Days like this...

Hey there,

Do you ever have those days where everything hits you in some awkward over-emotional kind of way? Like everything you see on television or everything people say to you has some deep impacting meaning that you can't really put your finger on, but you know is there. The days when tears sneak up on you and 'overwhelmed' is often the only adjective you could use to describe what you are feeling. Today was one of those days for me. I guess the best way to explain how I felt all day is it was as if I had stepped out of my own life and began watching it on some sort of life-sized movie screen. At church this morning, I found myself overwhelmed by how blessed I am to have the friends I have. Kate and Kyle were here this weekend (after a difficult drive up, mind you!) and during the Palm Sunday service today there were numerous times where I was nearly moved to tears by how great it is to have friends like them. Not just them, though, Betsy and Scott, Lish, Nicole... the list goes on and on. All weekend, I have found myself analyzing and thinking about my life. Like I said before, it is as if I have been watching the last few weeks of my life in review. I find myself analyzing and recognizing things that I didn't even really realize happened (or at least made an impact) in the first place. It's kind of surreal, actually, and I have a feeling that you all know at least kind of what I am talking about!

At first thought, I get kind of annoyed at days like this... Like they are some sort of huge inconvenience in my normally laid-back, not-too-emotional way of living, but then I realize that if I didn't have days like this... I would never be as thankful as I am for what I am given. I think there has to be days like these in order for us to truly realize how the Lord provides for us. Being human, we often (far more often than not) fall into the selfish, egotistical, me-centered, I can accomplish everything on my own mentality. I think that days like this, days when we are purposefully shown how the Lord is working in our lives, keep us grounded. Days like this allow us to us to see (and feel!) how the Lord is directly affecting our lives. Days like this allow us all the opportunity to step out of the me-centered mentality and into a mentality that is completely Christ-centered, a mentality where overwhelmed-ness turns into thankfulness and all the "I can accomplish everything on my own" thoughts are turned to Philippians 4:13. In my opinion... it's days like this that make all the other days worth living.

Goodnight friends, and may your tomorrow be a day like this....

Tempa