Too Far

Without Winter I could not fully appreciate Spring. I love the seasons...

But...I've been a grump.

I could blame the weather, but I've kinda been taught a little too much to fall back on past excuses. I've been distracted, angry, resentful, judgmental, and envious at times.

All of these I know, but I continue to be plagued.

And then someone will say just the right thing at just the right time to welcome me back to reality.

I cannot be guilted into things very well. When I am stressed, it does me precious little good for someone to look at me in the midst of it and say, "You need to realize how blessed you are." My head knows I am blessed. But, when I am juggling jobs and bills and arguing kids, and schedules and external demands, it is hard to stop and think, "Wow! I've got it GOOD!"

I also take direction from know-it-alls with a grain of salt. Often, as a matter of fact, MOST of the time these 'all-knowing' friends are the ones who know the least about my life struggles day to day. I surely don't want instruction from them.

No, for me, my humbling comes in the form of a lesson learned most often from the unlikely source.

This week, it was simple statement from a friend, "I've come too far to turn back now."

Speaking of her Adventure with God. And the conscious decision to walk away from her old life. I heard in her voice the strength that comes only from a relationship with Him. A relationship I 've been blessed to walk alongside and witness.

And it humbled me.

Looking at this precious friend, taking one day at a time and seeking her Great Love in the day to day scenarios of life, I was humbled and jolted back to reality.

I cannot fall back into old excuses.

I cannot fall back into old mindsets.

And negativity.

And selfishness.

And world-focus.

I've come too far with Him to turn back now...