Good stuff, Being Me! I've found trying to look at what is still there rather than only acknowledging what is missing, is a helpful method. I've been turning to a bible verse in Romans, I'll share it with you: "We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectency such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary- we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives..." I know my life has been blessed tremendously, some of which is due to my efforts and some not. I don't want to live my life mired in my pain (it's a battle lately though!) and be so busy feeling sorry for myself that I miss the good stuff God is sending my way. I don't want the Lord up there clenching his fists at me and mumbling "would you just look beyond your own nose for even one minute!" There's a song by Casting Crowns where the singer says something like "Jesus will save the world, maybe the best thing we can do is just get out of his way!" I think that rings true in our own lives, we can get in the way of the good happening and maybe our job is to just get out of the way and let those good times roll in. Just a thought! Have a great day, Being Me.
