Breathing Room For My Soul

It seems years since I sat & faced this screen. 

The simple act of "sharing"...recipes, What I Wore, Treat Yo Teacher, The Daniel Plan, The Joy Experiment, my journey through this life...was just too much.   

 Life threw some curve balls...just as I felt I was reaching my stride.  

Isn't that the way it goes???  

We are blindsided the moment we feel like "I've got this".

But, maybe therein lies the problem...

"I've got this".  

And, I don't.  Not now.  Not ever.  

 Proverbs 24 in The Message says, "If you fall to pieces in a crisis there wasn't much to you in the first place."  Gheesh.  Thanks, Solomon, way to break it to me gently.  

So, I humbly stand here....

And say...

"I don't got this" (I know, I know, grammar police).

I don't, but He does....

"He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, He brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us."  

II Corinthians 1 (The Message)

And, maybe that's it, friends.

I'll keep sharing my stories, my struggles, my silliness...

and, maybe...

when you're blindsided...

I can be there for you.

(for my friend, Anne, who has taught me to be brave in the uncertainty.)

So, let's try this blogging thing again. 

For me & maybe for you sometimes too.

"He's solid rock under my feet,

breathing room for my soul."

Psalm 62:6 (The Message)