In which I monologue like I'm a character in a 2010s coming of age film

     

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    Can I just be in a 2010s coming of age film? 

    Can I gallop with friends through wildflower fields, mill about drive-in theaters late into the night, discuss books, life, faith, and purpose with people who are young and wise, broken and beautiful? 

    Broken but daring, fiercely daring to live in each day. To love God wholly even when they don't feel him, to see to the care and service of those around them, to fill the world with beauty and peace and Jesus. People who refuse to surrender to despair and abandon the pursuit of Shalom, even when the call to flee, flee, flee is oh, so strong.

    People who do all that even when every day brings a thousand battles and they feel finished. Holding on because of two simple facts: That God is with them and they believe every promise He has spoken in His word.

    These are the kind of people I know I want more of in my life. 

    This is the kind of person I am trying to be.

    Alright, now, enough deep talk! 

    *Rises from the park bench where we'd been sitting surrounded by the glow of fireflies and setting sun*

    Come on! 

    I'll race you into the soon-to-be starlit ocean and we'll splash among the deep, dark waves, believing in hope and light again. 

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Thank you so much for reading this post! 

Have a wonderful rest of your day and go be epic!!

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