Today, I sat with a friend.We talked about weddings - hers, mine, our friends'
We discussed money, budgets, houses, and cars.
We pondered on children and the changes they make to your life.
We ate and laughed and chilled and relaxed.
I have missed spending time with people, feeling valued and safe, wanted and loved.
This season has been one of loneliness and desert time, some by choice, most by design.
But I know that God places the lonely in family, in relationships, in connection.
Today, I am thankful for those in my life who love me where I am at, in this strange season of "the sabbatical", of waiting to be a parent, of "undefined" health issues, and of not really "fitting in" anywhere at the moment.
And while I am aware that it is just a season, a drop in the bucket of time, it is sometimes hard to feel so alone, and yet what the Father promised me from the time I was a teenager was, "There will always be someone."
{RE}discovery :: I have not been abandoned by Jesus and He has given me people that love and support me, even when it seems that I am all alone. It is such a simple, basic thing, right? But sometimes, it seems like the simple things are the ones we forget so easily.
Or is that just me???
Or is that just me???
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2 comments:
Thank you so much, Rachel! That truly means A LOT, especially from you!! I appreciate you!
I think what most people go through in "secret" or privately would surprise most of us. The older that I get, the more I realize how much THE SAME we all are, no matter what it seems like on the outside -- admitting it is usually the major difference actually!! Love you!
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