Caught off guard..

So.. Life is full of hills and valleys and sometimes life moves really fast and you just go along with it because you're exactly where you want to be and you just let yourself enjoy every moment because you know those moments will, in the future, be few and far between. Sometimes you don't give yourself time to prepare for the inevitable ending (or pausing) of these good times and you're caught off guard. And sometimes you write a lot of songs in a short period of time and need to play them back and reflect on the good times to remind you that they're out there. I've been listening to a Tommy Nelson sermon series on Ecclesiastes and he made the point that God is Sovereign and He is not always Pleased but He is never Perplexed - meaning - Difficult and trying things will happen in life and God allows those things to happen for a reason. Often, we can not understand that reason immediately but that's where faith comes in. We just have to trust that God, the Author of our stories, has everything planned according to his perfect purpose. In my life, it is SO hard to see the big picture. Sometimes I feel like I have blinders on and can only see straight ahead and in the immediate future. However, while listening to these Ecclesiastical sermons, I've taken the advice to enjoy the present. Thoroughly enjoy the simple things in life right now while hoping for good in the future but, at the same time, understanding that there will be hills and valleys. Lately, I've felt ecstatically happy standing on the very top of one of life's beautiful hills but this morning, I felt like I fell into a valley and since then I seem to be climbing back up yet another hill but enjoying the scenery all the way; all the while understanding that God is in complete control. I will find the beauty in every day and I will drink my tea and write my songs and exercise and enjoy the moonlight because these are some of the things that the Author has written into my life and blessed me with every day so that I can smile : ) It's amazing to thing that He would do these things for me.

Hills and Valleys - The Rocket Summer

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bobby