Someone once told me that if they loved me, with the amount that they did, it would solve and fix anything that came our way. When the relationship ended they lost all hope, in everything. At first I completely disregarded the whole statement. In my mind that logically doesn't work. There are so many other things that play into a relationship that you can't just depend on that. So I counted his statement as completely faulty. A while has passed and it came to my attention again as we are working on our conference for Define. He slightly had the right idea, but it was being miss placed. Your complete love, hope and trust should be fully placed on God. Things happen in life and if we place our whole heart and love in one person you cant promise that everything will be okay and that something wont happen that tears it apart. Whether it be a job, relationship or material item. Yes, you both can be committed to each other, stay by each others side and do everything to make it work, but we are human and that may not be the path that God has for us. That allows you to have hope differed, which is NOT healthy. Our love first and foremost should be placed in God. Our love and adoration for Him is like our anchor. Hebrew 6:19, "This hope we have as an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast..." God created the World, and everything on it. We are only human. If we place our love in God and have him as our anchor no matter what storm may pass, with Him, everything will be okay. That isn't saying that it won't be hard, but you wont have hope differed and end up empty and hopeless. I won't ramble on, but this is just a taste of what we will be talking about at our conference March 30th. Check out the website, come to the event and see even more what I am talking about:
http://www.defineconference.com/
Family is one thing I hold so dearly to my heart. I am fortunate enough to have such a huge family that I can count on at any moment and that I am so close to. I have to continue to keep myself in check. I tend to busy myself with everything in life and with all the place I serve that I don't save time for family. Along with being so busy recently, I have let myself slack on the sleeping portion, Therefore I am now sick and forced to stay home and sleep ha BUT the amazing thing is that I got to enjoy a great night with my family. I have missed this.
Today has definitely been a day to reflect on a lot of things; pretty easy to do when you spend a whole day in bed sleeping or just resting. I am so thankful. I don't deserve everything that God gives me, but he continues to bless me. Even in one of my jobs that I can't stand. I made great money, closed with Paul, who is a pleasure to work with, and spent the rest of my evening at a Sherie's Dinner with and old friend till 4 am. I am so thankful to have such a friendship in life and excited to see it grow. Even a fellow little sheep that Matt dropped in my purse decided to hang out ;)
