Today God taught me about family and how truly blessed I am to have people who love and care about me. I have realized that there are three types of family (Biological family, Church family, and friend family) and they are all so amazing and I have been blessed to have an amazing family in all three catagories. :)
The Laptop:
Earlier today (when I finally dragged myself out of my downstairs dungeon and up into the sunlight) I found my two brothers just watching tv. So I plopped down next to them. After a little bit Zac and I went in another room to watch our favorite tv show (Bones) in a quieter place. As we were just sitting there, me messing with his fro ... just the usual stuff; I realized just how blessed I am to have a special relationship with each member of my biological family. I honestly don't know of another family that has this. I can have deep converstations with each member of my family and we each have special things that we like to do together. There is no favorite, we all just love each other. I mean yeah we have disagreements but I never really realized how blessed I am to have good relationships with my family until today.
Scatagories:
So tonight at church was the ladies game night. For once I wasn't actually the youngest one there (Meris came :) ). Anyway we started playing scatagories (after eating large amounts of apetizers. I swear that is what makes a ladies game night ten times better than any youth game night... The FOOD. Ladies can cook :D) and that game really tells you a lot about people's minds. But I was amazed at how little discrimination there was. No matter what you answered or what you said or anything.... everyone was together. This is when I realized what church family is. No one judges you. And there was no age gap. The 60 somethings and the teenagers were treated the same. No one looks down or up or anything.... It's just awesome. I know that no matter what I can come there and find a loving home.
The Mummy RETURNS!:
Lol. No there is not some big life lesson in this movie (Unless you find one.... then tell me). After game night I went over to my best friends' house to just hang out. This is where I encountered friend family. It's all about the nights that turn into mornings with the friends that turn into family. I realized that friends become family when you know that you can just wander in the front door. When you can hold a conversation with your friend's parents just as much as you can your friend. When you can start cleaning the house and no one cares, your just family and no one is going to stop you from cleaning. :) (I know that sounds weird but I have REALLY weird urges to clean like always...mostly dirty things but still) So I just sat on the couch and we all talked (the mom, 17 year old twins and the 11 (or 12) year old boy). When the rest of the family went to bed the twins and I stayed up to watch a movie. And I realized that family is when you can curl up on someone else's couch, not caring that you are taking up your best friend's sitting spot because you know he would just push you out of the way if he cared. I have always heard about friends being this close and tonight was just really the night when I realized... I found it.
So in conclusion... I PRAISE GOD. GOd has blessed me so much. I have an amazing biological family that is with me no matter what. I have a church family who love and accepts me and better friends than anyone could ask for. God thank you so much for working through your people and allowing them to be the arms of Christ to me. I pray that you would help me to be like that to them as well.
The other night in youth group we played word association with people. Brolin would say someone's name and you would have to say the first word that popped into your head. When my name came up people said stuff like, "God" "Faith" and "Mother of the Youth Group". And I was seriously set back. How on earth can people be saying stuff like this about me. Are they on drugs or something? I am nothing, I am dirt, I am lower than dirt, but yet God is still allowing himself to shine through me to these people. It's like God is whispering in my ear, "If you keep seeking me, I promise I won't let you mess this up". I have made so many mistakes but God loves me so much and I am so blessed.
Challenge: It's not just me who God loves. God loves you more than you could ever imagine. No matter what is goign on in your life, God loves you and will bless you if you seek Him. God promises that he knows the plans that He has for you. Plans to prosper and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future (Jerimaiah 29:11) I dare you to name atleast 10 things you are truly thankful for today and to just spend a few minutes praising God for them. Then just go out and enjoy them. Right now I am thankful for electricity, a computor, a bed to sleep in, family that loves me, and yummy nachos to eat :).
"Would you DARE, would you DARE to believe that you still have a reason to sing? Because the pain that you've been feeling doesn't compare to the joy that's coming. So hold on and wait for the light. Press on and just fight the good fight. Because the pain that you've been feeling, It's just the dark before the morning"
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