I woke up this morning, discouraged and feeling down. Sometimes the hardest part is not to keep going but to start up again. It's all I can do to pull myself out of bed, fight the doubts, the screams of "failure" in my head, and to wash my face.
But. If I were to look at this past year and how far I've come I would realize that the way I wake up now is like Christmas compared to how it used to be. Now I have a strength that pushes me out of bed despite my wrestling mind, before... let's just say I slept a lot. I'm still working through it and its not over but it will be.
God has blessed me with some great verses and some great books.
I've just started "One Thousand Gifts" by Ann Voskamp. The first two chapters are about her real struggle to find that God is good and also the realization that despite her life seeming like a nightmare, she wants to fully live. (Two things that I have been working through lately)
Today, I saw Lamentations 3:22 on a painting I'd done and decided to read again. Usually always worth it ( : and it was!
"Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new ever morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself,'The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.'"
Lamentations 3:21-24
Love you guys and hope you have a great, joy filled day!
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