This time last year, I was finishing up my final week of student teaching and I thought that in 1 year I would have a new car, a new apartment and a new job, well how foolish am I?
It's one year since I graduated and I don't have a new car, I'm still living in my parents house and I don't have a job! I have my diploma but it's still sitting in the frame in the frame box behind my side bed table waiting to go up in my new classroom/office. But, you know what, it's okay! Really, this past year has been such a blessing to me! I've built new relationships, I've seen old ones grow and I've had a great year of learning!
Don't get me wrong, I still want all of those things, and I want them so badly, but when I reflect upon all of the amazing things that have happened this last year, I can't help but have a smile on my face! I took a few road trips back to school and realized that yes, my time at James Madison University came to an end and that I do need to grow up. But, how scary is that thought? Growing up, who actually want's to grow up.
Personally I am the sort of person who is always looking forward to the next event. If you ask anyone who really knows me, I always have some sort of countdown going, but as of recently I have not! Not that there hasn't been anything to count down to, but I've been excited for what's happening here and now! There are so many sweet things that happen to me each and every week. I never know when I'm working so I don't know what life I'm going to come in to contact with that day, but I can also know that I spend time with a lot of the same people, and I get excited to see where our relationship is going.
With that being said, I finally had some quiet time with God this afternoon in the park, and I can truly say that I missed it. I haven't been very consistent with that over the last 2.5 weeks or so and my friends were beginning to recognize that fact, so what did I do, I made a change. I changed the way I was feeling by sitting in His presence and just pouring my heart out to Him over the pages of my journal. I love talking to God, but I am terrible at listening to Him. So, that is one of my goals this summer, listen to Him better, to shut my mouth and just listen.
Are you happy with where you are in life? If not, why? What do you want to change? How do you think you can make that change happen? Can you make that change yourself, or do you need a supernatural force make that change for you? Do you listen, or do you talk the whole time? Do you even know that answer? If not, I urge you to take some time and evaluate your conversation life with Him!
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