Welcome to Wherever You Are

So, I'm a day late and it seems a dollar short. I've been watching softball games this week. It brings me such great joy to be called Aunt by Mandie's kids. I've been trying to get some good pictures for their scrapbooks and I think I'm succeeding. :) I got home from Z's game tonight. It was under the lights at 8. Talk about tired kids and parents. This song played on my player while I was talking to a friend. I've said recently that I'm on to a new chapter in life, but I wish I could read the end. This song made me stop and realize that I'm really where I'm supposed to be. Who knew Bon Jovi could be so profound. :) I know Mandie you knew :) and yes I know you love him lol. So here it is

Welcome to Wherever You Are--Bon Jovi
Maybe we're all different
But we're still the same
We all got the blood of Eden running to our veins
I know sometimes it's hard for you to see
You're caught between just who you are and who you want to be
If you feel alone and lost and need a friend
Remember every new beginning is some beginning's end

Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
Welcome, you got to believe
That right here right now you're exactly where you're supposed to be
Welcome to wherever you are

When everybody's in and you're left out
And you feel drowning in a shadow of the dawn
Everyone's a miracle in their own way
Just listen to yourself not what other people say
When it seems you're lost alone and feeling down
Remember everybody's different, just take a look around

Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
Welcome, you got to believe
That right here right now you're exactly where you're supposed to be

Be who you want to be, be who you are
Everyone's a hero, everyone's a star

When you want to give up and your heart's about to break
Remember that you're perfect, God's make no mistakes

Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
Welcome, you got to believe
That right here right now you're exactly where you're supposed to be
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far(I say welcome)
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far (welcome)

Dumbfounded

I am actually dumbfounded tonight.

I sat down at my computer to cry and looked at poem that has been with me for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure where it came from or who the author is, but it is so fitting.

Help me remember, Lord,
that, like the seasons of the year
life brings continuous growth
and changes.
As long as I remember that,
I can look with expectancy
to all that lies ahead.
I can rest in the assurance
that You are in control
of the seasons of my life.
-Unknown

Whatever You're Doing

This song has kinda been my theme song since everything went crazy almost a year ago. I had so much going on in my head and no idea how to deal with even a smidgen of it by myself. God has been so good. I'm heading into a new chapter of my life. It's definitely time for healing and to move on. :)

Whatever You’re Doing
by Sanctus Real
From the album We Need Each Other

It’s time for healing, time to move on,
it’s time to fix what’s been broken too long
Time to make right what has been wrong;
it’s time to find my way to where I belong

Chorus:
There’s a wave that’s crashing over me, and all I can do is surrender
Whatever You’re doing inside of me
It feels like chaos, but somehow there’s peace
And it’s hard to surrender to what I can’t see,
but I’m giving in to something heavenly

Time for a milestone, time to begin again, re-evaluate who I really am
Am I doing everything to follow Your will or just climbing aimlessly over these hills?
So show me what it is You want from me I give everything – I surrender

Chorus:

Time to face up, clean this old house
Time to breathe in and let everything out that I’ve wanted to say for so many years
Time to release all my held back tears
Whatever You’re doing inside of me It feels like chaos, but I believe …

You’re up to something bigger than me
Larger than life, something heavenly
Whatever You’re doing inside of me It feels like chaos, but now I can see
This is something bigger than me Larger than life
Something heavenly, something heavenly
Time to face up, clean this old house
Time to breathe in and let everything out

Fire

I can honestly say there is nothing more relaxing nothing more fun, than to sit around a fire with good friends. I had the best time tonight talking and laughing. I love the people God has placed in my life. I am so thankful for them.

Have you told those people in your life how much you appreciate them recently?