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{I don’t usually post my writing on this blog, but I will just this once}
Yep. I finally did it. And I didn’t even faint. I’ve officially entered the world of tat status. I went last night with my dear friend Emmie whose story is real and raw and beautiful. The process was not new to her which was helpful in calming my nerves. She remains to be the most humble and deserving person in my life and I am so happy I got to share the experience with her, especially in the significance of what this week has been for her.
“Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations and earth.” Psalm 46:10 was the first verse to ever really have meaning to me. I will never forget the moment the words settled in a spot inside of me, where, in that instance, I simply understood. There is a card that sits in a frame above my bed in my first home that really belongs to me. While I’m leaving the apartment in the Fall, it has been such a significant haven of safety for me in a lot of ways this year. I have faced a handful of demons in my life while aboding in Unit 2 with sweet roommate and loyal constant Courtney Seward. I have a long way to go (as do we all), but I am learning to submit myself, unclench my fists, and look expectantly ahead. Because not everyone can.
The card reads, “There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart”. It is not difficult to observe that I am a person of feeling and emotion, and often times I forget to rest equally in the truth of knowing, as I do in believing. I am excited that these words “be” and “know” will mirror each other on my wrists for the rest of my time on this side of heaven…reminding me of the beauty in the balance of the heart, and that of the simplicity of the head. :)
