Thursday, September 17, 2009

What Is Going On.

Hey Guys I know it has been some time since I have posted on the blog, and I'm sorry. There has just been so much going on in my life and I feel like you guys should know whats going on so your can be praying for me and holding me accountable. Here we go:

Ok so school is ok, it's school, and I have made it a goal to get all "A's" this year and my grandparents were just floored by that. They were so happy that that was my goal. So I have been trying really hard or what I think is really hard in corses that have always been especially hard for me, like science. Well right now I have all "B's" in everything, and I was so so upset about them because i knew it wasn't good enough, I knew it wasnt good enough for my grandparents, and it wasnt good enough just in general.

ok so lets take a little rewind, ok?
So in July right after, sky ranch, my sister and I did what we have putting of for years, Putting my dad's ashes in the ocean lik he always wanted, it was tough for her, but it was kinda a peaceful thing, he was finally where he wanted to be, and it was finally just done. But after that weekend my sister never talked to me, i would text and call, and she would never respond, she was done with me. but finally on my DADS BIRTHDAY! (kinda a hard day) she txts me TXT me and tells me that shes probably moving to the Cayman Islands for a year and a half. So, now i started thinking "Ok, so im not good enough to be her sister, I'm not good enough for her to even keep up a relationship or even talk to me. Heck! I'm not good enough for her to stay"

so now, lets fast forward a little bit...

My grandparents have been getting me mad at m latley for just dumb stuff, and it makes me so upset. Cuz i don't do anything wrong but they tear me down, or it feels like thy do, i just, i felt like everything I did was not good enough, it was oonly good, not too good, or bad. never good enough.

lets fast forward a little more, I now had this idea in the back of my mind that I was not good enough, I was not good enough for my grandparents, my sister, at least i was good enough for my friends right??

well i felt like i just kept getting torn down by them, anything i would do to help, or be nice, would just be told "NO! ITS NOT RIGHT" and i didn't understand, i didn't understand, why my help was good enough, why i was getting shot down, by the people who were supposed to love me when i felt like no one else did.

suddenly i just didnt feel good enough, of corse i was good, or ok, i mean i still had friends, i still had grandparents, but i just wasnt what they wanted, i wasnt GOOD ENOUGH. suddenly just this sadness and silence took over me, i was so so scared to say what was going on in my life, because i know if i told my grandparents, they would be offended, i knew if i told my sister, she push me even further away, i knew if i told my friends, they wouldnt even care.

I just I thought well man, God, I thought you loved me? I mean you already let me go through what felt like hell! and i thought it was over, i thought you had an unfailing love for me, and you would protect me? why arent you protecting me now? why arent you here now? its been one heck of a long time since I've felt joy, and your arent doing a dang thing about it buddy.

So I've been like this for two month, and the other day i started noticeing keys. like everyone startedwearing keys, for there own reasons, people i didnt even know were wearing keys, maybe its just a fashion statement. but i knew what it meant i kinda had this feeling of like "oh...well arent you just clever God" but man, it hit me hard, I started remembering why i wore the key, I wore it because God will unlock keys to my future and life, and because as a christian, i have a key to carry, it may be hevay, old, new, janky, or maybe a little silver "samsonite" necklace. but whatevr it is you carry it and you can unlock great things for your family, your friends, and even your communities and schools, you just have to know who gave you the key and why, because they beileved in you. WOW! God beileves in me, he beileves that I will overcome all the crap in my life, he beilves that I am strong enough to go through this, he beileves in me to do his work, he beileves in me so so much that he has given me a key, he has give me this beautiful key to unlock special things that are of him and that will only be between me and him, but i threw that present away, i threw it in the dirt and stomped on it and even spit on it a few times, i got so mad at God for things that he didnt even do, i got mad at him for simply BEILEVEING in me! man!!

OK! so what does all this mean??
well it means I have choices, but only two.
I can A) continue letting things that arent even important get me down and just sulk because i'm not good enough for things and people that maybe wont always be there, and wont always stay by my side.
or
B) press on! I can forget all that, pick up my key that was once so pure and so clean and so shiny , but now is covered in dirt, and shame and kinda bent because so many walked on it and so many times i stomped on it. I can pick that broken and ugly key back up and clean it and wear it with pride and let it be a small
symbol of how a KING OF KINGS beileves in me.

Guys im taking the B Train! I'm done with trying to be good enough for people, I'm done with thinking I'm not good enough. I am sick and tiered of being quiet and pretending that nothing is wrong. Something was wrong but I AM HEALED! BY HIS STRIPES I AM HEALED! and i want you to know that, i want everyone to know that!

So maybe you have been going through something that seems hard, maybe you have been pushed to that point where you feel like if you get pushed one more time your going to fall, and fall hard. Well i have news for you my friend, DONT STOP BEILEVEING! Dont stop beileveing because HE doesn't.

5 comments:

  1. Madi, that was AMAZING. I have a hard time dealing with bad things in my life also, but I forget about GOD. Nothing else matters but Him. We don't realize that God puts those things in our lives to make our relationship stronger with Him. It's so easy for us to say, "Well I can do this all by myself, and I don't need anyone to help me..." but it is so untrue. We need Him. This post just made me realize that again. So happy to see you posting again!
    Allie

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  2. Yeah girl! Man thank you so so much for your feedback, i lov love love to hear what you have to say and thank you so so much for sharing. :] your awesome.

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  3. so right now i haven't started studying for my test tomorrow, (and i really was just about to start) but then i realized that at the moment, this post is WAY more important. priorities. haha. (: ANYWAY, your post brought tears to my eyes. you are so inspiring, girl! okay, so lemme tell you something...first, i would love love LOVE if you read my post about how i got my key; go to "the key to my heart and the key to life," the first post in september to read it, and let me know what you think. thanks! and lately, i've been going through some extremely hard times myself, so trust me, you're NOT alone on this.

    first off, my (ex?) best friend and i never talk anymore. and the other day she basically said to me, "so i hear you're SUPPOSEDLY trying to get closer to God these days? well then why have you been so rude to me?" even though SHE has always been the rude one (for years and years and years now). nothing makes sense anymore! and secondly, i've been talking to my dad a lot more lately, and we've been having a bunch of conversations about religion (he's the athiest one, remember?). so anyway, my faith is still as strong as it ever has been right NOW, but earlier this week i was thinking about some of the things he said. unfortunately, he seemed to have really logical reasons as to why there wasn't a God. and when i thought for one split second, "what if he's right? what if there is no such thing as GOD?" i was immediately overwhelmed with the most horrible feeling of lonliness i've ever experienced in my entire life. thankfully, i feel like myself again, the same religious person i've always been. (: ...thanks to everyone on this blog that has given me so many AMAZING answers to all of my questions this week! you guys are so extremely helpful! you really have no idea how thankful i am for this blog. seriously.

    and whenever i have doubts about my faith or whenever i'm experiencing any kind of struggle at all, my KEY gets me through all of that. i remember the story of how i got this key...and that i've told SO many people the story behind it and have even encouraged others to start wearing one themselves. and i remember that God has called ME to be a light (Acts 13:47) to EVERYONE! i remember that "life is a journey with the LORD" (what i put on my My Ride), and that we are truly NEVER alone. God is ALWAYS there support us, forgive us, and LOVE us...even if it doesn't feel like it.

    so, sorry for ranting about my own personal problems too, but you're so right madi...there's power in confession. (: and madi, you are an amazing, amazing, amazing (times a billion) girl who has COMPLETELY turned my life around and has brought me SO much closer to God. i can't thank you (and all of the other questies) enough. but seriously, you are an unbelieveable girl who God has put in this world for a reason and don't ever forget that! i'll definitely be praying for you that you press on in life. we all believe in you, and we're all here to support you - don't give up. (: and trust me girl, you're good enough! PLEASE know that you aren't alone throughout the ups and downs of this crazy life we're living.

    LOVE AND MISS YOU!
    - haley

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  4. Hayley thank you! so much i love what you have to say and ive read that post more than any other post i always come back to that one, and even one day when i got on the blog my computer hada glitch and it was the first post on the blog andd that was like yesterday. and now i realzie hoe encouraging it has ben to me thank you so much for your love an your encouragement and you are so so right there is power in confession and i have hear that time and time again! but i never understood till now. :] i love you girl and miss you so much

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  5. oh my madi girl. i'm so proud of who God has created you to be, and of the Godly woman you are continually becoming.

    i think the whole idea that GOD believes in us, believes that we can do great things to further His kingdom, is so encouraging. even when we don't feel good enough, He thinks we are. He has called us according to His purposes...He has called ME. He has called YOU. Obviously HE thought WE were worthy of carrying the cross! such a cool thought. thank you for sharing this madi...i pray for you daily and you are always on my heart. i love you more than words can say.

    -paul

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