Comments on: Up https://gracebug.menterz.com/?p=413 capturing moments of grace Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: bekahcubed https://gracebug.menterz.com/?p=413#comment-272 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:00:20 +0000 http://gracebug.menterz.com/?p=413#comment-272 Ah Grace girl–that last bit was absolutely beautiful. And you’re right-we were made for the presence of God. As C.S. Lewis said “If I find in myself a desire that no experience on earth can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”

As for being “normal”? None of us have been normal, none of us ended up following the same course through life (even if it outwardly appeared so with two majoring in nutrition as undergrads and two entering the Marines.) You’re not the only one who’s had depression or had boy problems–although, of course, each one of us have had different ways of working through those problems. None of us has been normal–I guess in that you’re perfectly normal.

I hope you realize that it’s a lie that says that breaking curfew and going out with boys and getting drunk would mean that you’d belong and be loved for who you are. The truth is, only Christ’s love and acceptance can fully fill the void you feel. We all (your family) love you and accept you (whether you get a 36 or an 18, believe it or not!)–but even that is not enough for you to feel content. And it shouldn’t be. To paraphrase St. Augustine: May your heart never find rest until it rests in Christ. (And may you find that rest in Christ with each and every new day.)

I love you, Gracebug!

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