One day this week I wandered into Winn Dixie needing sustenance with my first stop being in the ice cream aisle. In my life ice cream is a top priority especially when I have basic 4 cereal and no rocky road to go with it. As I was finishing preparing my salad, with the ice cream in one hand, a gentleman at the salad bar says “ice cream and salad?” Clearly he wanted to make conversation. Amazingly I had a comeback… “balance.” He laughed and I walked away with the confidence from my one liner. Ha Ha! How do you find balance in your life?
Restored Part 2-Waiting August 1, 2008
Here is an update from my previous post in which I compared my heart to a torn down/burned down liquor store. As you can see nothing has been built on that piece of land. What resides there? From the picture you see weeds. There are also two signs for political advertisements. This time in the picture I got a glimpse of what is in the rearview mirror… a church, pedestrian crossing sign, and rain. I think that this picture symoblizes a part of the restoration process that I struggle with and it’s called waiting. Walls have been torn down, and you feel like a pile of rubble, it’s time for rebuilding right? Not always. God has His timing for everything.
Which brings me to the next part of my picture, the rearview mirror, which I think captures what can happen during the waiting- looking behind. Seeing the storms in life, the rain that poured down and almost felt like you were being washed away. Wondering if you will make it through the pain of the next storm. Also in this picture is a church. Do you ever think church is for the perfect? The lie that causes impostering restoration. What about the pedestrian crossing? This could describe our minds reasoning to stop here for the others to cross and journey to restoration. It would be much easier to sit at the sign and watch, right?
Sometimes I want to give up. It’s the encouragement of people who love me that keeps me going. In our waiting let’s look forward to our promise from God never giving up or looking back.
