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Have you ever been so perplexed, depressed, frustrated that you can’t even stand to see your negative thoughts put down on paper?
So many thoughts have been swirling in my brain this month as I adjust to a new place and to often perplexing and sometimes unpleasant circumstances. And though writing has typically helped me in the past to plunk those difficult musings on paper as something tangible and therapeutic, lately scribbling anything about my pain and sorrow—even in a journal no one will read—has been something I have been avoiding at all costs.
Why is that? Why do I want to escape from my thoughts? Why do I run away from the pain? Why is it so hard sometimes to face the dross I see God pulling out of me?
Before I came to this season of wilderness, I was excited about change, excited about new, excited about great things God was going to do in and through me. But that was before the realization that change meant I would have to change—not my circumstances, not frustrating people around me, like the slow driver ahead or the thoughtless person in line at the grocery store. No, it meant I would have to change. Read the rest of this entry »
Perspective is a funny thing.
We cry out to God to get us out of the sameness we have slipped into. We want desperately to leave the old behind, say good-bye to the past, and walk into our new season. And then, when the opportunity comes and we walk through the door into something completely new, we can sometimes falter. We want our old life back! Read the rest of this entry »
