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| One more day. I made it through. Was that all I did today? It feels like I'm just making it through many of my days recently. I'm just trying to get to the other side of whatever phase in my life is going on right now. Where is my joy? I gain my comfort from my God. I am happy around my friends. I feel productive and useful when I am working. I don't really know why I'm journaling. Perhaps I feel like it is that final something that I have to do today before I can go to sleep. I know that I am more introverted than extroverted but I still need human contact. Something about a day where I don't interact with people feels so hollow. Even though I have Christ with me it would be nice to spend some time with someone I could touch. Geez I don't know, I guess I just feel like a hug would be nice every once in a while. God please be real to me.
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| Well it's another Monday and I find myself actually done with my homework. Sometimes I actually finish everything on my lists and it takes me by surprise. I usually wonder if I'm forgetting something. I double check and realize that I am actually done. It's a strange feeling. I think it feels good to know that I put in a good day's work. I look forward to being tired because I worked hard all day. Taking a break is so much more rewarding when you know that you have accomplished everything that the day had for you. I enjoy looking forward to tomorrow knowing that I will have more work to do because at least for now, I can rest.
I feel like everyone is searching for something and won't feel satisfied until they find it. Some want guilt-free rest. Others want the American dream. For some it is that wonderful career and lifestyle they hope to one day achieve. Many just want someone to share life with. But even those these things bring us joy for a season they never fully address the root of the problem. We seek perfection. We strive for it and yearn after it. We recognize the glimpses of perfection that we see in other people's lives and we hunger for it. Yet we find ourselves constantly wanting more. How can people not see that there has to be more? There has to be more.
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| It's so refreshing to come back to Ft. Worth after I've been away for a while. I get to see good friends and spend time with my family. I get to leave all the stress of school and everything else that's associated with Waco. I get to get my mind off of all the things that have been bugging me and I actually get to rest. It's been good to help out around the house and make sure that things get picked up and that people are wearing matching clothes before they run out the door. I miss being handy but there's plenty to do around here.
God's been good to me. Just when I thought I couldn't deal with life in Waco any more, he let me come back here and be refreshed. It still blows my mind to think that he really did care about us so much that he took the time and planned out every detail of our lives so that we would have so many opportunities to draw closer to him. If we take the time to actually draw closer to him, any situation can be a blessing. "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Rest is a beautiful thing...
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