Jun. 16, 2008
Groundhog Day
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Today is one of those days when I envy the groundhog. Don't you wish that you could just pop your head out from under the covers and look around just long enough to say "Nope, not today!" and pop your head right back under those covers?! I think that I want to declare a personal groundhog day. Think my family would go for it? Hmmm, I can hear the kids explaining that one to their friends -- "Can't play today, it's mom's groundhog day". Well, it's just as well, because I'm walking a fine line of self pity and I need to snap out of it. It's just one of those days where I feel so inadequate. Life is busy and tight. There are schedules to keep and things to clean and people to love. I'm blessed beyond blessed to have these people who make life busy and schedules tight. So, I just need a good friend to tell me the truth and shake me and tell me to get over myself. Any volunteers? (smile) Okay, so I'll do it myself. Here is my truth....God is so good. Beyond good to me. All that I have and all that I don't have and all that I will ever need -- it's all because of Him and in Him and through Him. He's given me so much and he's saved me from myself so often and He's rescued me and comforted me and loved me..... And I'm just not going to let satan steal my joy. So, please be patient with me right now and say a prayer or two for me. I promise I'll do the same for you when you need it. Isn't that what we're on this road together for? Maybe we can't declare our own personal groundhog days, but we can be vulnerable with each other. We can be real and come alongside each other and do this life-thing together as, I believe, the Lord meant for us to. So, tomorrow morning, I'll probably wake up bounding with energy and be ready to declare winter over, but today, --- can ya hold me up a little? God's just too good to waste a day on self pity! |