Lizzy's Footprints

"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." ~ Proverbs 17:17 This world seams to be full of surface level friendships and popularity contest.  Does anyone truly experience friendship?  It is difficult to love anyone or anything at all times, but it isn't impossible.  As an individual blessed by many deep friendships I feel I have learned about the struggle of loving individuals at all times.  Often our idea of love is linked to joy which isn't always the case.  I certainly hope my family loves me even when they are angry with me.  Love is shown though actions that are often done behind the scenes.  Love isn't loud, it is small acts of prayer and constant support.  I am proud to say that if I call you friend you are loved at  all times. As friends we are born to support each other in pain, sorrow, and joy.  As Proverbs 27:17 states: "Iron sharpens iron, as one man sharpens another."  Friends are like ...

Broken I watch the mug slip from my hands it is as if it falls in slow motion. All at once the pain consumes me as the mug hits the ground.  Painful... Helpless... Motionless...  Then someone comes by your side and helps put you back together, filling the gaps with pieces of themselves.  You are made beautiful! But don't enjoy the beauty for too long, before you realize it the mug will once again slip from your hands.  Don't fear by the end of the clumsy cycle you will be a mosaic masterpiece. Mess Look at me I am a mess.   You think I am strong but I am so weak. You think I am wise but I am just in pain. You think I am happy but I am depressed.   Most things are not as they seam. At the heart of emotion is burning pain, so don't even try to hide it.  The mistakes I regret the most are the mistakes that were punished with heartache. 

      Often we forget to breath, we forget to take a step back and see things outside of our personal worlds.  It is hard to go every way at once.  There is a need and craving all around us for love, for peace, for justice and for so much more.  What gets you out of your seat?  What calls you to conquer the world, and spread the much needed love?  Do you refuse to hear that call?  I encourage you to refuse to sit around, this week refuse to let the world around you go unloved.  Many prayers are said in passing, or they pass off our lips as we pray before we shove food in our faces.  Most of all my friends,  why would you wait for someone else  to do what GOD called YOU to do?   Each of us are a different set of hands and feet that God has made for a unique purpose and a unique time.  I can guarantee that my weakness are your strengths or vice versa.  I'm not saying that it won't be hard.  So...