Today I was feeling down. It was one of those days where I focused on all of the balls I was juggling in the air rather than thinking about Who was holding them up there. Needless to say I was feeling kind of low and overwhelmed. The last place I wanted to be was church.
When I arrived, the men who opened the doors for me said "hello" and asked the usual question, "How are you?" to which I responded the usual "Good, how are you?" After getting past the doors, I went into the office to drop of our tithes and was confronted by two members with some encouraging words. They shared with me about my demeanor and how that spoke volumes about me before they even got to know me. Wow, what an unexpected lift!
Later on in the evening, a friend encouraged me as a writer to continue on in my craft and to not give up. Something I really needed to hear. I've been stagnant with the arrival of summer and our family home all day together. So writing has been on the back-burner. She reminded me that I need to do what I have been created to do--a much needed exhortation.
Lastly as I was leaving, two friends stopped me to chat. I had recently sent an email to one of them, and through that she connected with my blog. She told me how much she enjoyed it and let me know that reading it had been a blessing to her. Her words brought a smile to my face.
On the drive home from church, I saw clearly how although church was the last place that I wanted to go, it was exactly where I needed to be. God used His people to lift my face up from my problems towards His love.
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