Not All Things Are Lost

You are not seeing double. There are two rings. The one I lost, has been found.  Where was it? I can't say for certain where it was before, but I found it on the ground on the side of my bed. Not somewhere hidden, or somewhere it has been the entire time it has been gone. It was like someone discovered it, and didn't want to tell me that they found it, and placed it in the most random open air location, so that there would be no way that I missed it. 

I  just spent a good portion of my day with Jamie, and doing one of my favorite things ever. Talking at the Waffle House over breakfast, and drinking Diet Coke. What matters not is the food. But for some reason some of the best conversations I have ever had have taken place there.  Today was no exception, and I heard things from the perfect person to hear them. His perfect insight and direction for this lost girl is contained in 8 words. 

"Pursue Truth,

Question your motivations,

Trust your instincts"

In those three things I know rests the action and decisions that I am in the process of making. I keep waiting for changes to happen, I keep allowing situations to hurt me, and I am manic about where I should live and what I should do. The reality is, I have to do more. Most of all, I need to be honest with what motivates me, even if I don't like the answer. My choices must be based not on fear, but that of Godly instinct rooted in wisdom.

I feel lost in more moments than I have felt found in the past few weeks. I have misplaced countless things this summer, and I have now found most of them. Today I found a ring that I've been missing for quite some time, and I have been so frustrated at myself for not knowing where it had gone. It was on the floor, just waiting... just waiting for me to walk in and look down. I have asked Gracie if she put it there, or if she saw who placed it in plain sight. She looked up at me and gave me the "I don't know what you are talking about, but I love you" puppy dog eyes, and my heart melted. 

Not all things are lost... its time to start looking in the right places... the plain as day, written on the wall, deeply planted in the heart- under distractions of purpose, the future, what could and the what if's. 

The Truth is there.

The Truth is not lost.