Post 13: full of thanks
In honor of the thanksgiving holiday, I’ve been reflecting on everything I have to be thankful for. Of course, not every day is perfect, it’s not always rainbows and butterflies, it’s compromise (I hope you got the song reference), but we learn to push through. Deep down, even in the most pessimistic type of person, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It might be faint, but it’s there.
This year has been one for the books, to say the least. I’ve learned quite a bit about myself and the people in my life. I’ve been able to grow as a person through a few downfalls, but the most important thing is how I’ve grown in my relationship with God.
Honestly, the Lorren at the start of the year, is no where near the Lorren I am now. I used to always get uncomfortable talking about my faith and what that even looked like, but now … well I have a blog about it all. It’s been exciting even hearing how stunned my friends have been with my shift in focus. The way I think and feel about everything truly has changed for the better. I might not know each of the stories of the bible by heart, but slow and steady wins the race and I’ll get there eventually.
On my drive back to Austin yesterday, I listened (for the third time) to this amazing podcast from C3.NYC where Mia Fieldes spoke about her walk through faith. She tells this intricate story that God created for her … also known as how she met her husband. There were so many details that had been “custom made” for her and it got me thinking how thankful I am for our God.
He doesn’t focus on just one person. He focuses on each of us individually and our intricate stories of life so that we may know him a little bit more every day. Our Father doesn’t want us to be like the person next to us, because then the stories we tell of Him would all sound the same. I’m on a different path than the people I know or even the ones I see through a screen, and even though there may be a few things I’m wishing I had, everything is on His time. I am right where I’m supposed to be and I’m so thankful for everything that I’ve been through in my life. It might not have been where I wanted to be in that second, but I’m still standing and even stronger than I was before.