There are some moments in life that you know are intrinsically important. For many of those we create expensive or fancy looking pieces of paper - graduations, marriages, births. They certify for everyone else to see that something special occurred. Other times we document the event in other ways - yearbooks, photographs/portraits, memoirs, speeches. Every event is both a begining and an ending - the start or close of a chapter.
For me, that is what these last two weeks have been - the close of a chapter. A very important, big, transformational chapter. I've had to say goodbye to some of my closest friends, pack-up, and move. I honestly hope to keep in touch with them; technology is great for that. But I also know that I may never see some of them again - that's just the way life is.
Some might wish that life didn't have changes: no goodbyes, no sadness, no leaving; I am not one of those. I find stasis to be more boring than watching paint dry (at least paint changes from a viscous liquid to a flaky solid). We can't move on to greater adventures and chapters if we don't close the current one. Neither can we forget the preceding parts of the story. The best part, though, is that God is the author and finisher of our faith. And that is what life really is: the story of our faith.
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Well, I have a plane to catch; it's time to turn the page...
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