Yes... I have jumped on the bandwagon.
I actually have made about 3 blogs and wrote maybe one post on each. Truth is, I would rather design a blog and focus on making it pretty than actually write about my life!
As I have become addicted to reading several of my friend's blogs (Keely, Sydney,Caitlin, Laura, Sally.. to mention a few), I have noticed that some of them mention it as being therapeutic and encouraging. So I figured I would try it out too!
So here goes...
Is life feeling completely insane for anyone else right now? It feels like just yesterday I was playing Beanie Babies with my best friend Meghan and laughing at the little bratty boy next door as my dog ate the ice cream cone right out of his hands. Now, I am sitting at work, typing up this blog post, knowing I should be making a study guide for my management test, and wondering what in the world I am going to do when I graduate. I will no longer be a student. After 17 years, I will no longer be a student...
Hallelujah, PRAISE THE LORD!
...and you thought I was going to be upset about this.
Sure, it's scary, but why are humans so scared of the unknown? Sometimes I find myself starting to freak out about the future and so I just push the thoughts away and force myself to think of other things. God does not want us to be scared of what's to come. He created us to lay everything down at His feet and trust Him. Have you ever fully trusted someone and they've let you down? I'm pretty sure everyone has... but if you have ever put your trust in God, you know He has come through. He is 100% trustworthy. That's why I am placing my fears about the future into His hands. He already knows what's to come and I just want to be in His will! Our lives are too short and go by way too fast to worry about things we have no control over! Joseph- if you're reading this, I know you are thinking "duhh WOMAN, that's what I tell you all the time!" ...whatever.
Just a little advice... don't try and make plans for your future! Sure, saving money for retirement and stuff like that is smart... but don't try and plan where you will be, what you will be doing, who you will be with, etc.
Just ask my friend Keely.
Two months ago she was living in Boone, working at the BTG, living life one day at a time. Two days ago she left to be an Au pair for a family in Germany for a year. WHAT!? I have learned from her to take the opportunities God lays before you, no matter how scary and crazy they might sound. He puts you certain places for a reason and I know what He has for me is WAY better than any plans I could make.
Wow.. that was kinda long. I will have to control my word-vomit next time. :)
I actually have made about 3 blogs and wrote maybe one post on each. Truth is, I would rather design a blog and focus on making it pretty than actually write about my life!
As I have become addicted to reading several of my friend's blogs (Keely, Sydney,Caitlin, Laura, Sally.. to mention a few), I have noticed that some of them mention it as being therapeutic and encouraging. So I figured I would try it out too!
So here goes...
Is life feeling completely insane for anyone else right now? It feels like just yesterday I was playing Beanie Babies with my best friend Meghan and laughing at the little bratty boy next door as my dog ate the ice cream cone right out of his hands. Now, I am sitting at work, typing up this blog post, knowing I should be making a study guide for my management test, and wondering what in the world I am going to do when I graduate. I will no longer be a student. After 17 years, I will no longer be a student...
Hallelujah, PRAISE THE LORD!
...and you thought I was going to be upset about this.
Sure, it's scary, but why are humans so scared of the unknown? Sometimes I find myself starting to freak out about the future and so I just push the thoughts away and force myself to think of other things. God does not want us to be scared of what's to come. He created us to lay everything down at His feet and trust Him. Have you ever fully trusted someone and they've let you down? I'm pretty sure everyone has... but if you have ever put your trust in God, you know He has come through. He is 100% trustworthy. That's why I am placing my fears about the future into His hands. He already knows what's to come and I just want to be in His will! Our lives are too short and go by way too fast to worry about things we have no control over! Joseph- if you're reading this, I know you are thinking "duhh WOMAN, that's what I tell you all the time!" ...whatever.
Just a little advice... don't try and make plans for your future! Sure, saving money for retirement and stuff like that is smart... but don't try and plan where you will be, what you will be doing, who you will be with, etc.
Just ask my friend Keely.
Two months ago she was living in Boone, working at the BTG, living life one day at a time. Two days ago she left to be an Au pair for a family in Germany for a year. WHAT!? I have learned from her to take the opportunities God lays before you, no matter how scary and crazy they might sound. He puts you certain places for a reason and I know what He has for me is WAY better than any plans I could make.
Wow.. that was kinda long. I will have to control my word-vomit next time. :)
This is beautiful, Allie, and here I was hoping I'd have a grandchild who would be a great writer...voila!
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Love it!!! Life isn't as scary when we accept that the Lord knows exactly what he is doing with our "lives" and when you have best friends like you Allie, that make life so much sweeter!
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You have a beautiful blog and a heart as lovely as your grandmothers.
ReplyDeleteHi, I'm a friend of your grandmother...a teacher and a writer, too. I found that blogging to be very therapeutic. Writing is a good way to "think" through my problems. God doesn't show us the whole road of our life, just the next step. We need to trust Him day by day. I'm looking forward to watching you take those steps.
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