Discovering Beauty Through the Chaos
If I am being honest sometimes I have a hard time believing that something beautiful can come from chaos. In my own personal life I am all over the place in my mind and heart, I am hard on myself, I overthink, I doubt and often get discouraged in my relationship with God. I don’t think we talk about how hard life can be sometimes because we feel the need to have our life “together”.
At Re:Create each week we work on projects and time and time again I look at what the students have created and I am blown away that they can take a blank canvas or a simple idea and create something so unique and beautiful. Each girl’s journey of discovering this beauty looks so different.
“It’s not about having everything all together and planned out but it’s being willing to stare at the blank canvas, and trusting the process and embracing the chaos to uncover the beauty.”
Sometimes in order to find beauty you have to enter into the chaos, sometimes you literally have to start over, sometimes you start with one idea and over time it starts to shift and morph into something you never expected.
This is how I think we need to come to our relationship with God: it's not about having everything all together and planned out but it's being willing to stare at the blank canvas, and trusting the process and embracing the chaos to uncover the beauty. Each journey will look completely different. But that process can often force us to deal with a some deeper issues…
At Re:Create we have been learning about what it truly means to be loved by Jesus. Each one of us struggle with mental health, negative thoughts, and loneliness. Now more than ever we need to connect with HOPE of Jesus to find beauty amidst the pain and uncertainly. I am so thankful that YFC Saskatoon is providing opportunity for kids to discover that beauty, no matter where they are on their journey.
YFC staff are not immune to these feelings of doubt and despair. About 7 months ago I was in a dark season in my mind. I cried myself to sleep daily wondering if God really cared about me. I was deep in the chaos. But over the past few months I have been gifted with the most beautiful friendships, moments in God’s creation and random blessings that have helped me see beauty even in and through that chaos. God was lifting my gaze and creating something beautiful from the ashes.
Because of your partnership, we can continue to BRING HOPE to hurting kids. Thank you for the role you play in helping young people discover their true beauty in the midst of the chaos.