November Thankfulness: so I missed day 1 & 2 - but it is never to late to be thankful .... so day 3. I am thankful for who God made me to be. Now.... that may sound churchy, or even cliché, but it isnt. I am stubborn, I am gullible, I am an emotional extremist, I am a warrior (even when I dont need to be), I am passionate and not always about the right thing. I am one who acts first, thinks second, I have no filter between my mind and my mouth, and I am also one who loves quickly, loves deeply, and forgives easily.... but when I am done, I am done. That is Me. Those traits have brought me much joy and much heartache. They have gotten me into hard times and gotten me out of hard times. Those traits push some people away, but they pull some close. They often have me building walls to keep people from getting to close, and those same walls protect those who have worked their way inside. I will take on any hurt, brokenness, damage, and fight for those I love, but it oftens prevents those same people from seeing my hurt, brokenness and damage. I have questioned God often about why he made me the way I am, and for most of my life I did not like the person I was - but today I can look back over my life and see the mistakes, those right and wrong choices, those missteps, the successes, the joy, the laughter and the tears - and I am so thankful for everyone of them. Because of the storms, I know what a rainbow truly is, because of the poor choices, I can understand when others make them. Because of the hurt I feel from not getting the love I wanted from someone, I have the love of the one God meant for me to have all along. Because of what my choices gave me as life experience - good and bad - I can love and understand those in my life who are starting their life journey, those who are in the middle of lifes journey, and those who are walking the same path of life with me now. I am not who others think I am, or who they want me to be. I am everything God Intended, and the parts of me that is not what God intended, he will use for his Glory and to help someone else.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 15:29:08 +0000
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