Oh to be this carefree, lacking of inhibitions, unfettered to be able to just tear across a field…in costume even. A little peek into heaven perhaps? I have tastes of it sometimes on earth. And it's often in a great green field, and always in the spring, a time of brand new life. Surely it must always be spring in heaven?
Life is just heavy sometimes, often. Adulting is hard. I feel burdened and weighed down and comparatively my life is easy. A happy marriage, 3 healthy children, a nice warm roof over our heads, food and plenty of love. I’ve got a good, blessed, beautiful life. And I. am. tired. I have a girlfriend who is my age and she became an unexpected widow this year. I have a friend sick and perhaps dying of cancer. A friend who just lost her mother. A friend younger than me that was paralyzed by a freak infection from a c-section, but is actually able to walk again after years of physical therapy...she is getting stronger, but she is worn out being a mother of two and struggling just to get around.
This life is so freakin’ hard. Why on earth as kids did we wish to be adults so badly? Oh I wish I had stayed a kid sometimes. There are days that I just want to be taken care of for a change.
In Matthew 11:28, Jesus says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." I yearn for that, long for that...I need that rest. My own strength is so very weak.
And someday, in my mind's eye, I image me as this little cowgirl, running the last legs of my race, with my hat off, and dragging my horse. There will be spectators on the sides, though, cheering me and urging me on. Those I had loved and who loved me. And at the finish line, I imagine Jesus himself, smiling and nodding to me. When I cross, perhaps he'll give me a high five or a fist bump. And I hope that I hear the words, Well done. Oh what a beautiful day that will be. How I long for it.
This little taste of heaven as I see it was on a heavenly day and date with my littlest. We were done with our photo shoot and she was running back to the car, excited for the promised ice cream. Not the planned shot, but my favorite.
Have a well done kind of day:). Happy Friday!
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Life truly can be tough, and sorry to hear that life seems particularly hard around you lately. May you and those around you get some of that rest that you desire.
Beautiful image and thoughts.
All your efforts in life are worth it & we always have our guardian angel watching over us!