Beautiful, Fast, And Fleeting

Words that describe our life here on this earth. As I lay here on my dorm room bed, trying to go to sleep I was thinking and praying. And as I prayed, I thanked the Lord for specific people. "Thank you, God, for Fallon, who is the light of my heart. Thank you for my mom who has loved me through everything. And thank you for Adam, who's been a rock in my waterfall of emotion." And as I prayed that, I thought about waterfalls. And how our life is very similar to a waterfall. From a distance it is beautiful. One of the most glorious things that the eyes can see. It is full of color and life and serenity. When you approach the edge, things can get a bit scary and loud. There's so much noise, so many distractions, and one wrong placing of your foot could cause you to fall right off the edge. And when you get caught in the rapids, it's really hard to make your way back to the safe, happy place. And it can be scary losing your footing and flowing downstream. But God brings people who are our "rocks in the waterfall" into our lives. They are the ones who stick around, the ones who love you even when you've lost your way, even when you've gone downstream with no signs of stopping, even when you're broken, and scared and trying to pretend that everything is alright. They are there. God is our rock, but He also knows that we need people too, so He brings us people who will stick around and love us. Who let us yell at them to let off steam, who just hug us tight when we cry into their once clean shirts, and who make us laugh the most obnoxious and often ugly laughs that there ever was. He knows that although He is here to love us and spend time with us, that we need companionship. We need the support of the people around us. We need love. And He is a good God. He gives us wht we need. So, even when the waters get choppy, we have those people that just won't let us go. They can become our connection to God when we feel that He's far from us. They can show us that EVEN when everything is going wrong, God is STILL GOOD. And He always will be. Thank goodness, because we surely can't love like He does. Our time here on earth is just that, a time, and it's fleeting, but we can make a difference here. We can be the change that we wish to see in this world. Waterfalls are constantly changing the rock and the shorts that they encounter. Moving, molding, and wearing the rocks. Remember the waterfalls, and be a waterfall for Christ.