Let whatever you do today be enough

Hi Friends!

I love to be positive; I typically view myself as a pretty positive person, I like to write positive encouraging words, but you know when you just have one of those days where life just bubbles up and boils over? The days you just can't help but feel sad, those days when everything is just too much? Yeah, I had one of those days today. AND it's OK, it's okay to have those days, just don't stay there!

Today marked one year since my dad entered hospice. He passed just 50 days later on January 23, 2024, one day after my 43rd birthday. I have promised y'all that I will be real and raw so hear it is! Today was HARD. If I could have stayed in bed all day I would of. I have a very dear friend Kara who gave me a little sign that sits on my nightstand lamp, it reads “Let whatever you do today be enough". It's my daily reminder to not put pressure on myself for the day.

I find myself reading my dad's bible just to be close to him. The bible was mailed to me weeks after he passed, and it held a sweet little surprise gift inside. A Christmas card addressed to me and written in and signed by my Dad. Christmas had come and went and was long gone by this time, but when I opened that cigarette-stained smelly bible that day I had the last words my dad would ever write or say to me, how special that was. It was a true gift from God that I needed at that exact time. It was closure. So crazy to think that he never got to mail it to me, but why? Did he completely forget he wrote it and left it in there, or did he know I would find it in there and left it on purpose?

I will never know the answer to that question; however, I do know that God saw me struggling; he saw my tears and knew my heart was broken. There inside Gods word, was healing for my soul that day. It had come in the form of a card that day from my earthly father, but Each Day I open the bible Gods word heals me, he feeds my soul and gives me the strength I need to endure. I take comfort in knowing I will never be abandoned or left alone by my heavenly father. 

So, when you have these days like I did today, just let today be enough. Go to Gods word it has power for healing, its alive and true. Let Jesus penetrate your soul and mind and heart. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning," Psalm 30:5. It is ok to not be ok on these sad days, life can be a lot, ,maybe you're grieving like me or maybe it's just a rough day on this earth navigating this crazy thing we call life.

Whatever it is, weep if you must, but dive into his word and his promises and I will promise you, Joy will come in the morning.......................                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         xoxo, 

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Remember the reason for the season, our Savior was born!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Becky