MY NOTE TODAY IS GONNA BE REAL SIMPLE. I AM SURE MOST OF YOU CAN RELATE TO IT. IF YOU CANNOT RELATE PERSONALLY TO WHAT I AM ABOUT TO WRITE, YOU MORE THAN LIKELY KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN. IF ANYONE CAN RELATE, ITS ME!!!
WHAT DOES ONE NORMALLY FIND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL? IT STINKS. ITS ROTTEN. ITS CORRODED. ITS DARK. ITS CLUTTERED. ITS OLD. ITS DISGUSTING.
BUT, IF ANY OF YOU ARE LIKE ME, YOU SPENT TIME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, JUST LIKE I DID. IN FACT, I SPENT WAY TOO MANY YEARS DOWN THERE. HOW MANY TIMES DID I HEAR MY MAMA SAY,
"MICHELLE, YOU ARE REALLY SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL." OF COURSE I WAS!!!! THATS WHERE I STAYED. THATS HOW I LIVED. THATS WHAT I CHOSE TO DO. THATS WHAT I ENJOYED. SEEMS LIKE THE WORSE I COULD DO, THE WORSE I COULD BECOME, THE BETTER I LIKED IT.
I HAD BECOME QUEEN OF THE BOTTOM OF MY BARREL. IT WAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE THE BOTTOM OF A BARREL TO BE. I SWAM IN IT, I LAUGHED IN IT. I PLAYED IN IT. I HAD SO MANY FRIENDS WHO LOVED TO ENJOY THE BOTTOM OF MY BARREL WITH ME. WE DIDNT EVEN LOOK UP. WE DIDNT WANT TO SEE EVEN A GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHT THAT MIGHT MANAGE TO SHINE ITS WAY THROUGH ALL OF THE TRASH THAT REACHED THE BOTTOM.
BUT THEN, ONE DAY.........
I HAD TRULY REACHED THE BOTTOM. I FOUND MYSELF CRUSHED AND TRAPPED ALL ALONE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE BARREL. I WAS ALL ALONE. NO ONE WAS EVEN THERE TO COME TO MY RESCUE. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO LOOK UP. IN FACT, MY BARREL WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. AND THERE I WAS!
DIRTY, STINKY, ALONE, AND COLD. SO NASTY THAT EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO ONCE LOVED ME DIDNT EVEN RECOGNIZE ME ANYMORE.
BUT.........
THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO STILL RECOGNIZED ME. I WAS STILL BEAUTIFUL IN THE EYES OF SOMEONE. IN THOSE EYES, I SHINED LIKE A DIAMOND. I SMELLED LIKE A MOST BEAUTIFUL ROSE. THIS PERSON PICKED ME UP AND OFFERED ME COMFORT. SHOWED ME LOVE. MADE ME FORGET THAT I HAD JUST BEEN DUMPED OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL. HE MADE ME SEE THAT I WASNT MEANT TO SPLASH AROUND IN FILTH. HE MADE ME SEE THAT I HAD ONLY CONVINCED MYSELF THAT I HAD EVER LIKED IT THERE.
AND THATS WHY I WROTE THIS "NOTE" TODAY.
THE LORD HAS TRULY BEEN SO GOOD TO ME. HE BROUGHT ME TO A PLACE WHERE I HAVE NEVER BEEN BEFORE. I LOVE LIVING IN THE LIGHT. I LOVE TO SEE OTHER SMILING FACES. I LOVE BEING A PART OF MY FAMILY. I LOVE KNOWING THE LORD.
ITS MY HOPE THAT MAYBE EVEN JUST A FEW OF MY FB FRIENDS READ THIS NOTE. IF YOU CANNOT IDENTIFY WITH WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN, I FEEL SURE THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN.
IF YOU READ THIS AND KNOW SOMEONE WHO MIGHT GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT. PLEASE SHARE THIS NOTE WITH THEM. IF GOD DID IT FOR ME, HE SURELY CAN AND WILL DO IT FOR YOU OR ANYONE ELSE.
WHAT DOES ONE NORMALLY FIND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL? IT STINKS. ITS ROTTEN. ITS CORRODED. ITS DARK. ITS CLUTTERED. ITS OLD. ITS DISGUSTING.
BUT, IF ANY OF YOU ARE LIKE ME, YOU SPENT TIME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, JUST LIKE I DID. IN FACT, I SPENT WAY TOO MANY YEARS DOWN THERE. HOW MANY TIMES DID I HEAR MY MAMA SAY,
"MICHELLE, YOU ARE REALLY SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL." OF COURSE I WAS!!!! THATS WHERE I STAYED. THATS HOW I LIVED. THATS WHAT I CHOSE TO DO. THATS WHAT I ENJOYED. SEEMS LIKE THE WORSE I COULD DO, THE WORSE I COULD BECOME, THE BETTER I LIKED IT.
I HAD BECOME QUEEN OF THE BOTTOM OF MY BARREL. IT WAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE THE BOTTOM OF A BARREL TO BE. I SWAM IN IT, I LAUGHED IN IT. I PLAYED IN IT. I HAD SO MANY FRIENDS WHO LOVED TO ENJOY THE BOTTOM OF MY BARREL WITH ME. WE DIDNT EVEN LOOK UP. WE DIDNT WANT TO SEE EVEN A GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHT THAT MIGHT MANAGE TO SHINE ITS WAY THROUGH ALL OF THE TRASH THAT REACHED THE BOTTOM.
BUT THEN, ONE DAY.........
I HAD TRULY REACHED THE BOTTOM. I FOUND MYSELF CRUSHED AND TRAPPED ALL ALONE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE BARREL. I WAS ALL ALONE. NO ONE WAS EVEN THERE TO COME TO MY RESCUE. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO LOOK UP. IN FACT, MY BARREL WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. AND THERE I WAS!
DIRTY, STINKY, ALONE, AND COLD. SO NASTY THAT EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO ONCE LOVED ME DIDNT EVEN RECOGNIZE ME ANYMORE.
BUT.........
THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO STILL RECOGNIZED ME. I WAS STILL BEAUTIFUL IN THE EYES OF SOMEONE. IN THOSE EYES, I SHINED LIKE A DIAMOND. I SMELLED LIKE A MOST BEAUTIFUL ROSE. THIS PERSON PICKED ME UP AND OFFERED ME COMFORT. SHOWED ME LOVE. MADE ME FORGET THAT I HAD JUST BEEN DUMPED OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL. HE MADE ME SEE THAT I WASNT MEANT TO SPLASH AROUND IN FILTH. HE MADE ME SEE THAT I HAD ONLY CONVINCED MYSELF THAT I HAD EVER LIKED IT THERE.
AND THATS WHY I WROTE THIS "NOTE" TODAY.
THE LORD HAS TRULY BEEN SO GOOD TO ME. HE BROUGHT ME TO A PLACE WHERE I HAVE NEVER BEEN BEFORE. I LOVE LIVING IN THE LIGHT. I LOVE TO SEE OTHER SMILING FACES. I LOVE BEING A PART OF MY FAMILY. I LOVE KNOWING THE LORD.
ITS MY HOPE THAT MAYBE EVEN JUST A FEW OF MY FB FRIENDS READ THIS NOTE. IF YOU CANNOT IDENTIFY WITH WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN, I FEEL SURE THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN.
IF YOU READ THIS AND KNOW SOMEONE WHO MIGHT GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT. PLEASE SHARE THIS NOTE WITH THEM. IF GOD DID IT FOR ME, HE SURELY CAN AND WILL DO IT FOR YOU OR ANYONE ELSE.
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