Just Out Walking

Good afternoon ladies! Well we are just about through with July! It will be Christmas before long.

I don't have much this week. Its been a little crazy around here. My schedule has been thrown off a bit and I am a creature of habit. Plus, it takes me a minute to adjust and I will admit it, I don't like it. I wish I were one of those people that could adjust with no problem and fly by the "seat of my pants." but that's not me.                                                                                                                                            

I do want to talk to you today about different walks. Not the kind you take in the afternoon or early mornings, but our life walks. What they look like and what they may represent. I have been struggling to be honest, lately with my walk and what it is supposed to look like. Especially at this stage in my life. It may just be the COVID struggle that has me feeling some kind of crazy. Anyway, what I want to say is this... 

Not everyone's walk is the same. Even though we may have similar backgrounds, come from the same family, raised by the same people. We will all have different walks, depending on the choices we make. Like the dress I have on in this picture. I "stole" this dress; as my daughter would like to say, a few years ago while we were out shopping. This is a Nine West dress, not too awful expensive, but kind of pricey. I think the retail was something like $129. Ya'll I got this baby for $5!! That's right!! FIVE DOLLARS BILLS!!  Belk's was having some crazy sell and I snatched it. No matter if it didn't fit. I was not gonna let this by. I got home with it and took the dress to have alterations done so it would fit. I still do not have a lot of money in the dress. It was worth every cent. 

What I am trying to say is this. My daughter could have bought the same dress and it fit perfectly. But we are two different people so that is not going to happen for us both. Same as our personal walks in life. My walk is not going to look like someone else. Some walks require more time on the path. At times, if I'm truly honest with myself, I get caught up in other women's walk; especially on social media. But ya'll, that stuff isn't always real, they have real problems and heartache too. So I have to put it down for a while and come back. We have some much wanting our attention it is so easy to forget our reason for being where we are.

God put us where we are with who we are with to be who He made us to be. So just because something looks just right, doesn't mean it was always right. We don't see the behind the scenes, the work and prayer that went into that "dress". Girlfriend, lets remember that when we are struggling with our "dress" someone  else is too. Its not all pretty pictures and flowers. Sometimes its weeds, holey jeans, and snotty t-shirts. We are here for such a short time on this scared earth. Enjoy the snotty t-shirts and the behind the scenes action. It made (or making) us who we are.                                                  

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Love and Blessings.

Dawn

"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose."- Romans 8:28 ESV