You Big Jerk!

So yesterday I went to bed feeling a little bit heavy. Not “heavy” as in I downed a quart of ice cream and am toting around a food baby, but more like HEAVY. I hate the helpless feeling of seeing people you love go through a hard time, look worn out, lose that spark of life in them, or whatevs. I’m referring to several people in my life IF you are the one out there that reads this and thinks I’m pointing ya out =). 

I’m the kind of person that just wants to pick up and carry other people’s burdens for them so they won’t have to struggle through it. I know this is what Jesus is there for, but I tend to want to take his job sometimes although I far from meet those job requirements. So, I just felt like urrrgh!

7am roles around and my mom barges in my room to wake me up to drive her to work (sharing a car with the parents is fun!). Okay, here is a little embarrassing family tradition that we used to do when being dropped off at school. We read from a prayer box and then had a daily prayer time together….kinda that thing that you feel singles you out as the “weird Christian family” that in High school you would die if your friends knew! And it’s still in my car although I graduated from these school days 8 years ago, ugh that number keeps getting bigger! 

So, I read the morning verse that said, “The LORD will bless his people with peace.” Ps.29:11.  And my mom starts talking to me how she needs God to infiltrate peace into her classroom of kids. And then all of a sudden this jerk face van cuts us off and wouldn’t let us merge as our lane was abruptly ending. Haha SOOO the mother lays on the horn like there isn’t a tomorrow and screams “Get off the road you big JERK!”. Okay, for all ya’ll judging out there, we know that you’re probably even more of a fanatic road rager than that so quit your pointing fingers. And I love my mom! She’s a bit cray cray, and my boyfriend never fails to let me know how I share this in common with her!

Here’s my point though! So then all after that fiasco we just started laughing like so hard for the next 5 minutes because of how ironically NOT peaceful this moment was. And then the light bulb switched on. Ahhhh…laughter. It’s good. In that moment, I realized life is good even though it can have its rough moments. That laughter is a gift and we should be spreading it. I have to believe that God is a funny guy. And He’s telling us, “lighten up kids, take a breath, lets laugh for a bit, and by the way, I got some peace over here to bless you with in the meantime.” 

So, I just want to challenge you today to lighten up, laugh with a friend, breathe. Find the goodness in life and go have some fun with it!

Aaand maybe try not to road rage in the midst of it =)

As my friend Caitlin Parker always says with a huge smile on her face….Thanks God!!! LOVE IT!