A New Perspective

When you're running the 3200 meter race during a track and field event, you're supposed to find a good pace and keep that pace throughout most of the race. This is a lot like writing a blog.. find a good pace, and keep it. Unfortunately, I started this blog like it was a 100 meter dash, instead of a long race, and hit that wall pretty quick. I haven't posted in a few weeks, mostly because school and life have caught up with me. Life is kind of funny like that, right? Some may even say its hilarious, especially when it sucker-punches you in the gut.

I think that sometimes, in order to stay sane, we have to take a step back and try to view things from a different perspective. Facing life's wrath is something that is unavoidable, but at times, it can feel like everyone and everything around you is moving so fast, and you're stuck struggling to take 2 steps forward without tripping. Trust me when I say that it's okay to trip, even if you fall. It's in those moments when you're picking yourself back up that you realize what and who is truly important in life. Over the past couple weeks, the sequence of events that has taken place in my life is a sequence which is hard to wrap my head around. Imagine yourself being pelted with snowballs by your friends, and you continually say stop, but they're having fun so they keep going. Finally, you reach you're breaking point and just scream, "STOP!" and everyone looks at you like you're nuts.. Yup, I'm that crazy person. Except life was the one pelting those snowballs- or maybe even rocks- at me. In that "STOP!" moment however, that moment when you feel like everything spinning around you pauses for a brief second right before you hit the bottom, I remembered something very important; 

Peter 5:7 - "Cast all your anxieties on Him because He cares for you."

And in that moment, the snowballs suddenly became something I could dodge, catch, or handle even if they hit me. In that moment, I could breathe again. In that moment, I gained a new perspective.