Here is the deal. I want to be THAT person – you know her – the person that gets up first thing in the morning and runs (she looks like she only eats carrots but actually she takes her kids to donuts every Saturday, because that is the most fun) and then comes home and sits down read her Bible. She takes copious notes and spends time reflecting on all she has learned writing in her cute journal with the most adorable handwriting. She does all of this in her perfectly curated living room – the décor is spot on and looks like Nate Berkus personally hand selected every item and the art is custom. She sits down with a cup of coffee a spends a few moments praying for those she loves most and then hops in the shower because she only has a few minutes before she needs to leave for work. She gets dressed in some amazing little outfit that she will later post on her blog and we’ll all swoon over because it’s assembled just right with layers and baubles. She’ll also tell us about the hair product that made THOSE curls look just right and the lip color she just can’t live without. The next day her blog post will be about that delicious meal she made that was SO easy and looks divine but is SO EASY TO MAKE…
Honestly it’s absurd. PEOPLE SHE DOES NOT EXIST.
I just want to remind you that I wake up looking haagard and I don’t run before work. I am lucky to throw some dry shampoo in those 7-day dirty locks and get the cars to sit in traffic to make it to the office 2-minutes late (sorry Jeff). I need a lot of Jesus as I drive so I choose to take in a podcast (in the mornings I tend to select The Village Church – Matt Chandler does it RIGHT and I love hearing TRUTH to start the day) and that counts as my morning devotional. But there is absolutely no journaling because I turn it off right as I pull into the parking garage. Truth be told in my world, there are a whole lot of journals with empty pages and even more thoughts swirling around in my head that probably won’t ever get written down. Around 10:30am I am probably going to run to Starbucks and spend too much money on a beverage I absolutely don’t need - BUT I am gonna make the service team smile because they know me by name and we have a daily rapor – I’m gonna choose to believe that shines a little bit of Jesus in their lives! I’m proably gonna eat something ridiculous for lunch (it might even be a lara bar and that’s it) and we all know I’m not feeding myself a homemade meal for dinner – it’s just me – cereal still counts as a food group. As the day closes I’m definitely going to sit down with my Bible and read and I am also going to seek Him and pray over those that mean most to me – but my goodness life is far messier than Instagram or blogs will EVER show. Here’s the truth - the Lord is STILL faithful and still meeting me in the ordinary of my everyday life. I won’t ever be picture perfect and striving to be will forever be an exhausting endeavor. Let’s give up trying to put it all together and start embracing the beauty of living fully right where we are. I have a feeling we’ll see a lot more Jesus all around us than we ever imagined…
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