2 weeks and 1 day. 15 days. 360 hours. 21, 600 minutes. That is how much time we have left on tour. Together as a family. It's mind blowing to me to think that I have been on the road for 8 months already. As tour winds down, emotions are running high. For me personally, God has given me confirmation and peace knowing that I am not meant to be on tour for next year. The difficulty of it is...I don't have peace yet about this tour being over. You learn to have the mindset, "We have 9 months on tour. 9 months is so far away!" That mindset is slowly changed when you realize it's May and tour ends May 23rd. When the team finishes our last show on May 23rd, that is it. When people hop on their planes, that is goodbye. We will never be together as a family again. Living with 13 people, they are your family. Think of it like this. A typical family. A mom, a dad, and a few kids. A family. They are together from birth and normally leave to go to college around the age of 18. But still, even when leaving, most will come home for at least the holidays to have that normal family meal. Not us. When we separate, we will never be together like this again. Even if there was a possibility for a reunion, 95% of my guess is that at least one person will not be able to come due to travel, jobs, or new families/lives. Finding peace in moving on is extremely difficult. We are all so excited for what is next, but at the same time, we don't want this to be over. It is going to be a culture shock when we get back into the real world and realize we have a normal schedule. Realizing we have to set our alarm for one time everyday. Realizing we have time on our hands to just sit on the couch.
As tour ends, we realize it is God flipping to the next page and beginning writing the next chapter. We are learning that our lives are a book, and it is not finished yet. Every book has multiple chapters. If it only had one, no one would read it. Our tour chapter is slowly finishing and it is coming to its final pages. Just because this chapter is over doesn't mean the book is finished. God is going to slowly begin writing the next chapter and slowly give you peace knowing the last chapter has ended. You will always have those memories and be able to flip back and reread it, but you can't go back and rewrite it.
As some of you are graduating high school and so excited for the next chapter in life such as college, when you get to graduation day, your emotions will be just as crazy as mine right now. But know this. God is planning your next chapter and you don't have to be upset that this chapter is ending. Find peace in Him. I am going to college next year and I realize I have so much to be thankful for that this chapter even was written. No matter what happens in your or where life leads you, always find peace in knowing that He is God. Your book is still being written. And let your life be a ministry. Because you may be the only Bible that somebody reads.
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