i've learned
something about being an adult.
you think you
have everything figured out.
and then you turn
a corner and
N-O-P-E.
there are so many
emotions that go into being a grown up
you have to put
your heart out there a lot.
and sometimes...
just sometimes...
you get hurt in
the process.
i am walking
through one of those face-to-wall, door in face, NOPE moments
and it hurts.
oh honey how it
hurts.
and so once again
i have to open myself up to not knowing what is ahead.
and once
again
i have to find
peace in knowing that the unknown is known by the One
who knows all.
and that needs to
be enough.
*insert here
"saying this is much easier than doing this"*
i have to give it
all to Him
i have to rest in
the peace He gives
i have to
completely rely on His wisdom and grace.
i also have to
keep this pain from turning into resentment.
i have to know
that there is a purpose and a plan in all things.
all things.
ALL THINGS.
i have to keep
preaching that to myself.
i must keep
preaching that to myself.
john piper says:
therefore, do
not lose heart. but take these truths and day by day focus on them. preach them
to yourself every morning. get alone with God and preach His Word into your
mind until your heart sings with confidence that you are new and
cared for
those words hold so much truth.
hold so much
wisdom.
hold so much just
straight goodness.
do not lose
heart.
preach His word
into your mind.
you are new and
cared for.
preach HIS WORD
into your mind.
not the word of
the enemy.
not the word that
comes from insecurity.
His Word.
i must.
and so i will.
and when i fail.
i will read it.
and i will speak
it.
and i will drench
myself in it.
because there is
a plan and a purpose in every moment.
in every twist and
turn in life.
when we think we
have it all figured out
and when we see
that we are so far from that.
when we are on
solid ground
and when the earth
falls from beneath us.
there is meaning
in all things.
amen
amen
amen.
