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Good Things Take Time
THE EDITOR’S LETTER
Dear Reader,
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With this issue, I wanted to focus on something contrary to the lifestyle of our current culture: good things take time. It doesn’t feel natural for me to slow down and be still. Growing up, I was always moving: physically running around or running around inside my imagination. I have always been a dreamer, with plans of becoming a film actor living in the concrete jungle of New York. As cliché as it sounds, I was a small-town girl with big-city dreams— sounds like a movie, right?
As a teenager, I began placing expectations and pressure on myself to make my dreams become a reality, living as if I was running out of time. This way of thinking is stressful, and I quickly became disappointed with who I was becoming. This is what I learned from that time: dreams are more about who you are becoming than what you are doing.
Portrait by Maiso Photography
At the end of the day, who I am becoming is more important than living life in the fast lane. I can’t live out the dreams of my heart when I have never slowed down enough to get to know who I am. There was more that I needed to learn to become the person God has created me to be, and that takes some time.
My dreams have changed as I’ve grown as a person, and I’m loving where God has led me thus far. At this point in my life, I’ve learned that when I allow the Holy Spirit to direct my steps, I am exactly where I need to be. There’s no need to worry. I am looking toward the future, at the same time, being content with what I am doing right here and now.
Often, we aren’t presently prepared for what God has planned for us, and we need time to be refined. We have heard it before: it does not matter how fast we get to where we want to be if our character can’t keep us there. Period!!
Put your head down right where you are and dig deep, remembering that there are good things underneath the soil. It just needs some time to grow.
with love,
Livv
