Half...

Do you see a glass as half empty or half full??

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Did you know there is a town called Halfway, Oregon??

Actually they changed their name to Half.com...

(too bad they didn't get the website to match it)

If something is half done, it can either be a daunting task or a relief, a joy or a disappointment... Today is day 21 of this 40 days of blogging...wait, maybe it's 22... I've lost count. Either way...I'm passed the half-way mark. There are days that I've wondered what on earth I'm gonna write, and others when I've purposefully had to cut myself short because it was way to long before I had half my thought down on the screen...

Back to the beginning... do you see things as half empty or half full? Do you look at things as joys or disappointments? Not that there aren't both, but I think that many times our perspective and attitude about things have everything to do with how we respond to them, and the ways we don't just "get through" life but really purposefully choose to embrace it and run with it, or let it pass us by because of worry, embarassment, discouragement, etc. I long to live my life with optimism, hope, passion, and seeing things as half-full.

Romans 15:13 says "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

There are days when that is easier than others...there are days that are amazing...and there are days that are hard. But those amazing take me well past half-full to overflowing, then those days that are harder are the ones, that I sink down to half-full...and not half empty, aren't nearly as hard as they could be. Are you feeling half-full these days?? then maybe, just maybe, ok probably, this next day needs to be one that you honestly trust Him, spend some time talking to Him...and asking Him to fill you to overflowing with Him --- there is hope, rest, peace, contentment, joy, optimism, and passion there... (and in the half-full days too)...

So... half-way through this 40 day journey... grateful, challenged, encouraged, ready for lots, lots more... and grateful for His hope on each of my days...