Hello May!
April has been a special month for the Fellows. Wrapping up this season during Easter feels like a beautiful way to celebrate everything this year has meant to us. For most of the Fellows, our time has felt kind of like Lent. Every day has been a real intake of life.
Sometimes we’ve looked inward, learning more about how we operate and how God has uniquely created us to carry out His vision for love and light in the world. Other days we’ve looked back at our pasts, exploring how life has shaped us for better or worse, and how God has used it all to paint the portrait of our stories. And often (as young people love to do) we’ve looked ahead, dreaming about how we want to live our lives and the legacies we hope to leave behind. There has been so much space to listen and look with the Lord. Thank God for some perspective!
Now it is time to live in the peace, beauty, and joy available to us on the journey ahead. A couple of times this month, the Fellows and I had picnics in the park. Those moments reminded me of what is in store for us after this year. The experience of rest, of sharing food, of playing games, is the vision God has for our lives. The best word to describe that is delight. So let’s live in that vision.
The purest joy is just knowing the Creator. Knowing that He takes delight in us. What a beautiful way to send us off. Not so alone or uncertain, but with a deeper love and connection to the Creator.
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Have a great summer!