The hurricane has come and gone.

 At least for now.

Sure, there’s still a few lingering storms…but the beating hail, the battering wind, and the rushing flood…that’s behind me.

I realized something recently.  I’ve been holding on.  I’ve b

een trying to salvage what is left after life changes drastically.  I’ve prayed a lot to God to renew me.  Make me strong again.

But at this point, I’m not sure that’s what God is trying to do.

Honestly, there’s not a lot left to renew.

God is giving me new life entirely.  Forget renewing the old me.  His story of the creation of me is not yet complete.  God didn’t want me to give Him the space to renew.  God wanted the space to create all over again.  I hope I have the space to let Him…

 So the bulk of the storm is over.  And as the dust settles, new life emerges. 

 Photo taken on the Gulf Coast 1 year after Hurricane Katrina, by my dear friend Sally Chambers