If you've been around for a minute, or can read the header right now, you'll know that the title of this blog is "Real through Random" the tagline reads "random thoughts and the realness of God".
This post is about as random as it can get around here. (or at least up until now)
A couple of weeks ago I sent the following meme to a friend. (memes are amazing, let's just get that out there) Actually is THIS considered a meme? I don't really know what constitutes a meme or just a picture sent to a friend. either way...this is what I sent.
And, we'll see if her words ring true about it being longer than it even needs to be.
Honestly, a bit of a point here, when I started this blog I wanted it to be real. This IS definitely real. But in my head I also kept thinking all of the posts need to be this perfect kind of real, so people can see how real it is.
That doesn't even make sense!! Real isn't perfect. At all. Real is just throwing it out there and being yourself. And me being real, is me totally being random.
Like sending memes/pictures about underwear to a friend. Truth be told we all need friends we can be 100% real with! And talk about real things with. If you're horrified that I not only sent a meme to a friend about underwear...but also mentioned my period week to her...I'm sorry. And I encourage you to find a friend you're comfortable sharing those sorts of crazy things with. :)
Okay. We definitely have covered the randomness of this post. What about the realness of God?! How in the world can the realness of God even apply here?
I'll tell you. The realness of God here is because of the gift of friendship. True, real friendship that He has given me.
I'm calling out this one specific friend, but the truth is I have multiple amazing friends I could write posts about. So many amazing friends that bless me and encourage me and get me and are my people.
This friend and I crossed paths as two young mommas at a Kindergarten play group. Our OLDEST kids were in Kindergarten then...they'll be SENIORS this next school year. (insert tears of disbelief) I had five young kids and she had three. Her three all fit in age wise with my kids. I don't even know what we first talked about, and truly--now knowing each other well--we are both fairly introverted (her more than me) in groups. I don't even know HOW we ended up talking. I DO remember thinking how pretty her hair was before we talked, though.
Anyways. We soon found a lot of random things we had in common, besides young kids and homeschooling. Some weeks later, I think, the kids and I ended up at her house for a playdate and I think fell in "friendship love" with her even more when her husband brought us take out home for lunch. AND she admitted that he did that a lot of days. Her husband was a pretty cool guy, too, and was convinced that him and my husband could definitely be friends.
Her and I met at a time of transition in our lives. A lot of "stuff" was going on for me personally and for our family as a whole. I was feeling really alone during this time and felt very "friendless". Postpartum depression sucks, and it ran rampant over my life until I got a hold of it months and months after I should have. (BUT, it's also all part of God's story for my life and the glory He gets from it is worth every sucky moment. God redeems messes, and He has redeemed the messes I made through that PPD period)
Eventually our husbands met, and a really fantastic thing happened....they also liked each other! If you're keeping track--two mommas that totally connected, her 3 kids and my 5 kids connected and NOW the husbands also connected! It started a really beautiful relationship that our family needed at the exact perfect time we needed it. I don't even know that we KNEW we needed it, but God did and I'm so thankful.
Our youngest kids, at the time, LOVE to say how they've been friends since they were babies. She went on to have one more baby and I had two more...and the three more kids to the crew all fit right on it with what our families had created with each other.
Those two mommas on the playground probably never imagined what the Lord was going to do with their friendship that started over having some random things in common, but this momma is so very thankful for each thing the Lord has brought them to and through together. This momma cannot wait to see how else the Lord works through our families as we continue to enter new phases and stages together...because we've long left behind the days of potty training talk and it's been replaced with "how are our kids seniors" talks.
I'm supposing you were expecting some really long post about tiers of underwear, and truth is, if you know...you know. And if you don't. You don't. There are some of you out there that just have "underwear" and that's totally cool, I'm actually wondering how nice it must be to pack and not have to worry about the 2nd tier underwear that you're stuck wearing. There really isn't much more to say about it. If you don't know, I don't even know where to begin to explain it to you. AND the real truth is...you're probably married to someone the exact opposite as you. If I showed the meme to my husband he would definitely shake his head, roll his eyes and laugh at me in the most loving way he can when he just doesn't understand me. :)
I'll end with this "real", God has given us friends. Find "your people" and let them know they're your people. Thank God for them and treasure the true blessing they are in your life!!
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