As I write this im thinking about how each and every New Year's Eve I promise myself the same things. I'm going to be happier, healthier, wiser, kinder, more tolerant , less tolerant blah blah blah. I say the exact same thing every year and every year I don't do anything I said I was going to do. I try but I either give up, or give in and don't follow through. So before I promise myself that I'm going to change anything I'm going to remember the things that changed me.
I lost friends. Became a single parent. Had financial hardship. Gained weight. Felt lonely. Had frustration at work. And legal issues. I can't think of anything else but I think that sums it up. I had a heck (excuse my language) of a year. All of that and I'm sure a whole lot more could've broken me and then some. But it didn't!!
Don't get me wrong I still have the same problems. But my problems are no longer an issue. The lost friends were replaced with better ones. My single parenthood became a stronger womanhood. My frustration at work became an opportunity for tolerance. My financial hardship became an opportunity for wise spending. My increased weight became an opportunity to live healthier. And my loneliness became an opportunity to become closer to God.
So while there are things I want to change. There's some things I'm willing to go through to get where God is trying to take me. Instead of looking at all the subtractions and divisions in my life, I need to pay attention to all the additions and multiplications God is making. Every thing we go through has a purpose. So on this New Year's Eve. Instead of focusing on what you need to change also focus on what you went through. Because if you don't learn the reason for the test. You'll have to take the class again.
See ya next year
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