May I Never Get Used To This!

 Hey blog, it's been a while sounds cliche and over used but that's how it is:) How are you, how have you been these past few months? 

Today is that common day in my blogs; Sunday. 

It's not the sunny type on the cover page, no. Just cold and the sound of the rain here and there. I'd be pulling your leg if I said it's my favourite weather. But a few years ago I took it up with God and agreed that I'd start seeing the beauty in the differences we experience in life. 

The same few years down the line, there's been progress but it's also still a work in progress. Especially when I'm in school. Let's just say I've been prone to making life a routine where only one version of ever y part is ideal. That doesn't always sit well with my spontaneous friends. 

Daily showers are only ideal if the sky is all blue and the sun is yellow and out. You can imagine how I feel on shower days like today. Watching shows is only ideal on my laptop, preferably connected to wi-fi. You can imagine how I feel now that my laptop crashed 😩. Hanging out is only ideal if I've had at least a month to plan for it. You can imagine how often and easily I hang out...etc. 

Nowadays I'm having to be reminded by our trusty Holy Spirit, that, 

"Steph, what a blessing to have the sense to feel that annoying chilly air on your skin on your way out of the bathroom. What a blessing to be able to dance to no music in that cold shower room. What a blessing to freely shower every single day..."

So I'm finding myself saying 'thank You Jesus!...' a lot 

Having God as your dad doesn't just look like Him blessing you, but also Him walking with you through the lessons and joys embedded in the blessings. He's not the kind of Father who lavishes you with whatever you ask for, then returns to his 'I've-got-more-important-things-to-do' schedule. You best believe He intends to be there for the whole process. It took a friend to help me see it this way. And it's just a matter of us letting Him (coz God ain't gonna force His way) 

...Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful;...1 Corinthians 13:5 AMPC

Instead of living with the world's mindset that seeks to please our fleshly emotions, we can live with an eternity mindset and a mindset that flows richly from the love of God. We can live with the mind of Christ. That mind that looks but also sees. That sees deep into the true beauty God had in mind when fashioning the rain as much as the sun. Showers, walks, food, complex humans and so much more that you'll witness any time you really look around, to SEE! 

Whatever God has allowed for your unique life story, whatever season or place you're standing in at this point in life, dare to see the beauty. Even if like me, it's a packet of tea biscuits, the sky in different moods, a crashed laptop, a journal, the opportunity to blog and be to be in school, the blessing of family and friends, and a new lens to see life from whole new perspectives all while holding hands with Jesus and skipping in grass and flower fields in my mind some times. 

May I never get used to this. Seeing God's full heart for every matter and every creation, in every situation I get to experience in this scenic and wonderful life. 

Come rain, come sunshine 

With love, 

Sweet Serene Steph 🌷