The truth is….life is messy,
unpredictable and yet amazing all in the same breath.
There are moments that take your breath away, moments you
would rather forget, moments you want to last forever, and moments you pray are
etched in the very soul of who you are forever.
The question is; what are you doing with those precious
moments? They come too quickly and fade faster than we can often blink.
The problem for me is that those moments I would rather
forget are also the moments etched in my heart and soul and often cripple me in
time and I am left feeling like a prisoner trapped in time. I allow myself to
wallow in the “why me?” and question my life and why so many things have
happened or gone wrong. I find myself
spiraling backwards in time and forgetting that this life is not about me or my
plans and nothing good will EVER come
from the why me scenarios I ask myself in my dark moments.
Honestly, the dark crippling moments are what brought me to
Jesus. I mean I knew Him, but I never realized HOW MUCH I needed Him. I know
that sounds so cliché, but it’s true. I think it is easy to go through everyday
life and day to day and “feel” like we know Jesus, but man was I wrong. He showed me what it meant to trust Him.
He picked me up and made my darkest moments, moments I NEVER want to forget. He made me see
that my circumstances in life do not define me, my salvation in Jesus Christ
defines me.
Life is messy….NO DOUBT! But I have a choice every day; some
days it is easier than others, however, I can choose to let each moment I am
given be a memory worth remembering. Marriage, parenthood, friendship and jobs
ALL come with joy, grief and unpredictable moments, and yet with every breath
we take, we choose to make a moment or let it pass us by!
“When circumstances enslave us, our faith is all we need to be truly
free.” Whitney Capps
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