So today 1st day of school, EXHAUSTING! Like a half day did that to me what about a full day? I am going to die. As soon as I got home I took a nap and I hit the snooze on my alarm a good 3 times!
Okay so onto today's topic.
"The Calm Before or After the Storm"
So you know that feeling when it is about to storm it is pretty calm with a little breeze? Well we had that feeling today. Right after that feeling it starts to thunder and to lightning a little and then BOOM it is pouring. Well I am using this as a synonym to life. In life it seems that everything is going smooth and then we start hitting some rocky soil and then it is like our whole world comes crashing down. It feels like we are a lone like no one knows what we are going through. But the hardest part is when you start on the up rise from all of the crashing it seems like God puts you through more and more.
I have a story that I am mentioning no names.
Last year was a rebuilding process for me from things that happened the year before. It all started November 8th earlier in the evening my life was great but then late that night my whole world came crashing down relationships got broken apart. All because 1 person was too immature to be an adult. This same person hurt my closest family by their actions. I told this person that I wasn't going to talk to them if they didn't get help. That was something that was super hard for me. During this time I found who I really was, what my strengths and what my weaknesses were. But most importantly this was a time that I have leaned on God and trusted in him the most in my life.
So I was on the uprise I began to talk to that person again and trying to rebuild the brokenness. Then later last year God hit me with another thing. I found out so much about one of my friends that I couldn't even fathom. That is when I really realized why God chose my family for that situation in 2011. I found out that I can talk with people about problems. So my friend told me about some things and it made me mad because we were camp friends we were supposed to build each other up in Christ, except that night I found myself describing why there is a God and explaining why our bodies are a temple of God. Why God loves us so much, I found myself explaining things I didn't even understand. But somehow I knew what they were that night. But this went on for a while and just recently I have had the calmness after the storm. I am rebuilding friendships and relationships with people I hold dear to my heart.
I take it day by day, and a quote that I like a lot is, " Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery that is why we call it the present."
This quote is saying don't worry about tomorrow because it is a mystery if it will even be there. Don't live in the past because you will never move on. But to live in the moment, live for what is happening today. This is something I have to work on it is just human nature to anticipate. "Don't anticipate PARTICIPATE!" Just take it day by day, and if you see someone in the hallway or anywhere that just looks like they aren't having a good day just go up to them and say something because you an make their day a whole lot brighter! So that is my challenge to you, make someone's day even if you are having a bad one you will get great rewards from it!
Love you all!
I ask for prayers for one of my friends family's and for comfort as they have recently lost a loved one.
-charley
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