Hav you ever spent so much time listening to drama and other "crap" going on around you that you start to retreat and wish you could just have a normal conversation with someone that doesn't involve sex or alcohol or swearing?
That has been me recently. I find it hard to open up when the people around me are so absorbed in the drama around them that they cannot see what is in front of them- life. It is ever changing and always evolving. And it is moving forward.
I've learned a lot in my twenty-one short years of life. One of those being that you have to let go of the past. You can remember it and think fondly (or not) upon it, but eventually you have to move on past yours and others mistakes and live your life in a way that honors both yourself and God.
Your past will always be part of your testimony, but the little every day things? Move on and stop living for those things in the past.
There's something about college life though, that brings out the worst in people. Girls get catty and whine, and boys...well, that is a complete mystery to me.
Tonight I got to run in to a very dear friend of mine. She has always been there for me, and I always seem to run in to her at exactly the moment I seem to need someone to help uplift me. She and I sat and talked. We talked about married life, how my graduation date is closer than I think it is, and we just got to catch up on life. I look at this woman and I love picturing her as a pastor's wife. But she is so much more than that! She is an uplifter, a child of God with a gift of healing. Not necessarily physical healing (although it woudln't surprise me), but emotional (which will come in handy when she graduates).
So God answered a prayer for me tonight. He brought someone along that could uplift me in a moment when I needed it most. I can now face my upcoming week with a smile on my face, ready to face what the world throws at me.
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