"Once upon a time. The End."
This is how Maddy reads books right now.
Its insanely adorable, but ironic right?
Its also how most of us look at the stories of our lives or the people around us that we don't even know. Its how I look at my own life sometimes. There are certain "stories" in my life that I feel this way about, I skip over all of the "stuff" in the middle, and close the book. I've given up hope, faith, and even maybe the love for that story.
Last night was an amazing night at The Venue Live, if you can grab the podcast, I urge you to do it. Warren Beamer was the guest speaker and as he gave his alter call he explained, "You were built for this journey." For some us the journey is stormy with a lot of waves crashing around them constantly, for others its small waves here and there, but mostly sunny. I don't understand why some people get the mostly sunny and others a constant tornado warning, but we were built for this journey. We were built specifically for those pages in between the, "Once upon a time..." and "The End."
So today, I'm clearing the dust and opening some old books.
I was built for the journey that lies written in those words on those pages. Every page may not be picture perfect, and I might stumble on some of those pages, but to give up hope and faith is to lose... And you know how much I hate losing.
Hope you enjoy this amazingly beautiful Thursday. Its a great day to read...
love,
jill
