Do I have it figured out? Nope. I wish I could tell you that I did. I sit here. At our happy place. Thinking. Remembering. Embracing. I read a quote and it has stick with me the past couple of weeks. If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. (-Fred Diveto) If that doesn’t spark a fire in you. I don’t know what will. It has resonated in me. I know that these challenges. These circumstances. These moments that I’ve been through have been for me to CHANGE. How do you feel about that? Do you sit back and fret on the challenges or do you learn and grow from them? That’s just it. We have to be strong enough to live through the challenges because it WILL CHANGE US. But. Only if we allow it to.
I have missed writing. But I’ve felt this overwhelming ness. To write. To create. To just be still. I knew something was stirring inside me. I just had to let go. Breathe and allow Him to do His work in me. It’s been a slow, stubborn process for me. I don’t like to be still. To listen. I like things to just happen on my time. That’s the beauty of it. I’ve been missing the point. Challenges help with change. So what am I doing? Changing. Slowly. That’s what I needed. For things not to go so smoothly. But for growth to happen in my challenges. So I can finally see the change. Not just on the outside but in the inside.
Im so thankful for this journey. Relationships that have grown. Friendships that have been made. Lessons learned. Growth happening. Slowly. One day at a time. One second at a time. It’s so beautiful to look back and realize all that i missed because I wanted control. I missed out on the changes that were in the works because I wanted things to be easy. Life was not intended to be easy. Life was not intended to be all planned out. Life was intended to live. Live without fear. Live without regret. Live with grace. Live with love. Live with strength. Live with peace. Live with Him. He is enough. You and I are enough. You and I were called. To do BIG things. Let’s do this. Together.
Xoxo,
Jme