On My Heart...

I haven't felt much like writing lately, I suppose I have just had quite a bit on my mind and have just felt, well, preoccupied.

I had an experience here recently that reminded me that I am somewhat naive. And at first, I felt tempted to let this experience change the way that I do things, or feel about things, but then it occurred to me that perhaps being naive isn't such a bad thing. I have always seen the best in people, and taken their word to be just that, without a whole lot of question. I like believing that people are genuine, and kind, and that they mean what they say. Questioning that, and wondering about people's motives, only hardens you, and I have always been told that one of my good qualities is that I am "soft". I don't want to be hard. It seems like most people these days have become that way, and it doesn't seem to have brought anything positive. People are bitter, and angry, and rushing about life without stopping to see that there are still good things all around us. I don't want to be that way.

I have purposed to not let this world change who I am. God created me with a special purpose, just as He has with each of His creations. I am starting to really understand this more, and realize that I have a responsibility to not let circumstances turn me into something other than what He made me to be. I pray that God will use me for His purposes, and not let my shortcomings be a stumbling block ( to me or anyone else).