It’s funny how we can search and search for the way to be happy
And then stumble upon happiness unexpectedly once we have forgotten about it and shouldered the work before us
It’s funny how we can long for acceptance and belonging
Only to find it after we’ve reached out a hand to make the next person feel included and accepted
It’s funny how we can try hard to impress God
And slowly soak up the truth that He doesn’t want to be impressed, just worshipped and obeyed and allowed to love us
It’s funny how we can think ourselves nice and good and deserving
And one day face up to the fact that we aren’t nice or good or deserving at all, just another human being in need of grace and mercy
It’s funny how we can spend a lot of years searching for ourselves
Only to meet God and see that it wasn’t ourselves we wanted to find at all, but Someone much bigger than ourselves—Someone big enough to make us forget ourselves.