BUNCH OF ORANGES: "Go Ahead & Waller.... But Ya Gotta Get Back Up!!!"

Yes I said "WALLER".... for some of you...it's pronounced "wallow"! We..(my husband & I) never knew there was a difference until someone pointed it out to him at a work event! They had A LOT of fun with his comment, "You know... waller like...the pig wallers in the mud!" Everyone roared and said... "You mean wallow???" But we just simply can't talk like that! We are country and some things are just different!

So it's about that time.... Memorial Day weekend.... my daddy's anniversary of his death. UHHHH! Lots of thinking. Now for the writing. So I always think on my runs... this time... it was about all the things we "waller in".... and how you know what? It's ok!!! It's OK TO WALLER! Sometimes life is hard, bad things happen, we get sad, and we just need to waller in it! I think that is life on earth! It won't be pretty pink roses all the time! Heaven will be that! :) I started thinking of so many things either me or a close friend or family member has gone through to cause the need to "waller"... but on the flip side.... It's ok to waller... but ya gotta get back up!!!! Because if you don't get back up.... you are gonna miss sooo much! So much of what God intended for this earth to be about! He ain't gonna put more on you than you can bare...even though sometimes it sure feel like it!

So maybe one of these has been you?

Do you "Remember When"
There has been joy...there has been hurt!

Did you lose your job?

Did you lose your best friend?

Did you gain weight?

Did you encounter a serious health problem?

Did you fail a test?

Did you have infertility problems?

Did you experience infidelity?

Did you have an addiction?

Did you have a crappy childhood?

Did you have insecurities?

Did you have a bad day/week/month/year?

Did you experience LOSS?

Maybe you aren't any of these? But you might be one day? Or maybe you know someone who is? Can you imagine if you waller instead of getting back up what you might miss God doing in your life? I have experienced sad and bad and wallered and wailed....but I can see all that HE has done and is doing in my life and He ALWAYS pulls me back up and out of the wallering! You can't stay in the waller state because HE needs you! Let him work through you and "the hard, the sad, the bad, the stuff you want to forget but can't" Let him use you to become closer to him, more Christ like, help someone else through a hard time. This is the only way to make it on this earth! This is the only way to find the good under all the bad. Life really can be beautiful! We can really miss the beauty if our heads are always stuck in the mud or under the covers or wherever we like to waller! There are still so many blessings all around us! That's why I don't have a lot of time to waller.... because the blessings keep pulling me back up! Look around! Let the blessings in your life drown out the wallering stuff and you will be stronger for it!

Then you can "Remember When" all the blessings of this life! THE JOY! :) (The song on here is Remember When and we played it at my Daddy's funeral)

Here are some awesome quotes that pretty much tell you exactly how to GET BACK UP & KEEP GOING! :)

Get back up and Keep building! Workin for the Lord! That is why we are here on this earth!

It's ok if people see you waller.... that is real and real is good.... but get back up so they can see what God does with you and how He works through you!!! :)