My heart is full

So sorry about the debbie-downer post yesterday. Sometimes you just have down or dark days, you know? The feelings are there, but in my short 38 years on this earth I have realized that my feelings will lie to me. They can't always be trusted. That's when God in his sweet mercy and grace usually sends someone my way to lift me up and encourage me. And sometimes even to "slap me out of it."

My heart is full today because I got to spend some time with a girl that I have know since she was a baby. And now she is a freshman in college. Wow do I feel old!  Monica came by to tell me all about school and everything going on in her life. I cannot tell you how good it was to listen and ask questions. Big duh moment here: it's so nice to focus on somebody else and get my eyes off of myself! I have missed her and that group of girls that I got to teach in Sunday school last year. I can't imagine how their parents feel!

One of the things we talked about was prayer and having an active, intentional prayer life. It's so important and it's an area that I struggle with. But I love to pray for other people. So if there is anything I can pray about for you, please let me know! This verse in Romans is so good: "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." That's Romans 12:12 and it's my challenge for the moment. What's yours?

In closing, here is a picture from when I got to go with Monica and her friend Christy to a college preview day at the wonderful Blue Mountain College (it's an awesome college!!):

 

I absolutely love and miss these girls!