Ever feel like all the odds are against you? One thing after the next keeps happening. And you try to remind yourself there are hills and valleys to every season of life... But you still have this small voice inside of you saying "WHY ME?!"
I've been through the valley these past couple of weeks. I finally had to move all of my happy little things out of my college home, hence my not being with you for a couple of days. Insert pity party here. I just loved that little house and all the special memories made in it. You don't realize until you move away from somewhere 1.) How much stuff you've got (boy do I need to lay off the antique shopping/garage sales ha) 2.) How much you're gonna miss that place.
I've been through the valley these past couple of weeks. I finally had to move all of my happy little things out of my college home, hence my not being with you for a couple of days. Insert pity party here. I just loved that little house and all the special memories made in it. You don't realize until you move away from somewhere 1.) How much stuff you've got (boy do I need to lay off the antique shopping/garage sales ha) 2.) How much you're gonna miss that place.
When God shuts one door, He opens another. Never could there be a more truer statement. Believe it or not, it's a good thing to have moments of sadness! Without these moments, we wouldn't ever get to experience true joy and happiness. So I'm choosing to believe wholeheartedly in that statement, that one day I'll be able to take all my little "happies", as I like to call them, and decorate a new home again!
Total side note, Fall is my absolute favorite season so I had to share some happy memories of bringing FALL inside and out of my house! Ahhh.. Can you smell the caramel apple, pumpkin and cinnamon?! Heavenly..
So on top of leaving my college house for good, I've been going through the process of finding a new car in a short time frame (this has been surprisingly stressful), feeling under the weather etc. etc. And I'm ashamed to say it's been too easy to let this little voice come inside my head to say "... poor, pitiful Anna. Why does this happen to me?!"
We can't let that voice in. That's the voice of my own selfishness. My shameful selfishness that keeps me from praising God in my times of stress and trouble.
NOW is the perfect time to take a break for a hot second and be thankful for this time of turmoil. You heard me right, it's time to be thankful.
It's easy to be thankful when everything is going right, but shouldn't we give the same praise and thanks to God when the grapes turn sour? Sure we should!! But do we always.. well I'll be honest and tell you many times I haven't. But I promise you, living a life of gratitude that is God-center is a thousand ka-trillion times better than living a self-centered one.
There's a difference between feeling grateful and BEING grateful! We need to live grateful lives today and everyday... through the good, bad, & ugly.
Let's get excited, even in our tough times, and be thankful that tomorrow is always going to be a new day. Really and truly, after writing this post, I already see how small my "problems" really are. God doesn't promise we won't have valleys to go through, but He does promise, we will NEVER go through them alone!!
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
Let's encourage one another! I would love for you to share with me how you get through your hard times in the comment section below ANDD...send me your name and a prayer request to ae.ellingburg@gmail.com so that I can help encourage you!
Lord, thank you so much for always staying by our side no matter what kind of day we're up against. Keep our hearts focused on you and remind us to be thankful for all our many blessings during hard times. -Amen
Until next time! :)
-A
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