Oh Tuesday...welcome back

Dear Tuesday, with Labor Day being yesterday I don’t feel like it’s really your day to shine. More people are probably hating on you because you look and feel a lot like Monday this week. Not this girl.

Dear Social Media Junkies, please don’t take offense to being called that! The fact of the matter is that I was right where you stand a month ago. God created each one of us to be a “people person”. However I don’t think that He intended for your version of that to be following someone on twitter or being someone’s “friend” on Facebook. Do you get more excited about 14 people “liking” your status then you get about being able to pick up the phone and tell someone your good news? Or better yet, meeting with them over a cup of coffee or a meal. Somehow most of us seem to get more pleasure from the first option. Somewhere along the way, the point of social media got skewed. Do you even remember the intention of it anymore? I didn’t until my Pastor spoke about it on Sunday. Social media is intended to ENHANCE relationships, not replace them. Over time we’ve allowed social media to become a threat to real connections. I’m not saying that we should all just close out our accounts and be more intentional about our relationships. What I am saying is that we need to understand that there is a balance between the two. Think about that.

Dear Football, welcome back! Some people just don’t understand my love for you. It’s been a long summer without you. I love you from the High School level, to college, and to the pros. There’s nothing about you that I don’t like. I got to see you in person this week and let me tell you, you looked good. This was the first weekend of many to be planned completely around your schedule. I just know that my hubs is a huge fan of yours too, so he’ll be thrilled that you’re such a big part of my life. Please take your time this season. Give us as many overtime games as possible. I don’t want to miss anything you’ve got to offer this year. Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!!

Papa, so many thoughts and feelings towards you are going to be said without being written this week. There’s just so much that I need You and You alone to hear. I’m so thankful and blessed by You in this season. Only You know how intimate our relationship has become in the past 4 months. I know that this is just the beginning and when I think about that it just leaves me speechless. You’ve taught me so much already, and I’m doing my best to remain in a sponge-like state so that I can soak it all up. Continue to make my heart more and more pliable and please never let it get hardened by the things of this world. Thank you for giving me the wisdom to make important decisions, the faith to wait patiently, and the courage to jump blindly into the unknown. But most of all, thank you for simply being You. I love you.

Tuesday, another week has come and gone. I started this out with so much to say and somehow ended up saying very little. Thanks for hearing what wasn’t said, and reading what wasn’t written. You’re so great at that. See ya next week.