God's People

Ladies and Gents, our Heavenly Father! (insert mad applause and standing ovation here)


Okay, but seriously, I can't stress how great this guy is. He has this lovely way of putting people in each of our lives that are full of His love and compassion, even if they don't know it. And you know what, here's my tribute to each of them.



To the lady at Starbucks last night who complimented my top and was as kind as could be-- Thank you. You saved me from a night full of self-pity and crying. You snapped me out of the overtakingly negative mood I was in, and I was able to have a good night after that. You honestly have no idea how much you saved me last night.

P-- You are incredible. You are smart. You are compassionate. You are understanding. And you are exactly the person I need right now, to lean on when I have weak moments. Thank you.

S-- You get so happy to see me, whenever you see me. And it makes me feel so special. Sometimes, that little self-confidence boost turns my day completely around. Thank you.

K-- I love you. We barely ever see each other or talk, and yet you have such empathy for me whenever I'm down. You truly are God's servant, and you truly know what it means to love people. Thank you for caring about me. (ps... let's skype soon... and we NEED to plan a sushi date for Christmas.)

To the random classmate that messaged me on FB, saying how much he admires my organizational work, and asking me for help-- You have absolutely no idea how good it feels to have my work noticed and appreciated. I have been bending over backwards for that choir, and I'm glad that people are appreciative of the massive amounts of work and thought that I put into it. You officially made my day.

To the girl that works in the coffee shop downstairs-- you are so kind to me, every day that I go down there for my afternoon coffee and bagel. I can't tell you how much it brightens my day to see you every Tuesday and Thursday and have you ask my how my day is, and genuinely care about the answer. Thank you.




God had a way of showing his love to us, through everything around us. All we have to do is break out of our self-involved thoughts and feelings, and let Him show us. I'm so stubborn it took until I had to break down and beg God to help me appreciate this day for me to realize it, but I did.

And you know what? When you have that realization that God's people are as incredible as they are, and have as much capacity for shoing God's love as they have, you'll know what I mean.


Have a blessed day, my friends.

And remember: "I am blessed. I am blessed. God loves me, God provides. I am blessed"

Prayer?

How is it that one day can be so wonderful, and make you want to jump and shout and praise God, and the next day is completely awful and so distant from the day before?

That's about the story of my life right now, folks. I am so overwhelmed with everything that I have taken on, and on top of that, I have been feeling very depressed on a far-too-consistent basis.

On Sunday of this week, I decided that I don't want to "just get through things" anymore. After all,

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! Psalm 118:24

So I decided that I was done "getting through" things, and that I want to prosper and enjoy every day. Our wonderful Father gives us each and every day of our lives as a gift, so why not rejoice in that?

Well, it's been really hard. I have days when I am unexpicably sad, about nothing and everything at the same time. And like I said earlier, it happens way too often for me to feel any kind of comfortable with it.

I think it goes without saying that I would like prayer. I would just love if you could go to God and ask Him to just pour himself out on my life, in whatever way He knows would be best. I would really, really appreciate it, friends.