Wow, just to start off with I have realized how horrible I have been at blogging this summer. I feel like that's ok though, because I don't think many people really read blogs (there are way too many other things to keep up with). At least I know I am a failure at it (sorry for all of you who have blogs, I probably haven't been great about reading them!).
Anyway, what I really want to talk about is living with joy to the point of abandon. Isn't it amazing what children do? I watched a group of kids have fun dancing on stage for 45 minutes tonight, without any embarrassment. They danced with so much joy and creativity - they just let loose and lived. Why can't we all live like that? There is something to be said of living like a child: loving with a heart wide open, ignoring what society sees as "cool" and just putting everything out on the line every day. Jesus calls us to be childlike in our faith: living with reckless abandon and joy, heedless of any naysayers and without any reason of embarrassment.
Another beautiful thing about children is how they love with their whole heart. They don't understand heartbreak and death, they have never truly been let down and had to face heartbreak. It's hard, but how amazing would it be if we could push all the negative "what if's" to the back recesses of our minds and just love like nothing bad will ever happen? Like we are all truly family and will spend eternity together in heaven because, my friends, that's what will happen. Every person that we meet is on the same journey and we will meet many again someday and what glorious reunion it will be!! That's what gets me through goodbyes each week here on ASP. I know that one day I will see these volunteers again and we will have the opportunity to truly know each other and live together, joyful and loving as children.
