Coffeeshop Revelations
I was sitting in one of my favorite places yesterday with one of my favorite people talking about life and of grown-up things like work and school, family and relationships. We are both in an exciting part of life beginning new careers, helping to plant a new church, and exploring this thing called “adult life”. But we both also have fears and reservations as we enter into this new and uncharted territory of our futures.
The conversation turned to a more serious note as we spoke of our daily struggles and concerns. After being a little transparent and voicing some of my trials and fears I asked my friend “So is all this really as bad as it sounds?” She thought for a moment and replied, “It’s messy. I can’t lie to you.”
Not really what I was wanting to hear.
Then she continued on. “We all have messy parts of life but that doesn’t mean we are a mess. There is still a light at the end of the tunnel even if the tunnel is really long.”
We continued talking about how we have to be vigilant to attack the areas of our life where fear so easily sets in and gain the courage to face our issues and continue to fight when it would be much easier to run and hide.
At the end of the day, no matter what you face, hold onto hope. God is still God and it is He who gives us the strength to stand and fight, the peace to rest in the midst of the storm, and the wisdom to make right choices in our daily lives.
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Posted on November 5, 2011, in Life. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
That’s really good. A friend of mine recently wrote something on fear that I thought was awesome. He basically said that fear thrives when ignored. The only way to deal with it is to bring it into the open. Fear has no power in the light because the light shows it for what it really is which is nothing.
I really like what your friend told you. I may borrow that sentence… <3 you!