I must first confess that I struggle at consistency. Just look at the last time I posted a blog. (ouch!) How many times have I committed and RE-committed to my exercise regimen. Eating better has been a core focus for the past six months, and that has gotten easier. I can count calories in my head and make good eating choices with no sweat. (Why can't I "arrive" in more areas!!????)
As I continue to run the rat race, it gets to be an exhausting journey! Can anyone else relate? I just get tired. The fatigue is accompanied with loneliness, frustration and doubt. (That does not make a pleasant dessert!) I pursue what I feel is my "calling", make adjustments to my lifestyle, people come and go, and I end up pretty much where I started.
I don't know about you, but this girl doesn't give up easily. Even when it comes to turning over many of those "tasks" and "plans" to the One who can direct my "paths"--I don't give in. Instead of really living in the moment of every day, I'm seeking, searching, and carrying on---
I don't know where "home" is for you or what your "home" life looks like, but for me, I hadn't realized I had a "home". It's a foster home of sorts. I think there are a lot of people there that can relate. My long-time pastors are thankfully relocated to the SAME city I am. Getting to reconnect with them after about six years was the BIGGEST blessing I've received in a long time. They pastor a church full of people who really love others. I'm not talking goofy, fake sentiment here. I'm talking the real stuff--the real honest crema from the bean.
I've told my parents (what I refer to my pastor's as generally) how much they've impacted my life and that whenever I'm journeying and find I have no place to go, I ALWAYS have a home where they are. I told them I knew I had to "come home".
Life can be a drag--for sure! Life can be mediocre--you bet! But life can also be abundantly overflowing with Joy, beauty, passion, and LOVE. Just need the right mind set and people to make LIFE truly what it's meant to be... <3
For those who've reached out and not ignored that this young lady needed to be reminded of all of God's goodness and love (I could name you, but I will just cherish you instead!)
Love-real, honest love-changes you. You see the world in a better light after having known it...Nothing compares to earth-shaking, soul-changing, mind-rattling love.--Me
Coming Home by Gwenth Paltrow
http://youtu.be/ixP0d8klLvI
