Whirlwinds

This day has been a whirlwind of a day.  As I type that I remembered I got to see a whirlwind today.  Hm, was that a foreshadowing of the day?

I feel a little emotionally tired right now.  I will not say emotionally drained as I feel nothing like I have at times, but still very emotionally tired.  Blah.  Numb, no, not numb.  Just here.  Not sure what I feel.  I had to face some disappointment today from someone I had been depending on lately.  It reminds me that we are human and we will disappoint.  My heart breaks for a couple of people tonight.  I really don't know what to feel for them.  I have went back to a place today in my life that I forget about at times, and am thankful to have moved past it.  I know it is a weak area for me though and I know that Satan likes to bring things to the forefront that we like to push to the back, or maybe even bury.  God used it though.  I think anyway.  He seemed to have.  Regardless, it is not for me to know, only for me to be obedient in the direction He leads.

It was an up and down kind of day.  Disappointments.  Friendships.  Broken hearts.  Love.  Death. Laughter.  Exhaustion.  Hope.  It's been a whirlwind of a day.  Aside from seeing people hurt and aside from being hurt, I had some positive things come up as well.  My heart was outweighed at times with the heaviness, but there is light to shine through.  I left my wallet at a store yesterday afternoon and one of the guys working found it outside in a cart.  He took it back in and the store put it away for me.  Everything, even cash, was still there.  It brings me hope seeing that there are still honest people in the world.  I found a phone this weekend and we have been able to locate the owner.  He lives out of state, but will be getting in touch with a family member from the area and it will get returned to him.  That's always nice.  I had a great visit with two of my closest friends today.  One this morning on our run/walk, the other I got to eat supper with her and her family tonight.  One had to pay for my lunch, because it was there I discovered the missing wallet.  Thankful for friends and getting to share joys and sorrows with them.  I even got to visit with a third awesome lady today!  We vented, but with the day the venting was needed.  She is a positive lady in my life and someone I hold dear to me.  I don't get to visit with her often, but always am blessed when I do.  I pray God will bless her with rest and enjoyment very soon.

I am thankful today God has given me great friends, health, fitness level, opportunity, a job I love and much more.  He has blessed me beyond measure, and well beyond anything I could ever deserve.

A whirlwind of a day.  This morning as I ran in 70 degree weather in November, thinking how hot it was and how crazy that only a few days ago I was freezing, I was in the middle of a whirlwind.  The middle.  Interesting to me as well as I have seen them, but never been in one.  I have chased them, but never caught one.  I was running down the road and a wind grabbed leaves that had fallen to the ground in this changing of the seasons.  The leaves whirled around me and caught me by surprise.  It took me to being a kid and how I always wanted to be in one of those.  I think my friend next to me said something about that being odd, or weird or something.  I felt a sense of joy in it and didn't really hear her exact words.  I agreed and smiled enjoying that split moment.  The whirlwind of A day I have experienced leaves me feeling tired.  The whirlwind of THE day left me with a smile.  It reminds me that God is in everything.  He should be the center of our lives.  When He is, there is a peace.  Even tired, I feel peaceful.  Yes.  Peaceful, that is the word I was searching for earlier.  I kept trying to go to the other end of the spectrum, but the answer is the feeling of peace felt when God is the center of everything.  I am thankful that God is the center.  Without Him I would be numb.  With Him I am just at peace in the whirlwind.