonderful chapter and opening a very, very different wonderful one.
So, that’s where I am right now. Excited and expectant about what the Lord is walking us through with so many transitions and “…” coming up, while cherishing the moments that we are currently in. We are in the exact spot we are supposed to be and I am desperately leaning on the Lord for guidance and wisdom in a time when things are looking so very different for us. It’s already been such an exciting journey, I can’t even imagine what I will be writing a year from today!! (however, if we’re being honest, the reality of me writing a year from today is slim to none! 
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