Can I just tell ya that I LOVE my friends!!! I went through a period where I didn't feel connected to people. Could be that I now live in a hood where my neighbors are retired?? I love my hood, just miss the walking across the skreet to "hang out". Man, hanging out....how I miss those days.
But now that I am back to work and have discovered new connections, I am just blessed. I learn from so many wonderful women around me through school, church, community. I am seeing and feeling the support of loved ones and enjoy being around people. I guess sometimes as we get older we realize that all friendships may not last, but new ones are born.
I love that the people around me confide in me and trust my thoughts. I mean, there are some people who are just really going through some hard times and I am happy to lend a hand, an ear, and some cases a good swfit kick!!! (with love of course)
It's nice to sit in a good spot. And it's nicer to know with confidence that God resides in me and will carry me off this "Mountain Top" season in my life into some valleys as we all will and have experience, only to teach me that He is God and He is all I need. He blesses me with such peace about my life that when crap happens, I know there is a purpose for every single detail He provides me with.
I just can't get it inti words how abundant His love is and daily I am saddened by the fact that there is a slew of people who choose to not know Him. I just don't get it. I'm learning daily just how vital it is that believers SHOW those around us that He is God! Period. I mean, I learned tonight that there is a whole new world that exists just above us. A world that we cannot fathom b/c it is beyond our human capabilities. But a world that we will one day live in. It's liberating and exciting and scary....but it's there! There is not enough time to be stagnant in our faith and our mission to bring others to Christ. I mean, my current situation with my 2nd grade class---it's been a difficult start, but I stand tall and remain faithful that these kids were put with me for a reason. I've learned that nothing happens by chance. God intends everything. Had I not known this, I could have lost my sanity, my love for teaching, and thrown my hands up only to go to work everyday hating what I do. But instead, through Him, I am able to put my actions in perspective, stay true to the mission I am given and see these kids as treasures. This is not how I would have reacted even a year ago. I'm learning that it's not about me and I will only endure what I can handle!
So thank you God for being powerful, all-knowing, and in control! It amazes me that a God THAT big would desire to know me intimately!