That's mine! No sharing....

When something is special to you do you keep it secret? My husband and I got into a lil bit of a fight last night because to me a restaurant in vacaville (a town near us) is special to me. In the past I have only taken people to this place if they meany alot to me.

This may sound lame to some people but to me this was my secret special place. The food is amazing and super cheap. I gound joy in taking others there. It made me feel cool and a lil bit like a foodie with a good scoop. Well our disagreement was over the fact that he has taken his friends to this secret special place and now they want to go there. I felt steped on and stolen from. My joy over this place was gone. It was replaced with sadness and hurt. I was also angry at my husband's friends. "How could they take what was mine!"

My husband reminded me that it is a public place. And if people dont eat at this place it will close down. But as a overly sentimental woman I thought of all the memories that I felt were stolen. We often do this in life with many things. Ive done it with places, friends and even all the way down to a pair of old jeans. What makes us hold on to things and memories over whats truly more important. Which is the fact that we have been blessed with these things and now we can share God's blessing with others.

Story time...

When we look at a person we never see the whole story of who or why. I often think this is a sad truth, even though at times I'd never really want that plastered somewhere for all to know. Judgement is saved for God so why do we sentence people to a life of "I know that type or they can't change"?

  If my story was a book I still wonder if people would truly understand why Iam me and that's fine. As long as I know. So my question is, "If nobody understood your story would you still give thanks to God for it?" The question might not make sense to some but I have a feeling God has a person in mind for that question.

Take time over  the next few days to think about this. Because I know as women and Christians we often only think our story is as good as people say it is. When we play story time at our next womens group or lunch. Ask the above question to yourself. See what God puts in your heart and mind at that moment. Im saying all of this because I know each story counts for something. Even if others don't agree or don't like the story.

So next time we have the thought of "I know the type...etc please stop and ask the thought to leave your mind based on the fact of the twists and turns of your own story.