My Pictures Are Coming Off The Walls

The other day as I was laying in my bed, I noticed my pictures were starting to peel up from the wall.

It’s funny because when we first moved in we were told that we weren’t allowed to hang anything up on the walls, due to how old the wood was. We found a way around this rule by using this strange puddy stuff that we searched like 3 different stores for. We got home and hung up all of our pictures and notes, not exactly knowing if or how long they would stick. 

And then day by day we came home and our pictures were still up. On really hard days, they were up. On really fun and exciting days, there they were. On days when we cried together, were mad at each other or just wanted to curl up in bed- our pictures still hung on the wall just like they did when we put them up that first week of CGA. 

Now, we are coming up on our last week and suddenly my pictures aren’t sticking like they use to. They’ve had their time and done their job. They haven’t fallen or moved, they just aren’t as stuck as they were in the beginning. 

The Lord has been talking to me a lot through these pictures. I get real emotional as seasons change. I always want more when it comes to things ending and having to say goodbye. But, just like my pictures on the wall, I’ve done my job in this season and its okay to go ahead and come off the wall.

Because if there is one thing I’ve learned about seasons changing it’s that they are only as good as the Lord’s timing. Trying to hold fast to a season that is supposed to be ending only keeps you from the goodness of the next one. I’ve learned that the hard way.  

So, as I pack up and take down my pictures this week my heart is ready for what’s to come. I’m having to say some hard “see ya laters” this week to people that I’ve done life with for the last 2 years and to people that have become so near to my heart in these last few months. 

You can’t have joy without sorrow and you can’t have sorrow without joy. What an honor it is to have people to miss. To have people and seasons that make it so hard to say goodbye. 

I have some pretty exciting things coming up, the Lord has been so kind in guiding my path. I can’t wait to see where my pictures will hang next. It’s all because of Jesus.

Until next time,

Maggie<3