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Welcome, September! Are you glad to say farewell to August? This year, in particular, August felt long. Maybe it was the 20th anniversary of Katrina. Did those conversations dominate your world, too?
As we sit with this marker in time, I feel a mix of not wanting to dwell in the Katrina space we lived through, but also never wanting to forget or minimize its significance. Can you relate? It’s a weird place to be. A place I tend to look for hugs, humor and hope to lean on.
My reflections on that time lead me to not just relive the painful moments, but to look at what has come of them. To not sit in what was, but to see how God has used it since and look toward what could be. What WILL be? My prayer is that God will bring whole healing to our community. That He will help us to truly love our neighbors well, to come together and reflect His light to encourage others. That we can laugh together, cry together, eat together and continue to allow Him to write our stories, and the collective story of redemption and hope in New Orleans.
How about you? What’s your story, and what do you hope for in the chapters to come?
I’m so grateful that in every experience, in every moment big and small, we haven’t had to go through them alone. We are in this together, and in every season, we can lean on each other, care for one another, and be a reflection of Jesus to our community.
It’s because of your support for LifeSongs that we have been able to weather the storms of life together, and the reason we are still here, every day, proclaiming the goodness of God. Thank you for your generous commitment to this ministry, and to bringing Hope to our deep-rooted swampy lil’ corner of the world. You belong here.