I Get By With a Little Help from My Friends

Let me be the first to say that sometimes, life utterly and completely stinks. Actually, in the words of Ben Rector, "here's the truth: life sucks sometimes." And he's so right! It's inevitable: sometimes, we just have terrible moments, terrible days, maybe even terrible weeks. It's rough.

Trust me, I know.
It's happened to me quite recently.

Long story short: my past week has been full of stress, anxious waiting, disappointment, and an immense desire for something good to come around the corner (with the corner seeming never to be in sight). Everybody has those times. The only thing worse than feeling down is feeling down and alone.
We've all been there. Don't even try to get around it. I can feel you fighting the acceptance of this fact. Stahp it. Accept it! We all get lonely.

But when we feel our loneliest and in the deepest of dumps, we can remember what is written in 1 John 3:1, "See what kind of love the Father has given to us; that we may be called the children of God. And so we are." We are never alone because we always belong to God our Father! God is our constant companion and confidant. In our terrible moments, God puts His comforting hand on us so we don't feel alone.

And what's more, God blesses us with SO many people in our lives to be with us in our lonely times! I have been given so many beautiful and loving family members, friends, classmates, and especially this evening, floormates.

Like any regular college kid, I was in a bit of a slump after the kind of week I had. All I wanted to do was sit in my dorm, eat ramen, and watch romantic comedies by myself whilst wallowing in a rapidly depleting supply of Goober jelly. It's delicious, guys. Don't judge. But alas, the beautiful women of Raymond Three came to my aid and after a few overly sappy movies, hilariously entertaining Buzzfeeds, having the Jimmy John's delivery boy call me Sunshine, and many MANY snacks (including the comfort staple of chocolate), I was back on my feet and looking forward to the doors God will open for me in the semester that lies ahead.

1 Thessalonians 5:11: "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as you are doing."

I'm so lucky to have family and friends who encourage me and build me up, especially when I feel like life sucks and I'm alone. I'm going to sound extremely cliche (and I really don't care at all), but it really is true that you don't realize how many good things (and people) you have around you until you need them to be there.

So yeah, life sucks sometimes.

But with an everlasting God, great family and friends, and the occasional Girls Night In, life starts to keep moving on.

And I'll tell ya, it's pretty great.

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!" 1 John 3:1

HEY. FOLLOW THIS LINK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJQTVL8Iuw

This post dedicated to my lovely Mama Vicki and the wondrous ladies of Raymond Three.