I have many more reasons to be happy. First of all, I would like to note that it is officially fall. If that doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will. I feel a corny connection to this season. I don't know if it is the bonfires, pumpkin flavored everything, or the feel of the air outside...but for some reason I believe that if I were a season, I would be fall. There is something about the Friday night football games, the boots with the fur.... I mean jeans, the rainy sundays, and chicken wing nights with my Dad that make it a happy time for me. In fact, I would venture to say that almost everyone I know seems a wee bit happier in the fall. Go ahead, try to prove me wrong.
Want to know another thing that makes my heart happy? Fellowship...over coffee...with friends. There is something about sitting in a booth at Panera with your best buds, wearing your favorite workout clothes (even though you never worked out), and sipping some hazelnut coffee that brings out the best in a friendship. People become honest and open. You feel the support surrounding you and lifting you up. You see eyes completely focused on each other. You can hear not only their words of encouragement, but also the Lord's words of encouragement. Verses are shared like pieces of pie and prayers are said so genuinely and beautifully. I don't know what it is about fellowship over coffee with friends, but I know it makes my heart happy.
This past week I was at bible study with friends when my leader brought up the topic of discussion... stress. It is easy for me to admit that I am a slave to stress. You name it... I stress about it. Stress is a war I have always battled and taking control of it comes in waves. One of the verses my leader brought up was Habakuk 3:19.... it was the verse I labeled when school started as my verse of the year. One may say it is simply a coincidence that it was the same verse, but I would rather say that it was a God thing. A small instance when the Lord decided to give me a quick wink and whisper to my heart that he has my back, that I am headed down the right path, and that he truly is my strength. A quick instance where he not only showed me that he loves me, but also that his acts of love are living and not frozen in biblical times. Instances like that really make my heart happy..... happy, happy, happy.
Living Love,
Laurey
Want to know another thing that makes my heart happy? Fellowship...over coffee...with friends. There is something about sitting in a booth at Panera with your best buds, wearing your favorite workout clothes (even though you never worked out), and sipping some hazelnut coffee that brings out the best in a friendship. People become honest and open. You feel the support surrounding you and lifting you up. You see eyes completely focused on each other. You can hear not only their words of encouragement, but also the Lord's words of encouragement. Verses are shared like pieces of pie and prayers are said so genuinely and beautifully. I don't know what it is about fellowship over coffee with friends, but I know it makes my heart happy.
This past week I was at bible study with friends when my leader brought up the topic of discussion... stress. It is easy for me to admit that I am a slave to stress. You name it... I stress about it. Stress is a war I have always battled and taking control of it comes in waves. One of the verses my leader brought up was Habakuk 3:19.... it was the verse I labeled when school started as my verse of the year. One may say it is simply a coincidence that it was the same verse, but I would rather say that it was a God thing. A small instance when the Lord decided to give me a quick wink and whisper to my heart that he has my back, that I am headed down the right path, and that he truly is my strength. A quick instance where he not only showed me that he loves me, but also that his acts of love are living and not frozen in biblical times. Instances like that really make my heart happy..... happy, happy, happy.
Living Love,
Laurey
Lauren, I love this! I feel the same way about Fall and the love the changing of the seasons. Thanks for sharing your heart.
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