"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer."
Romans 12:12
my dad sent me a very powerful email recently.
i have been in a funk for the last 10 days basically letting myself go to be honest.
it has been rainy and crappy non-stop,
because of the wedding i have a gazillion things to catch up on in school,
i am working nights and weekends now with my new job so i have had to say no to another gazillion things (i know, who knew there were so many 'things' in the world),
my room has been a disaster and when my room is a disaster i do all i can to not be at my house
(so what, i have avoidance issues),
and i canNOT pull myself out of bed anymore, which is a huge pet peeve.
get yo ass up girl! (sorry - it is really just that pathetic).
but guess who cares - NO ONE!
so why do i keep making excuses to the air? it doesn't care.
why do i make empty promises to myself? i obviously don't care.
in church this past week we talked about making a change. now.
waking up on a new path. putting the old behind. putting away childish ways.
growing up doesn't mean you lose the ability to have fun,
it doesn't mean you spend all your time budgeting and fretting and having babies.
it simply means you know what it means to be faithful. to not be so shoved around by the ebb and flow that is life and to simply exist by pushing forward and getting stuff done.
and that email i mentioned earlier? well, why don't you read it and try not to be impacted...
That's my girl!!! Plug away at life. Be intentional. Put your best foot forward. Take on life, because its yours to take. And email us, were not dead, and we have not forgotten you. And new job.!? If this is the job I think it is...stop complaining before I come all the way from Guatemala to tell u how pathetic you are!!!
ReplyDeleteaw, what a sweet note! sounds like you a great father! :) and yes, that is such a good verse to meditate on esp during the hard times. hang in there, girl!
ReplyDeletethanks for all the encouragement ladies! :)
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