First things first. It is finally football season, and nobody does it finer than the SEC! There's not a whole lot that makes me happier than college football. I love college football like a fat kid loves cake. I can say that too, cause I've been the fat kid and I still like cake. :)
I think I mentioned this obsession before, but in case you want to know what I do all day on Saturdays this time of year...
To completely shift gears...
I am emotionally, physically and spiritually worn out. Worn. Out.
But I've never felt better. Or worse. All at the same time. Makes no sense, I know. That's usually how it goes when God decides that He's going to make some changes in you - whether you like it or not. :)
I've been kindly reminded by a sweet friend that I tend to be a bit...well...wordy. So I'm going to cut to the chase and call it a day.
- Consider yourself immeasureably blessed if you are allowed to see the "why" of God's timing. It doesn't often happen that way, and to be able to witness it is nothing short of awe-inspiring.
- Getting to see the "why" is maybe the only way you'll ever understand what grace really looks like and why God has allowed you to go through things that, up to this point, made no sense. There is no limit on how far He will go to make sure we understand it - grace - and how much it affects our ability to LET HIM LOVE US.
- Change hurts. Can't get around it. Change has to hurt, otherwise, it's just temporary.
- Loving God and how God loves me is embarrassingly different than I've limited it to be up until this point.
- Whatever good you've been taught to believe He is...He's better.
- Whatever grace you think He possesses....there's more.
- Whatever love you think He has for anyone...it's devastatingly stronger than any petty limit you've ever put on it.
- Never underestimate the lengths God will go to free you from things you never thought you'd be free of. Don't underestimate who He'll use to help with that, either.
- When you come across those rare friends that love you in spite of yourself - that love you when you are your most unloveable - that are consistent because they know you need that consistency more than you know you do - don't take them for granted. And when God uses them to get to you, tell them so.
- Be that friend to somebody.
That was still pretty wordy, huh? Those of you that know me well know how wordy it COULD have been - so somebody give me my gold star. :)
I'm not wonderful at updating this thing much, so that's what's been happening. Football and a big ol' come to Jesus meeting. Both desperately needed. :)
