It is Tuesday again!!! Actually It's Tuesday, two weeks since my last entry... but last weekend I was so past exhausted from preparing to move and work that I didn't have many opportunities to think about my blog... but I think I was thankful for a lot... so lets see...
Last Week:
5 Thankful things:
1. Fogger -- within the last couple of weeks, bugs were showing up in my CLEAN kitchen and giving me fits so after not being able to rely on my apt anymore, Megan and I took matters into our own hands and there you go!
2. Work Megan -- She took my precious cats in for a couple of days while I took care of this pesky problem
3. Tijuana Flats -- Delicious comfort food that a friend and I got to go and enjoy after he just had a really rotten day
4. Being able to enjoy the weekend before this crazy moving weekend began (with good friends and Saks comedy club and the Strawberry Festival)
5. Being able to get the keys days earlier than expected so that we could begin the moving process earlier than planned!
This Tuesday: I am thankful for so much more!!!
1. MY FRIENDS: So after work on Friday, Laura, Bonnie, Joy and David (and Colby), Cameron, and Mark met me at my apartment and in ONE EVENING got the rest of my stuff and ALL my furniture moved and all the furniture set up in my new place!!! Wow! Hard workers! So loyal, so amazing!!!!
2. Megan -- I think I have a super amazing roommate and we do well together and working together on Sunday we have most of the house (minus our rooms and one box unpacked)... super cute might I add...
3. Megan's mom cooked us the most delicious and the much needed first homecooked meal in our home last night. ham and cabbage and potatoes in honor of St Patty's Day
4. Amazing evening at OURM last Thursday night... GirlTalk Jeopardy and catchphrase and snacks AMAZING (Jeopardy was so a review of our bible study :))
5. Our new house... it might be small but it feels so comfy and cozy and warm and wonderful to be in a house in a neighborhood where people ride bikes and walk and talk to their neighbors :)
so i have many more... but those are the top 5 for each week :)
Mar 20, 2012
Mar 6, 2012
Thankful Tuesday
I think a friend of mine had a BRILLIANT idea when she has a Thankful Thursday post on her blog each week... a way to keep us focused on what God is doing in our lives. I have decided to attempt this but I want to do it on Tuesday (to be a little different so I am not completely copying her ;-) )
Okay, so there are probably so much more ... and I probably won't do as much each week... but I thought 10 is a good number to begin with :)
Things to be Thankful for today:
1. My job... I truly do have an amazing and easy going job.
2. My friends... constantly making life interesting
3. My apartment... I have it for one more week. It started one fantastic chapter of my life and for that will always have sweet memories for me
4. My phone... It is a lifeline at times
5. My health... Through this sick season of everyone getting sick, God really kept a shield around me and for that I am truly grateful
6. My family... of course, I wouldn't be me without them
7. The Woods... my second family, definitely a source of sanity in this crazy world at times
8. My cats... it sounds crazy, but they are so laid back and loving and i am greeted by them everyday, they just make me smile
9. My car... why not? It is cute and reliable and truly a blessing in my life
10. and of course to Jesus, who every day I wake up thankful to for the sacrifice He made for me and the love HE gives me daily, even when it is so undeserved
1. My job... I truly do have an amazing and easy going job.
2. My friends... constantly making life interesting
3. My apartment... I have it for one more week. It started one fantastic chapter of my life and for that will always have sweet memories for me
4. My phone... It is a lifeline at times
5. My health... Through this sick season of everyone getting sick, God really kept a shield around me and for that I am truly grateful
6. My family... of course, I wouldn't be me without them
7. The Woods... my second family, definitely a source of sanity in this crazy world at times
8. My cats... it sounds crazy, but they are so laid back and loving and i am greeted by them everyday, they just make me smile
9. My car... why not? It is cute and reliable and truly a blessing in my life
10. and of course to Jesus, who every day I wake up thankful to for the sacrifice He made for me and the love HE gives me daily, even when it is so undeserved
Okay, so there are probably so much more ... and I probably won't do as much each week... but I thought 10 is a good number to begin with :)
Psalm 107:1
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Mar 1, 2012
"Change is the only constant"
I love how throughout life, you will always have change... I mean I guess things settle down some when you get married ... but that's change in itself and starting a family that you will continually see grow... so CHANGE is always happening. Yet when the big changes begin to happen in my life, I start to feel anxious. Not of my own choosing, especially when I know God is ordaining it all. Stepping into the unknown doesn't really scare me, I like new things. It is letting the old things go that I completely stink at. Knowing that I am saying good bye to certain areas of my life, and even though I know its a good thing, it makes me sad....
Last night at Refuge, it was suppose to be announced that next week would be my last week on leadership. I mean God is taking me in so many directions and I really feel His guiding me to place more focus on OURM and helping with ROCK. Those two ministries on top of my health and my job... something had to give... and I feel this has Jesus written all over it. However, through crazy turn of events, the Youth Pastor had to announce his being guided down a different path to a different church earlier than planned. Big change erupted, those kids love A. It has delayed my leaving a week or so... maybe... I have no clue right now.....but it gave me a chance to sit back and observe. I have a really close friend that leads worship there, we know each other so well and would do anything for each other ... but we hang out with different people now and I mean he had the freedom to come to my apt anytime when he wanted since it was down the rode from his house but as we both are beginning the process of moving, we are going opposite directions.... and then there is Dani, she was the youth that welcomed me into LBC with open arms and a friendship formed a couple ago, especially as she graduated from high school and entered college. She will stay on as leadership as i have hoped, but it will be hard not seeing her weekly. I know, I know it is not the end of the world... it is just life gets busy and unless people are active in your life its easy not to remain as close. I actually feel this is the direction God wants... its just sad. THEN I looked at all the youth, I cant wait to see what happens to them in the next few years... wow! Adam and I leaving gives God a chance to bring in new leadership and WOW, think of the possibilities. That helps remind me that even though i may grow away from some people, even people i care a lot for, God is written all over this....
He continuously sent people away, asked them to get up and move and follow him... from Abraham to Moses to the Disciples, this is how God works... and this allows Him to work in BIG ways. so deeply I know I should be ecstatic...and I am, it is just mixed with a little sadness and A LOT OF TRUST. In the next few months, I can't wait to see God's plan unfold.....
Below are quotes that make me smile and i think are quite appropriate:
"The key to change ... is to let go of fear"
"Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever"
"Change is inevitable -- except from a vending machine"
"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts"
and finally....
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"
Last night at Refuge, it was suppose to be announced that next week would be my last week on leadership. I mean God is taking me in so many directions and I really feel His guiding me to place more focus on OURM and helping with ROCK. Those two ministries on top of my health and my job... something had to give... and I feel this has Jesus written all over it. However, through crazy turn of events, the Youth Pastor had to announce his being guided down a different path to a different church earlier than planned. Big change erupted, those kids love A. It has delayed my leaving a week or so... maybe... I have no clue right now.....but it gave me a chance to sit back and observe. I have a really close friend that leads worship there, we know each other so well and would do anything for each other ... but we hang out with different people now and I mean he had the freedom to come to my apt anytime when he wanted since it was down the rode from his house but as we both are beginning the process of moving, we are going opposite directions.... and then there is Dani, she was the youth that welcomed me into LBC with open arms and a friendship formed a couple ago, especially as she graduated from high school and entered college. She will stay on as leadership as i have hoped, but it will be hard not seeing her weekly. I know, I know it is not the end of the world... it is just life gets busy and unless people are active in your life its easy not to remain as close. I actually feel this is the direction God wants... its just sad. THEN I looked at all the youth, I cant wait to see what happens to them in the next few years... wow! Adam and I leaving gives God a chance to bring in new leadership and WOW, think of the possibilities. That helps remind me that even though i may grow away from some people, even people i care a lot for, God is written all over this....
He continuously sent people away, asked them to get up and move and follow him... from Abraham to Moses to the Disciples, this is how God works... and this allows Him to work in BIG ways. so deeply I know I should be ecstatic...and I am, it is just mixed with a little sadness and A LOT OF TRUST. In the next few months, I can't wait to see God's plan unfold.....
Below are quotes that make me smile and i think are quite appropriate:
"The key to change ... is to let go of fear"
"Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever"
"Change is inevitable -- except from a vending machine"
"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts"
and finally....
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"
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