three months.

tomorrow will [officially] mark the third month of my life in birmingham.  and...i think i've learned a lot.  you see, i think we always learn the same lessons.  what i'm learning today is something i had to learn four years ago, in a different way, and then six years ago, in yet a different way, and i'll probably have to learn and learn again...but God is patient, and good.  so from me to you, a little practical advice on life and love and laughter.

-it all comes down to God's word: He declares Himself forever faithful [exodus 34:6-7] and shows, over and over again in history, that He is in control of everything.  so while i can worry about money issues and life issues and school issues, in the end--He's faithful and it's all in His hands, and to worry and mistrust that is to mistrust Him and His perfect promises.

-my plans, my dreams...well, they shouldn't be mine. and i can let them go...because [again] He is faithful.

-along with that, everything doesn't have to be perfect or fall into place all at once.  these last three months have been beautiful in a chaotic, frustrating, meaningful, complex, and simple kind of way all at once.

so, just in case there aren't enough words for these last months, here are some pictures:

three months and i'm still standing here

three months and i'm getting better, yeah

three months and i still am

three months and it's still harder now

three months i've been living here without you now

three months, yeah, three months

three months and i'm still breathing

three months and i still remember it

three months and i wake up

three months and i'm still sober

picked all my weeds but kept the flowers

                               ~kelly clarkson