Dear Women of Grace,
It has been the better part of a year since I have written an entry in Streams of Living Waters. Pushing aside the feelings of regret, failure, or being just plain pathetic, I have decided to move forward and act on the powerful nudging of the Holy Spirit.
As many of you know, this past fall was my first season to be home without the children under toe 24/7 in 12 years. In their absence, I was left with unexpected emotions and a strange sense of exposure, for I no longer had them to hide behind. The last time I was alone, I was 27 and ready to change the world. Now, I'm 40 and the world has changed me. In place of courage, I am left with concern of failure. In place of naïvety I am left with a sense of reality. In place of confidence, I am left with questions. The beauty is, however, that although I may no longer have the charisma or fortitude or youth-filled visions, I know my Savior more intimately now which is the only true value in this life.
So, the fall began my journey of begging God to give me new marching orders, namely His marching orders. When Brannin announced that he would be preaching through the book of Luke, and encouraged us to read through Luke each week, the Holy Spirit began a work to renew my desire to make entries into Steams of Living Waters.
I do not expect these entries to be comparable to a theological commentary, for my mind is not that astute. I do hope that these entries will encourage us as women of God to love His Word and walk near one another in the Truth.
May the Spirit be near to us as we seek know our Lord in the Gospel of Luke.
Tanya
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