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3月27日 My Comfort"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Find REST for your souls...
3月21日 CopingSuper Quick thoughts from a girl who will be up far too late tonight:
-Interesting the places where one can find conviction. Today it was a class on how to manage stress; I covered all the wrong ways in one evening :). Showed me that I hadn't really been taking it to God like I thought that I had been.
-Related thought--> Prayer is our declaration of dependence on God (Billy Graham I think? Thanks Jeanette). Am I trying to go it my own?
What does utter dependence on God look like? Something for me to ponder. 3月20日 Deja Vu!Merry First Day of Spring, everyone! Ho ho ho- Just checking out my blog from this time last year, and found: The ground was dry, the sky sunny, my feet donned flip-flops; That was about 2 and a half weeks ago, in the dying days of winter. "It is the beginning of the unpredictable season that signals an end to Canadian misery- it is Spring! And yet... there is a L O T of snow on the ground, and that makes me very sad. Chris' car got stuck in his parking lot today, and we've shovelled our walk 3 or 4 times. AGGHHH!!! :)" 3月16日 Time and Again
Time and again, however well we know the landscape of love, time and again we go out two together,
1875-1926 Of Minor Prophets and their Adulterous WivesActually, this blog has absolutely nothing to do with its title. I just happen to this it's a clever title for a Pedro the Lion song, so I borrowed it.
This blog is just a short account of things that have brought me joy lately:
Firstly, my recent conversation with a rather observant child- "Did you know that you're short?" "Did you know that YOU'RE short??" "Ya, but I'm 6." "Ya well that's no excuse."
A wrestling match with my roomate rolling down a tobogganing hill.
Tea! I discovered some time in January that I actually like tea.
The book of Jeremiah.
Sitting around singing worship songs in a storage room at MOBY.
That's all for now folks. I needed to recap just a little bit to remind myself that there's something to smile about. Like all of you people I'm swamped at the moment. Wheeee. Back to community assessment! Deeper thoughts to come!
Listening to: Kevin Gilbert- "When you give your love to me" 3月12日 RefiningI like this spot, but it's also pretty challenging. I have been perceiving a few changes lately- people I need to encourage, habits that need to be altered, thought processes needing to be reversed, attentions that need to be realigned. It's kind of cool to feel direction and know that I'm making progress.
But with direction I find also comes a perception of inadequacies, past failure, personal sin, and current impermanence. I won't really delve into what all of that looks like to me, but self-awareness is probably the best way to put it. I see things that I am capable of, but I know that it is contrary to my sin-nature for me to accomplish these things for my Lord. But then I'm encouraged by scripture like Joshua 1:9 and countless like it. We should rejoice in our inadequacy because it is only God that can accomplish all of these things in and through us. Pretty standard teaching, I guess. But when I think of all the times I've dropped the ball, I need to see anew that it's by God's grace that I can pick up that ball again and again with confidence.
Another thought that comes to mind when I'm thinking about what lies ahead for me as I try my best to follow the straight and narrow is that I need to give up trying to forge what that road looks like. Which means that I need to give up on the ideal future and sacrifice that- give it to my Father and allow him to choose what is best for me. Frankly that scares me though it should be a very comforting thought (because God loves me and ultimately knows what is best!) simply because I very much like control, stability and safety. God is good, but he is not "safe" in the sense that we think of safety. We cannot contain him or direct him- that's not how this whole operation works.
So I'm learning what it means to be a servant. 3月6日 --Active?--Passive?--Okay- so, singleness.
Let's say you feel like you're being told to be single for a while, not pursue relationships- if it's a calling, that's something active right? It should have a purpose and a plan and actions associated with it. Something you'd learn or do or accomplish in that period of time, and when accomplished the period will be done.
What if you feel you're being told to do something but then you get no details of how or why? Do you assume you haven't been called to do that? How do you know?
What happens when you perceive a calling where there isn't one? What if you decide it's not there but it is?
These aren't really questions as much as... just me thinking.
peace. 3月3日 WordsI've made a new webpage, and I'm tinkering with the features at the moment. You can find it here. In other news:
Listening to: The hum of the electric heater warming my feet, I think it complements the Calexico that I'm hearing. I think I'll move on to Josh Kelley next. Seeing: The world outside my window is very white and serene. It's a very bright winter's day. Feeling: Conflicted. I don't know whether or not I feel like snow tonight... Reading: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Wishing: That I could find some inspiration to dive back into writing short fiction! |
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