“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Colossians 2:17

It’s hard to hold our tongues when we’re angry. I’ve been struggling with this concept lately, so it’s only fitting that God guided me to this passage tonight. I find myself caught up in emotion, that I feel the need to drag everyone else into it. Why is that?

I don’t want to be THAT person, the negative Nancy of the group. Last year, I was voted ‘Sparkling Personality,’ and this year I’m honestly afraid of the label I’d be given. I’ve given my hurt a voice instead of my heart. Breaking away from my self-pity isn’t always easy. Accepting that He has a greater plan for me when I feel so utterly lost is difficult to stomach.

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