Discovery
January 25th, 2006 @ 7:44 pm
This post isn’t about discovery - well, not overtly. There have been a lot of things happening in the life of Chris & Anne Jackson over the last several weeks. We feel completely swept up in a tornado…lots of grace, forgiveness…and uncertainty all at the same time. I’m not able to provide you with every detail at the moment. But soon…soon. And don’t worry. As dramatic as this all seems - trust me. It’s all very, very good.
Today, I went home around 3pm to take care of some things over lunch (Yes, I eat breakfast at 11:30 and lunch at 3 - it’s just the way my schedule is right now!) and I began to pray over a certain possibility that has presented itself in our lives. Me, being the black and white person I am, prayed, “God, if you want “X” to happen - even if you just want us to take the first step of this, you gotta show me something.” (I was more specfic in my prayer, but again, no details…yet.) “Oh - and God, you’ve got to show me before I get back to my office.”
Well, he didn’t give me my black and white answer on the way back, but he did give me this…A green Land Rover cut me off on Shawnee Mission Parkway. The word on the back of his SUV held me captive the remaining 3 miles I had to drive.
“Discovery”
Yes - I know it’s a model of an SUV. But through that, I really felt like God was just saying - “You know what, Anne? You gotta stop with this clear-cut way you have of making decisions. You totally forget about the journey. You forget about the discovery. And that, my dear daughter, is what you have to learn. So - there’s your answer. DISCOVER.”
It was appeasing enough. For the time. “Fine, God. If that’s your answer, I can deal with that,” I said as I crossed the parking lot to go in the office - still waiting for my burning bush to appear.
Fast forward to about 5:30 or so this evening. Phone call. Almost two hours later, the next step of this discovery has been placed in my path.
I have no choice.
I have to discover.
I don’t know the outcome.
I don’t even know exactly what’s on the journey.
So…with all that vague mumbo-jumbo I’ve just laid out there for your reading pleasure…I ask you this, my friends.
Please pray.
Please pray for Chris and I. We have some decisions to be made. Some really big ones. And I have no idea what God’s doing. But he’s clearly doing something.
Thank you.
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James Petticrew said,
January 25, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Open your eyes breath deeply and relish the adventure, scary as it is and think how much better it is than a life of the mundane lived for its own satisfaction.
Staci Joy said,
January 25, 2006 at 11:39 pm
Oh, I relish the mystery and intrigue. I echo James… and I will pray that you and Chris learn to live dangerously… the safe route isn’t always the best one.
xoxoxo
Phil Ayres said,
January 26, 2006 at 12:34 am
I wish you guys the best. I feel bad about what has happened to you guys but I know you’re getting a lot of prayer support through it. This on-line community is quite strong. Did you get my shout-out from my last podcast? I asked everyone to pray for you so maybe you’ll get some additional prayer support that way. To me it sounds like you’re really waiting on God with this thing and that’s very good. Please keep us updated so we know how to pray and all that. All the best.
niza said,
January 26, 2006 at 12:42 am
still thinking of you and praying for you. i told you already, the guest room is ready for you. just let me know when you’re coming =) luv you much!
kris said,
January 26, 2006 at 8:48 am
i add my prayer support as well. keep your eyes open and you will be shown amazing things …..
Kristiapplesauce said,
January 26, 2006 at 10:28 am
&^….I still can’t figure out that heart thing.
Tracy said,
January 26, 2006 at 10:47 am
i’m praying, trying to supress my own thoughts, but praying none the less.
tracy
Dawn said,
January 26, 2006 at 5:09 pm
I think that regardless of everything…it all turns out okay. Think of all the big decisions/changes that happenedi in the past and the worrying and/or stressing that went along with them, didn’t everything turn out okay? I’d say for the most part it did. It may not have turned out as planned, but you survived nonetheless. I’d say just take a step out there and see (better yet, DISCOVER) what happens. Scary? You bet! But worth it!
Whenever things are crazy in my life I check off my checklist…God? Check! My amazing and wonderful husband? Check! My great dog? Check!! Really the first one is more than enough…but with the other two thrown in I know that everything is right in my world!
Good luck and let me know how things go!
Lori said,
January 27, 2006 at 7:08 pm
I am so very very excited for you!!!
amy said,
January 28, 2006 at 1:29 am
still prayin’!!!