Paging Jenny... It's me, God.

So I hate to go all Jesus loving on everyone, but I'm going there. Get ready. Buckle your seat belts kids. Let's go. It's going to be a great ride, I promise. 

The Lord and I are typically on one accord. He's a pretty cool dude, with an amazingly, overwhelmingly great job. Not only does He have children all over the world, but all of his precious children are living their life to glorify Him. Woah. I feel honored that He loves me unconditionally with no questions asked. He is always proud of me. He's the one to encourage me when no one else is around. He is one of my personal cheerleaders when I feel that I cannot finish the race that is set before me. How cool is that? I'd say it's pretty rad. 

I would say that I have a very open and casual way of communicating with the Lord. I'm not one for big and long formal words in prayers. That's confusing sometimes and not really who I am... So I follow the philosophy of 'You do you'. That philosophy is one on a list of life mottos of mine (which includes, "Haters are my motivators", but we will get to that another day). I'm more of the type of person who starts a prayer off with something like this... "Hey God..."

I will admit, sometimes life snatches me up and gets busy. Sometimes I get snatched up in a random memory and other times it's by a tidal wave that knocks me over. I won't lie, life can get overwhelming sometimes, more often than I would like in fact. It is in these times that I start to feel alone and lost. 

I can't help but smile because whenever I find life starting to get overwhelming, the Lord sends me small blessings to remind me that everything's gonna be a-okay. One of his latest blessings that He has been sending my way is sunrises and sunsets. You might be thinking, "Well Jenny, those happen every day. If it's light outside than the sun probably rose. And when it gets dark, that is likely due to the sun setting." YES. This is all true. 

But it is in these times of stress and me being overwhelmed that the Lord is saying, "Paging, Jenny. Going once... Twice... It's me, God. The big man upstairs" But the way that He is paging me or contacting me is through the sun. It's on the roughest days or the days that I don't think that things are going to go right, that I see the most beautiful sky. I can't help but pause my day and the thoughts consuming my brain to look up at the sky in awe. All words escape me and I feel fresh air filling my lungs. Sometimes the sky stays pretty for a long period of time and other times it is just for a few minutes. It fills that void that I am feeling and reassures me that with the Lord by my side I can do anything. 

So what is it that makes you stop and count your blessings? Or calms you down in the times of doubt and struggle? Whether you are a religious person or not, life gets hard sometimes. It's important to have some way to calm down and stop to admire the beauty that we call life.