Apr 10, 2005

smiling heart

I love my family. God has blessed me with such an incredible family that I am daily amazed by it. Right now I'm overflowing with that.

Yesterday was rough, but God brought me through it and then brought my family home to love on me, cuddle me, give me attention, and just be my family. I loved that.

It is amazing to me that, despite my constant fluctuations of emotion, God gives me a constant core of peace. Even if I feel lonely, afraid, or just low, God has put something inside me that keeps me level-headed and peaceful deep inside. He's gotten me to the point where I can fall on my knees, doing what I call "soul screaming", and still know that God is in control and that He's got it covered. That is a blessing to me, because my personality style is very emotional.

The I that dominates my personality style gives me the talkative, bouncy, huggable, and charismatic elements that make up "me"; but it also bequeaths a wealth of easily stirred up emotions. Thank God for the S and C that balance out my style at home and among loved ones, giving me my love of order and stability, the loyalty I try so hard to fulfil with my friends, the value I place on relationships, and the rationale that helps me out of fixes many times a day.
True, I'm also stubborn, periodically an emotional nutcase (typically on the inside, not the outside), lazy from time to time, sometimes freaked out by minor things, and both shy and extroverted by turns - but God's still working on me!

Thank God for my friends and for my family; their love and support has helped to keep me afloat even through the hardest times. Every time I think of the people I love, I get this warm glow all around my heart. I am so blessed to have all these wonderful people in my life; loving me despite my failings. God bless them all.

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