Today is an intimidating day for me... today is the day I step off the ark. I have already experienced some of the changes the flood has brought. I have felt the ark settle on the mountain-top from the flood. I have heard the waters recede. I have smelled the earth, musky from its fresh laundering.
Until today I have sought shelter and not desired to leave. But God says it's time... it's time to crawl out from the shelter of His wings. It's not that He isn't still there, watching, guiding, protecting. It's that it's time I uncover my eyes and see the world He has given me.
Today is the day I must face that which has changed and will never be the same. Today is the day that I attend my first Down Syndrome Conference. Now the door will open and I see this new world... it is still earth - same yet different. The flood changed everything.
But oh, how very thankful I am for the family (biological, spiritual and friends) that is experiencing this with me. Those who have chosen to walk along side of us as we explore this new world... recognizing that the change of the atmosphere allowed the rainbow... the rainbow that reminds us of God's eternal promise of His love, protection and provision.
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