THE POWER OF...ONE

Today my head is full thinking about just one thing. About "ONE."

It's such a small number.  It sits little and alone. 

But today I've been thinking about all the "ONES" that have so much significance.. so much power. 

The power of ONE can  change your life.

One bite of food can make those of us with allergies extremely sick. One note can divide an orchestra. One person's actions can damage a team. One diagnosis can alter your future. One phone call can break your heart. ONE. 

I've watched it sucker punch and hit hard for me and for those I love. 

BUT that power to wound is NOT the only power "ONE" has.

It's hard truth that sometimes "ONE" can carve out places in our hearts that we didn't know could hurt so bad and take so much time to fill and mend that we begin to think that the depth they took from us never going to heal. Life can have some awful ONES like that.

But there's also this ONE that holds things together. This ONE that fills those spaces and broken places. This ONE who speaks ONE word and calms a storm. This ONE who takes ONE lunch and then feeds a whole bunch ... ONE BY ONE BY ONE.  Because each ONE matters. YOU matter.

You see there's this ONE-- this ONE whose love for you is so great--who wants you to know there's so much more than just that ONE thing you see right now even though it's SO big it's the only thing in your sightline. 

I understand how big that ONE thing can look. It's amazing what perspective does in drawings. It makes us see what's close and what's far. Things look large that are up close and small that are far away. And that's the truth in our lives too. What ONE thing we are sitting closest to can even block our view. And the same is true in our heads and hearts.

I've always been a big picture planner- motivated by working towards goals and future aspirations. But there's been these times in my life where I just couldn't see ANYTHING ahead for that sudden GIANT problem staring me in the eye and blocking my future view. And these times.. they are hard. Brutal. I wouldn't choose them. But they're truthfully also the times that have taught me the most about moving forward when you feel like your feet are stuck in cement.

Because it's about another way that ONE holds power.

It's about the ONE who hears and sees and cares. It's about taking ONE step to put HIM in view. RIGHT BETWEEN YOU AND THAT GIANT OF A PROBLEM.

And it's  about that next ONE step to move.  ONE. 

One idea, one smile, one phone call, one word, one book, one medicine, one thought, one choice.. ONE. ONE will change a lot.

ONE got me through my darkest, hardest days. One phone call to a friend to see how she was doing. One song on repeat. One walk with one person put on my heart. One word in my hope jar that helped me see beyond what was going on right then and there and know that there was indeed more than what I thought was all I saw. One word to remind me that each day there was still ONE more thing to be thankful for. ONE.

It's just ONE away. That's so close friend. You can touch it. It's in your grasp. You can chose it and you can reach it. You can!

ONE is actually my now favourite number. It's the number that makes me think of Jesus and the power of His ONE life for so many. And it's the number that makes me think of you. If reading this one blog helps ONE person and it's you... it's worth the time to write and rewrite it. YOU are my ONE. And YOU matter.

Because the ONE Jesus I know drew ONE line in the sand when others had stones to throw. And He took ONE side in the mess. He took ours. 

He's stooped down in our mess- where we've been pushed to the ground too. He's looking us in the eye and saying take ONE step with me.  There's no stones for throwing... just His life as stepping stones for walking over and on. I know He's beaming in joy at just your smallest movement and ready for what's later because he sees that soon you may just walk on water. It's COMING.

Go come up with ONE idea, call ONE friend, encourage ONE person, smile to brighten ONE person's day, declare ONE truth over your life, or write ONE thing down you are thankful for. Because that ONE step and that ONE thing holds power. And the ONE who made it that way is cheering you on. He's singing ONE powerful love song while you move to take that one step. 

​Take that ONE small step forward. And then another and another. You ARE going places sista!  There's an amazing story being written in your beautiful life. Love you!