We took the boys to a minor league basketball game. We got into the arena and looked at the map to find our seats. What we couldn't find, however, was that "X' that says, "You are here." Thankfully, we had the where-with-all to find our way and made it to our seats before tip-off.
We are constantly looking for our "X." A lot of the time, we don't know where we are going or which way is up. We search and search for the X getting lost along the way.
What if we are already there. You are already standing on your X exactly where you are meant to be.
Standing firm right where we are, on our X, doesn't mean we lose sight of where we are going. We can still have goals, dreams, wishes, and hopes. Knowing we are right where we are supposed to be right in this moment means we own what we've been given, steward it well, and appreciate this season.
There is a part in Elizabeth Gilbert's, Eat, Pray, Love, where her friend talks about how she can't wait until she comes back to that spot. She loved it so much she couldn't wait to get back. Gilbert responded with the idea that her friend is missing the fact that she's already there. She is already in the space that she can't wait to get back to so why not relish in that moment completely letting go and enjoying every second.
When Hathach told Mordecai what Esther had said, Mordecai sent her this message: “Don’t think that just because you live in the king’s house you’re the one Jew who will get out of this alive. If you persist in staying silent at a time like this, help and deliverance will arrive for the Jews from someplace else; but you and your family will be wiped out. Who knows? Maybe you were made queen for just such a time as this.” Esther 4:12-14
Esther is known for her courage. As a Jew hated by the king at that time, she was thrown into an arrangement that terrified her. Yet, she knew her X and stood firm. Knowing that her words and actions could bring her death, she went before the king and argued in support of her Jewish people anyway. Esther knew her X. It may have scared her. She probably wanted to stay hidden in the harem of women King Ahasuerus kept. Instead, however, she stood on her X vibrantly and saved an entire race.
You never know what your X may hold for you.
We are missing our X. You are here. You have purpose and a story to live out on this spot. Live it. Embrace it. Steward it well.
Don't miss you X. You are standing right on top of it.
Love & Blessings,
Meg
We are constantly looking for our "X." A lot of the time, we don't know where we are going or which way is up. We search and search for the X getting lost along the way.
What if we are already there. You are already standing on your X exactly where you are meant to be.
Standing firm right where we are, on our X, doesn't mean we lose sight of where we are going. We can still have goals, dreams, wishes, and hopes. Knowing we are right where we are supposed to be right in this moment means we own what we've been given, steward it well, and appreciate this season.
There is a part in Elizabeth Gilbert's, Eat, Pray, Love, where her friend talks about how she can't wait until she comes back to that spot. She loved it so much she couldn't wait to get back. Gilbert responded with the idea that her friend is missing the fact that she's already there. She is already in the space that she can't wait to get back to so why not relish in that moment completely letting go and enjoying every second.
When Hathach told Mordecai what Esther had said, Mordecai sent her this message: “Don’t think that just because you live in the king’s house you’re the one Jew who will get out of this alive. If you persist in staying silent at a time like this, help and deliverance will arrive for the Jews from someplace else; but you and your family will be wiped out. Who knows? Maybe you were made queen for just such a time as this.” Esther 4:12-14
Esther is known for her courage. As a Jew hated by the king at that time, she was thrown into an arrangement that terrified her. Yet, she knew her X and stood firm. Knowing that her words and actions could bring her death, she went before the king and argued in support of her Jewish people anyway. Esther knew her X. It may have scared her. She probably wanted to stay hidden in the harem of women King Ahasuerus kept. Instead, however, she stood on her X vibrantly and saved an entire race.
You never know what your X may hold for you.
We are missing our X. You are here. You have purpose and a story to live out on this spot. Live it. Embrace it. Steward it well.
Don't miss you X. You are standing right on top of it.
Love & Blessings,
Meg
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