Is the glass half full or half empty?

As I have been going through some different emotions lately, I have been left feeling empty...as much as I press into God and worship, etc...I have still felt alone, sad, upset, etc. These are normal emotions when going through the grieving process, however, I was recently told "Debbie, these are normal emotions...allow yourself to process it and grieve yes...BUT do not allow yourself to stay in that place."

Wow...How true? While pondering the words that my Assistant Pastor and some others spoke to me recently about my situations, I realized that I CANNOT and MUST NOT stay in this place. I am ready for what God has...I am ready for the higher plains...for the joy that is promised to come in the morning...for the Victory that was already given to me and for the ability to OVERCOME as I have been given the authority to by Jesus Christ.

This led me to the question...

Is the glass half full or half empty?

While pondering this...I was asking myself how I view the glass. How often I focus on the fact that it is half empty...that I am half empty...that I am constantly missing things..waiting, just waiting to be filled (like the glass.) Like a refill.

But... but what about the part that is half full? What about appreciating and FOCUSING on the things that I have in life...on that portion of the glass that is full for once?

While having this revelation, I was very broken...but God was right there ministering, just as he always is.

Let this be our hearts cry...to focus on the glass being half full...on the anticipation to be filled, but on the acknowledgment of being half full.