Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Love and Be Loved


Wow, I can't believe it has been 20 days since my last post. And the past three weeks are a bit blurry to me. I feel like I've been going non-stop since I started my new job and just now am I beginning to feel like I'm able to relax a bit. Life has been busy. And I think life will always be busy, I mean we can make it busy, but sometimes I think it takes a lot more effort to just sit and be than it does to go, go, go. There will always be stuff to do. This morning as I sat down on my couch and had a bowl of cereal, I began to think of the things I needed to do that day and started feeling guilty for having a day off yesterday. I am being reminded daily of how important it is to take time for myself and time to sit and be with Jesus. There are some times when I don't want to just sit, but God calls me to slow down and simply listen.

As I look back over the past three weeks I can't help but smile and laugh a bit as I stand in awe of God's faithfulness. I feel like so much has happened, and through it all I grew, I cried, I laughed, and I am now stronger. Praise Jesus that he doesn't allow any hurt or situation to go unused. With growing up, or just growing in general, comes growing pains and Jesus is like a cold glass of milk wanting to help make our bodies (and faith in Him) stronger. There is still a lot of unknown in my life and I'm beginning to become okay with that. Love and Be Loved...I'm not sure which is harder, but I'm working on both. I hope you are too.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Who Knew...

My legs could ache so much. You know the kind of ache you start to feel when you've been running around ALL day just trying to get things done and always with the next thing to do on your mind. That's the ache I feel right now and that was my day too. Granted it was a good day, but just so gosh darn busy. I laid down for a minute this evening and my legs were throbbing. I guess I just didn't realize how tired I was or how much I needed to rest for a second. And not only give my body a rest but also take a minute and just relax and remind myself in the midst of my "busyness" God has greater plans than that which I know, and it is vital that I put aside my to-do list and sit and commune with Him. I had a great time of communing with Him today, though I was in the car driving from one place to the next, I turned off the music and was able to have a quiet drive as I thought and prayed and listened.

Praise the Lord (PTL!) that He meets us where we are at and that we don't have to put up a front for Him. ("Why you be frontin'?" Right Jen. Oh how I miss Clarence and E.L. Cooper) But Jesus knows me. He knows you. He loves me and He loves you. And He surely knows that I am in process, messing up sometimes (okay probably more than sometimes) but He calls me to take His hand and continue to trust and follow Him on the journey. And what an exciting and glorious journey it is.

Sunday, August 6, 2006

Pondering...

"Pain is the price of admission to a new and better life." I'm still pondering this one... I see some truth in it.

Saturday, August 5, 2006

Friday Fun!


It's about 2:30am right now and I, along with my friend and new co-worker Kimi have just finished decorating our new offices. Today the two of us and the other Residence Director, Dave, decided to have a little fun on a Friday afternoon and have a photo shoot. We took all sorts of random pictures of the three of us doing really random things. Kimi and I printed out the pictures and blew them up to 8X10 and then we each used a really big (and I do mean REALLY BIG) piece of cardboard and found things around the office to decorate with. Both of ours turned out pretty darn good if I do say so myself. Who knew I could make this large mural using cardboard, blue and green post-it notes, black twine and aluminum foil...it's pretty amazing. You'll have to check it out for yourself. This picture is one of the many we took this afternoon. We call this one: boy band stance. It's gonna be our CD cover one day.