Dear Younger Me,
Be thankful for the still waters. When you’re in the season of raging seas, all you want is for things to settle down. However, the irony is that when things are normal, you long for change. But goodness gracious, let yourself rest. God has each season in your life placed as it should be for a reason. So when you exit the rapids, appreciate the time just to float. Instead of enjoying it, eventually you’ll long for what’s around the riverbend. When you forget about being Pocahontas for a second, and you remember that God “leads me beside quiet waters,” you can realize there is such peace and goodness you should enjoy right here.
You might complain that you “have nothing going on,” but if you look a little closer, you’ll see the “nothing going on” is really something. It’s resting. I think you’ve been so busy that you don’t understand how to do that.
Hold onto Psalm 23:2-3, which say, “He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.” It feels pretty silly to long for what’s next when I’m reminded that peace is a good thing. By the peaceful waters, let Him refresh your soul. Let Him remind you He is enough. Let Him remind you that rest is what you need.
Love,
Megan
