Life is just like a box of chocolate...I love chocolate, but there are certain types of chocolates I like better than others. I think many times we would like to just eat our favorites and sometimes expect our favorites. When life does throw difficult things at us, we don't quite know how to handle it. Some get angry. Some get bitter. Some get sad. Some get ashamed.
Life is so short. How much time will be spend in anger and bitterness. We can't control what others do and what others think, but we can deal with our own actions and thoughts. Anger and bitterness held inside i think eventually show their ugly selves on the outside-people will see.
I really admire my friend Jessi. She's gone through some rough things in life, yet she did not chose anger and bitterness. I know she's had to work through those things and there may have been times she wanted to hang on to those feelings. She has learned to overcome them over the years and has continued to apply them in her life today. The one vital thing in her life is God. She's learned forgiveness and moving on. Like all of us, one we learn something, that doesn't mean we have conquered it. We get better at applying it, but sometimes it's still difficult. To find Joy through the pain. The test of true faith in God.
I learn so much about myself through things that i have gone through, but I also learn so much through the wonderful friends in my life who have also struggled with this thing called life.
I am so blessed to have so many wonderful friends.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
reminder
I had a good time getting to know Emily Bawden's family this weekend. Her dad, Paul, is a pastor in a cute little church. He was teaching on worship. He reminded me that God continually seeks/pursues our hearts. We stray away many, many times. God still seeks the hearts of the lost, of those who had come to know him-but have forgotten, of those who willfullness chose to walk away from him. Continually pursues our hearts. I cannot comprehend this. What will it take for each of us to know the truth about God?
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