Hello everyone!
So this past week I decided I'd change with the start of this new beautiful season! (Cheesy, right?) Lately I've been all down in the dumps because my surroundings haven't been very cheerful. I was in the car with my friend who was giving me a ride home from Starbucks and we noted just how gorgeous the sky looked. It was super clear and there was a nice cool breeze shifting it's way through the otherwise hot air. It was simply amazing. I realized that no matter how hard I tried to be the happy-go-lucky, optimistic person I usually am, I kept missing that key that I needed to unlock that. It was prayer. All along I was missing true prayer. Not the "Why is this happening to me?" or "God, please get me out of this suffering" kind of prayer, but thankful prayer.
On Wednesday I went to church, which I haven't done on Wednesdays in a really long time, and I was hearing what I already knew before but had mistakenly forgot about. I needed to be joyful in my suffering. As a Christian, I am definitely bound to come across suffering. But my God is so omniscient and in control. He was reaching out His hand to me during this season of suffering, but I kept pushing Him away.
On Tuesday I started a new daily bike ride after dinner. I made my own little path around my neighborhood and it was really cool to just leave the house and clear my head. See, whatever my bedroom looks like is what my brain looks like. For the past few months (this is bad) my room has been just an ugly mass of laundry, books, and workout equipment. In connection, my laundry represents my busy schedule of always having somewhere to be. The books represent school that is begging to be done. And the workout stuff is the rage and anxiety that just needs to come out. (Which is why I decided to go bike riding instead. It's easier than lifting weights and stuff.) Oh yeah, then there is the trash on my nightstand. It's a result of me REALLY not wanting to do anything at all because I felt so emotionally and mentally disorganized.
Today on my bike ride, I decided to just pray. I prayed for safety, for the people I passed, and just thanked God for opportunities like that. What better way to clear my head than that? So I've (just today) decided to make my daily ride into my daily prayer ride! I encourage you all to find a good alone time with God to just clear your heart and mind by just giving it all to Him.
Peace out dawg.
-Meg
So this past week I decided I'd change with the start of this new beautiful season! (Cheesy, right?) Lately I've been all down in the dumps because my surroundings haven't been very cheerful. I was in the car with my friend who was giving me a ride home from Starbucks and we noted just how gorgeous the sky looked. It was super clear and there was a nice cool breeze shifting it's way through the otherwise hot air. It was simply amazing. I realized that no matter how hard I tried to be the happy-go-lucky, optimistic person I usually am, I kept missing that key that I needed to unlock that. It was prayer. All along I was missing true prayer. Not the "Why is this happening to me?" or "God, please get me out of this suffering" kind of prayer, but thankful prayer.
On Wednesday I went to church, which I haven't done on Wednesdays in a really long time, and I was hearing what I already knew before but had mistakenly forgot about. I needed to be joyful in my suffering. As a Christian, I am definitely bound to come across suffering. But my God is so omniscient and in control. He was reaching out His hand to me during this season of suffering, but I kept pushing Him away.
On Tuesday I started a new daily bike ride after dinner. I made my own little path around my neighborhood and it was really cool to just leave the house and clear my head. See, whatever my bedroom looks like is what my brain looks like. For the past few months (this is bad) my room has been just an ugly mass of laundry, books, and workout equipment. In connection, my laundry represents my busy schedule of always having somewhere to be. The books represent school that is begging to be done. And the workout stuff is the rage and anxiety that just needs to come out. (Which is why I decided to go bike riding instead. It's easier than lifting weights and stuff.) Oh yeah, then there is the trash on my nightstand. It's a result of me REALLY not wanting to do anything at all because I felt so emotionally and mentally disorganized.
Today on my bike ride, I decided to just pray. I prayed for safety, for the people I passed, and just thanked God for opportunities like that. What better way to clear my head than that? So I've (just today) decided to make my daily ride into my daily prayer ride! I encourage you all to find a good alone time with God to just clear your heart and mind by just giving it all to Him.
Peace out dawg.
-Meg
