When I think about 2017, I can't quite decide what kind of year it was. It had some really wonderful highs, and some really heartbreaking lows. It was a year movement, of the girl I'd been before, and the woman I was becoming. I had to start taking my mental health seriously. I was working with some of the best friends I'll ever have. A friend died tragically. I moved to an amazing new city. My former choir director and major reason for my love of music passed away from cancer. One of my best friends got married to one of the best guys on the planet. Then there were all the insane things that have happened in the world this year. But, for every struggle, there was an equally powerful force of good in my life.
I find myself drawn to the following lyrics: Remember the kisses, remember the laughter, and all that's gone away. It so clearly describes my feelings about 2017. I remember the good times. I remember the bad times. That's life, I suppose. Life in a flawed universe. The insane thing about being Christian is that God calls us to trust and praise him in all times. Even more insane? That actually makes sense. In some of the hardest times this year, I realized that my faith was never shaken, never in question. I might have had moments of anger, of confusion at how God could allow tragedy to occur, but never rejection. Instead, I found all my hope resting in the promise of Jesus Christ's redemption for all the world. Each and every struggle became a promise that there is something better to come.
2017 in a handful of photos...
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Me: Amelia BrownAvid runner & baker, following God's call to year of mission and service work in the Episcopal Church & Anglican Communion. Archives
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