I have had a couple absolutely perfect days this week!! I've gotten to connect with fellow believers and share encouragement as well as be encouraged by them. I've gotten to watch the World Cup and enjoy the excitement of the sport with friends and strangers alike. I've gotten to lounge with my sketchbook on the warm riverbank of the Arno on a lazy Sunday afternoon without a care in the world. I've gotten to reconnect with pieces of my heart that had been silent for so long I wondered if they were gone forever. God has opened up special moments, special doors, and special relationships in the most unexpected times and places for no other reason than to bless my heart. There is nothing more humbling. I am so grateful for where I am, who I am, and what God has brought me to right here and right now. I'm excited to see where the future takes me and I'm also apprehensive about the pains I know it will hold, but I don't want either of those things to distract me from enjoying these moments. Moments of peace and sweetness. Moments one can spend a lifetime dreaming about and that are worth remembering for years to come. Moments that are both passive and defining.
Nothing in these last few days has radically shaped my life. I am still the same person with the same perspectives and opinions, heading in the same general direction, and yet the fact that I've had them makes me so much more whole as a person. These memories won't protect me from having bad days in the future, nor will they be enough to even carry me through those bad days, but they will add a special flavor to the way that I see and approach my days to come. Having a good day doesn't invalidate the bad days, and having bad days should never prevent my ability to fully enjoy the good ones. If anything, it should only make them that much sweeter and more worth holding onto when they do come along. Each one simply becomes a new, unique thread added to the tapestry that is being woven - the fabric of who I am.
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