Thoughts on relationships and being human

Life has been a lot of things lately.

Mostly good, new and exciting.

But also not so good.

There are a lot of not so good things I've been purposely avoiding because it hurts to think about them and then there are things I have been ignoring because I'm removed from them and it's easier that way.

Even still, I'm kind of in awe of it all and super thankful for it.

For how life works and the blessing and hardship that it is to be a human.

How it is that God not only puts up with us but faithfully and relentlessly loves us, parents us, teaches us the way in which to go time and time again even when we inevitably disobey or fail him.

We give up. He persists.

We fall down. He picks us up.

We mess up. He forgives.

I am so ungracious with myself and others so easily and I often wonder why that is. Why it is that being in relationship with others is so dang hard.

And yet, God trusts us to be in relationship with one another when he could just as easily have kept us to Himself (not that that's in His nature). Trusts us to love and care for one another, to be reconciled with one another. Man.

This resonates with me right now as I've messed up a lot in the relational department lately.

God is faithful, honest, and constant and I desire to be more like that.

Rest

Went on a really good date with Jesus just the other day. He's always so faithful in giving me rest and He's so worthy of my time. 

Let's talk about: Illegal Immigration

I know, I know, I just lost like, all of you. But hear me out.

Have you been keeping tabs on how many stories there are these days of kids who are being detained at the US border?

KIDS. Children, literally, being jailed. I mean, can you honestly tell me there in't something wrong with that? That your heart doesn't break a little bit at the sound of that?

Anyway, if you've been following me on Instagram then you'll know that i've been thinking about it.

And I know I really don't have a large readership on here, which I'm really okay with, but, on the off chance that you're actually reading this. Literally, really, actually reading the words on this screen, do you have any thoughts to share?

When you think about illegal immigration, where do your thoughts tend to go? Are your thoughts negative? Positive? Neutral? Is it something you think about at all or is it something you'd prefer to avoid because it's awkward or uncomfortable?

Really, I am just curious. My goal isn't to try to sway you tot think like I do nor is it to give you "all the right answers," (surprise, I don't have them!) I really just want to talk about it.

'Cause I think it's important. Besides, when I started this old thing that was the goal, to talk about the things that I found important or meaningful.

Anyway, I've said so much lately that I don't want to share what I think right away but if you're curious you can follow that link above from Instagram and you'll get a sense.

SO, any thoughts, book recommendations, website links to share?

I'd really appreciate it

xx.