He meets us in our mess

I wrote this a little while ago and had it saved on my phone, and I added a little bit to it today and I thought I would share...

When I was little I thought When I grew up I’d look like all the adults I encountered. When you’re a kid you see adults in a certain way and a lot of the time you really only notice the surface stuff you don’t notice the depths. You think they have it all together and their life is great because that’s what they let you see. You don’t notice the deep places, the emotions their struggling with or their heart issues that their processing through. I didn’t think my life would look the way it looks now. I feel so scattered, so not put together. My emotions are all over the place at times and my deep heart issues are in all the areas of my life. I compare myself to others and to what my childhood self thought I would be. This adult whose got it all together, everything’s kept nicely & nothing not even my emotions are messy. But I’m definitely the complete opposite of all of that. My house is messy, my hair is messy & my heart is messy. And that’s ok. I’m finding that hiding myself away until I have it together is not the Lords portion for me, He is there in the messy places and loves me the same as if I were to have it together. But I think that we find Him and His love for us in those deep messy places where we don’t have anything to offer but ourselves and all the chaos that comes along with it. Because he can meet us there and begin the journey of finding who we are in Him together and He will show us where He is for us in those messy hurting places. Because He is faithful and loves us. He isn’t disappointed in our mess, He isn’t surprised we don’t have it all together and He will love us through our everywhere all over the map emotions and struggles. He is a good good Father who loves us unconditionally with all He has. He runs into the deep messy places and says I’m here for you, I’m always with you and we can make it through this together all you need to do is take my hand. I believe that we will all see the goodness of God in the land of the living.

God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change

And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

Though its waters roar and foam,

Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God.

God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved;

God will help her when morning dawns.

Psalm 46:1-5

Thank you for joining with me on this Brave Adventure!

-Brittney