Blessings

The world is filled with them.

• Simple blessings
• Complex blessings

• Romantic blessings
• Platonic blessings

• Perfect blessings
• Twisted blessings

• Inexplicable blessings
• Undeniable blessings

Today, I got an unexpected message from someone I haven't seen in years. It's funny how some things can seem to be a waste of time.

This blog being one of them.

Not that I thought I was entirely wasting my time, but who honestly and faithfully reads an 18 year-old's blog? And who in this generation is really all that interested in hearing the 'everyday battle between good and evil'?

Sometimes, my blog just feels like a repetition of problems that I may just need to get over or maybe even accept that I can't change.

Summer doesn't exactly make anything easier, I can tell you that. Having graduated also doesn't necessarily draw a teenager to the church pew to worship the Almighty. It doesn't make you want to jump up and down and thank the Good Lord that you made it this far.

Don't get me wrong, I know some people who are like this.

But for people more on my level, those balancing submission and freedom on a high-wire, you feel more inclined to take advantage of the fact that you're going to leave this place... Forever.

So finish out with a bang, right?

I haven't been partying or anything, but I certainly haven't focused my energy on the Lord as much as I should, have, need or even want to.

So back to my thoughts on this blog: It's been almost two months and I've yet to touch it. I don't get comments much and, if I'm hanging out with someone, they don't start out the conversation with "Hey, you're blog is really awesome. I'm so glad you've been writing in it. The Lord is definitely working through you to reach out to the people of this generation."

I mean, if I got that all the time, you'd get a new entry at least twice a day.

But I don't. So who am I writing to if no one even scans this blog?

No one.

I'm not upset. I haven't pouted about it. I just didn't think it was something that was doing anything, so I didn't really care to continue it. If I felt inspired to write, I would. Otherwise, I'd be elsewhere. You know, taking advantage of the summer air before the fall comes and nothing is the same again.

But this girl that doesn't even live in Georgia anymore messaged me today, telling me that MY BLOG has really helped her get through things about herself and helped her grow in her faith.

What??? I made an impact??? No....

But the world is full of blessings. Plant your seed; give what you got. You never know what the Lord might make of you.