Mostly Marissa: We Don't Get Along Well.

We all have that person that we just cringe a little by the thought of them. Whether it be their quirky attitude, jokes they make that don't really make sense or really aren't that funny, or even that we just can stand them. Thing is, that is temporary. Haha all of it actually, we figure that life goes on and there's better things to do with our time than worry about them. BUT, there's this ONE. STINKING. PERSON. that's really good at escaping it all and man, we just don't get along well.

My 6th Brother.

Little do ya'll know, I've got a 6th brother. He bugs me everyday. He lets nothing go and I'm pretty sure that his life goal is to make me miserable and unhappy. Yeah there's that "oh he's your brother" kind of thing where it fades away and you later realize that you love him and life is good. (At least until he picks on you again.) He picks on my friends and family, never letting up. Sometimes I just want to call him a straight up peabrain. But this 6th brother, he's not very nice. Not at all. His name? Satan. Lucifer. Tempter. Whatever you want to call him.

Sure, he's technically not my brother anymore. He defied my Father and wanted to tell me how to live my life. I'm not alright with that. He actually comes in phases, some days he works really hard to make me miserable. Then I'll tell him to knock it off and he'll go away. Before I know it, he's back again, making me unhappy and getting under my skin. Some brother right?

Cheesy Scenarios.

Holy cow, that was super cheesy right? But really, Satan's all of our brother. In a way, he's lost that right to be called a brother of ours. He knew what our Father, our Heavenly Father expected and expects of us--to be happy and learn--and wanted to take both of those away from us.

Grumpy Gills.

Since Satan only wants us to be unhappy and not return to our Heavenly Father, he does so much to get us to stray away and be angry at each other and our own Father.

Weeks are hard. Days can be hard. Moments can be hard. People gosh dang it can be hard!! But Satan's a Grumpy Gills so he just wants us to sink to his pitiful level. To be unhappy like him, and want us to bring others to that level too. But goodness, he doesn't even know what it's like to feel true happiness. He doesn't know what it feels like to really know that this time of unhappiness and hardship is just temporary and not even worth our worry. He doesn't truly know happiness.

But to Truly Have a BROTHER.

But to truly have a brother. To have a brother that gave us the blessing and opportunity to be happy and return to our Heavenly Father. We truly have a brother that quite literally gave His life for us. We truly have a brother that knows exactly what it feels like to go through anything in our life and feel alone. We truly have a brother that knows what it feels like to be miserable from our other brother. We truly have a brother that just understands.

I believe we truly have a brother. The one that cares for us beyond comprehension. One that knows the hardships that we face, firsthand. But knows that the happiness we will receive is beyond comprehension. A true brother.

We Don't Get Along Well.

So yeah, our first brother I mentioned, simply put; we just don't get along well. I'm not sure if we ever will. But I sure am mighty grateful for another brother who quite literally gave His life for you and I, so we can be just...happy.

Mostly Marissa

A few happy things I've been thinkin about lately...