letter from annie CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Generally speaking, when we set out to accomplish a task, project, or assignment, we have in our minds an idea of how long it will take or just how much of us we’ll need to give. Knowing this can be greatly beneficial in managing our time well, but if we allow this “plan” to rule our lives and affect our joy when things do not go according to plan, it becomes robbery in our Christian walk: robbery of our joy, peace, outward focus, and most importantly, God’s glory being seen through our attitude and countenance. The design process for this issue has been a fresh reminder of not just preparing well, but surrendering well. This issue did not get done in my timeframe. There were lost files, project interruptions, technical complications, wrong photos, and long, long hours of design far beyond the calendar days planned. But one of the great joys of surrender is that everything we once would call “ours” is now His; and as we learn this new pattern for life we find that frustration now becomes perseverance, loss becomes opportunity for doing it better the second time around, long hours beyond “the plan” acquaint us with His strength, and when the inspiration well runs dry, we get the grand reminder that everything we need is found in Him alone! Surrender presses us into dependency, but think, dear sisters, upon Who we get to be dependent upon in all things - the High King of heaven, the Almighty Beloved, the Living Word, the Defeater of death, and the matchless Creator! So here’s to another issue provided by the grace of this One alone, from many surrendered lives that take great delight in being HIS. May you too, through these pages and in the unfolding of a new season, find such a delighted surrender!
HIS and yours,
annie
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