Those secret battles

The most interesting conversation sparked this post.I was sitting in the kitchen of our all girls commune, having my nightly cup of tea (yes I have nightly tea,I might be secretly British), when a friend of mine asked me what I was up to. I casually responded that I was editing a blog post and she was rather surprised that I had a blog at all. This sparked her to further comment that I live such an exciting life and that her's seemed boring and lack passion in comparison.

Now this really got me thinking,"ME live an exciting life??!!". I would never have described my life as  exciting, much less would I ever have imagined that someone could find my life something to marvel about. The girl that seems to be constantly fighting with her faith, the girl that keeps falling in this journey and this girl that so often feels like the least in God's kingdom??? Someone actually thinks that this imperfect girl's life is something to marvel about?! WOW was all I could think, and then it hit me, often times people meet us in our summer season and  have missed the deep and often long winters we had to endure before.

I am not saying that everyone we meet need to know about the winters in our lives,what left me in awe was how when summer does come, the sun not only shines on our lives but it shines on the lives of the people that encounter us. That is the beauty of Christ, His blessings is always over flowing and touches the people around us. Those winters we have endured seem like distant memories when we see how the blessings in our lives become blessings for others.

How often do we look at other people's lives and think "they have the perfect life", yet we are unaware of their insecurities, fears,battles and struggles.We wish that our lives were more like others, but maybe they have just learned to keep their joy in all seasons. Maybe they have learned that the winter season does not have to be shared with all, but that the blessing of summer is for all in the kingdom.

I never though I would be the person anyone would ever want to be like, at times I didn't even wanna be me!! But something happens when we start to mature in Christ,we learn to share the good with the world, to live in joy and peace.When we stop being those Christians that walk around like the weight of the world is on our shoulders and become what God called us to be, we start to radiate His love and His joy and His peace and His strength and His love for people to everyone around us.

But don't ever think that your winter season is in vain, it builds endurance and strength of character. And the experiences you overcame during that period becomes your testimony by which you encourage and uplift those that may currently walk in the season you just came out of.

Find happiness in the little things, discover the things that make you happy, bring joy to others. Live a life that will not only enrich you, but everyone around you.

Everyone you encounter have their secret battles, but choose to be joyful, choose to have peace, choose to live a life that is full and rich, because ultimately you are in charge of the garden God gave you, choose to tend it.