New Year, New Beginnings, and the In-Between

The new year started this week, and I'm already behind! Although I'm not in Guatemala anymore, I am planning on keeping up this blog. And since my last post, life has been crazy!

I moved back to Ankeny, Iowa, two days ago. I start my new job on Monday, as a clerk for State Senator Jeff Edler. I am excited for new friends, new lessons, and a whole new experience during the upcoming session.

Excited to be back in this beautiful building!

And with these new beginnings, I have been reflecting on what God has taught me recently. It's the in-between. Lately, I have not done anything amazing. I haven't done anything life-changing. And as much as I love life-changing events, life can't always be that way. A smart man told me this summer (when life didn't go my way), "Zara, you can't always have life-changing moments, otherwise they wouldn't be life-changing. But maybe someone else is having that moment."

I love when God changes my life for the better. Those moments have made me who I am. But what about the in-between? Although our life changes in those awesome moments, most of our life is just the in-between. But God still is faithful. He is still love. He is still full of grace. I may not always be easy to love. I don't deserve His grace. But wow, have I told you about my amazing God?

So instead of finding joy and hope in the adventure and the life-changing moments, we should find it in the simplicity of the in-between. Life is always crazy and is always changing. But one thing has stayed steady through all of my adventures, life-changing moments, and times of the "in-between."

God is always loving, always graceful, and always providing hope and joy. Maybe I'm back at another adventure, but I know one day soon, I won't be. But the adventure isn't what will be giving me joy. I'm thankful for a God that is steady in my crazy life and all the adventures to come.