Nothing fits like an old pair of jeans, so why do we toss out all of the other "olds" in our lives??

      Life is not a popularity contest, so why do I feel like I am losing? I am 22 years old, and tonight I broke down. It dawned on me that in a lot of areas of my life I am the "old news". The new comes in and the old is just "there". And I found out that being the "old news" to people hurts. It is like having a reliable friend, and you know that they are always going to be there for you through thick and thin, and so you tend to forget about them and their feelings. Until that one day that you need someone and no one is there for you, EXCEPT your old friend. Then you finally see the value that they are to you.
     I feel invisible a lot of the time, and it really does do damage on your soul. After my break down, I got to have some alone time and think. To me a lot of the time, God is the "old news". God is there ALWAYS, and I take him for granted. I forget about Him so much of the time, because "new things" pop in to my life, and they are more exciting than trusty ol' God. I tend to lose the value of Him in my own mind and place that value on other people and things. And I cannot imagine how He feels. If I feel this upset and insecure about feeling like the "old news", how much more does God feel? He loves me SO much more than anyone has ever loved me, or that I have ever loved anyone else. So to ditch him THAT MUCH of the time... goodness.
     My prayer for myself is that I can stop giving God a downgrade and place Him where He belongs, all of the time. That is my prayer for you as well.

Also, think about the people in your life now. Who have you taken for granted lately? Who have you tossed aside as your "old news"?