Not Stuck Here

You know those days that make you feel stuck?  When you're pretty sure everyone sees you and thinks of a hamster on a wheel, trying really hard, but not going anywhere.  Every once in a while I feel this way, and if I think about it really hard it can ruin every part of my life.  When my life becomes focused on me, all of its failings come into a sharp, brutal focus.  I cannot be perfect, I cannot do everything right, and I make mistakes. . . often.  That is why it is such a joy to lay my failures at the feet of Jesus. He asks us to turn our focus outward.  To other people who hurt just as much as we do.  There is so much brokenness in this world, how can we justify obsessing over the things we can't do? I'm not stuck where my last mistake dropped me. There are lives out there that Jesus wants to touch through me.  That thought is what makes today beautiful.