kairos.

Today's sunrise

This morning I woke up to watch the sun rise over the Gulf of Mexico and as I watched the rays begin to pierce the gray clouds, bringing to light the crystal blue water and ivory sandy beach, I couldn’t help but think of how all is truly made beautiful in due time.

The natural world we live in parallels the lives we live. There is a season and time for everything. We can't pick strawberries in January and we don't wear Ugg boots in August. (Although California girls seem to have made an excuse for this one.) There are things we reserve for a particular timing and season. We decorate Christmas trees during the Christmas season and we sing happy birthday on an actual birth date. We reserve extravagant celebrations for significant events. We wear black to a funeral and don’t wear white to someone’s wedding. We eat dessert after dinner and don’t drink coffee after brushing our teeth. While adhering too much to formality and rules can run the risk of making things just a formality, I think we can all acknowledge that saving certain traditions and rules makes those moments those moments. The reason they are wonderful are because they are saved and experienced in their own due time.

Something borrowed.

I am currently in the decision making process of what to write/how to make time to work so while I am away, I thought I would share this post that I stumbled across a few days ago. 

These are two beautifully written letters between Miss Right and Mr. Right. I love how honest and true and vulnerable both writers are and they encompass how many are feeling, especially as a twenty-something. I think that it is fair to say that a lot of us have reached a point that we are ready to open up our lives to share with someone else. In all honestly, despite many unknowns and variables, I am at a place where I am at peace and filled with joy. I know who I am and no matter where I go, I know the purpose and path to follow. That being said, "two are better than one" and I know I am not the only one in consensus in that statement. 

If you are at a point where you are praying and seeking to enter into a new stage of life, I think you will really be touched by these letters. I hope they touch you as much as they touched me!