blog challenge: explain your title

Okay, I confess.  This was actually part of what I was what I was supposed to blog about the other day, but I changed it up and am going to write about it today because I think it deserves its own post.  So obviously my blog is named "overwhelmed but understood."  When I decided to make a blog, I wanted to come up with a catchy name that was fun to say, but I wanted it to also mean something.  I really liked the idea of having two opposite prefixes (like over and under) go with two different words in the title, but not have it actually be a contradiction.  I finally settled on "overwhelmed but understood" because that's how my life felt at that time.  At times I would feel completely overwhelmed by everything, and other times I felt at peace because people understood me.

But as time went on, I grew to understand that my blog name had two meanings for me, both of which really do describe my life.  The first meaning is in relation to the world and other people.  Sometimes I am just completely overwhelmed by everything that's going on: stresses, temptations, distractions, and all those crazy little things that happen every day.  However, there are many other people around me that are going through the same exact things.  Therefore, I was understood by my friends.  Even though I'm often overwhelmed by life, it is an understandable feeling.

But I believe the second meaning to my blog title is the more important one.  Every day, I am completely overwhelmed by my God.  I'm overwhelmed by his love.  By his power.  By his forgiveness.  By the fact that he has blessed me so much, and continues to bless me even when I'm not very grateful.   Everything that is done by someone so perfect and infinite overwhelms the small person that I am.  But there's a twist.  Even though He is the maker of the universe, he understands me.  He became a man and walked the earth and experienced the same things that I do.  So even though I am completely overwhelmed by God, I am also understood by Him.

In this way, I am overwhelmed but understood.  And I hope that this blog provides another way for you to be able to understand me.