Nights like tonight I love my family. Jodie gave each of us books she put together on Shutterfly (www.shutterfly.com). It each book are allll the family pictures we only have one physical copy of. This is the stuff from my childhood, from growing up, from NJ, and family and peacefulness.
PRICELESS gift.
I must have laughed for straight minutes without taking a breathe and tears streaming down my face. I was a little girl who was not particularly "cute." You've heard of an ugly phase? Mine lasted 15 years.
The redeeming endpoint is that at this point in time, I do have a decent face, and am attractive. Good things do come in weird packages.
So with that, I will say goodnight. Bid you adios and a very merry, very warm Christmas.
:)
Friday, December 24, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
A time to plant, and a time to uproot.
Ecclesiastes 3 says there's a right time for everything: a time for birth and another for death, one to destroy another to construct, one to laugh and one to cry, one to make love and another to abstain, one to embrace and another to part, a right time to shut up and a right time to speak up, a right time to wage war and another to make peace. A time for everything under the sun.
A time to plant, and a time to uproot. That is the one the Holy Spirit is hammering into me these days. Its unpleasant, but progressive. Its unfamiliar, but restorative. Its awkward. I cry a lot. I also lean into Jesus a lot. Nothing else settles my spirit.
This is what my insides look like right now: gutted.
(found: www.walkingmelbourne.com)
The other night, Adam described a picture God gave him to help me understand how He is working in me. I'm like a building- God looks at it and says its good, its strong, I like the frame, etc. But the inside needs to be completely gutted. He will bring in the finest contractors, designers, decorators, etc... but first the whole thing must be gutted.
Suckfest. For me.
I see, and sometimes can feel, the light at the end of the tunnel. I KNOW He has good things coming for me. But for whatever reason, this is so clearly a season of fire. Of refinement. Ow.
I used to pray David's psalm- Oh God, search me and know my heart; test me and know my every anxious thought. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. I realize now the power of what I was praying.
A time to plant, and a time to uproot. That is the one the Holy Spirit is hammering into me these days. Its unpleasant, but progressive. Its unfamiliar, but restorative. Its awkward. I cry a lot. I also lean into Jesus a lot. Nothing else settles my spirit.
This is what my insides look like right now: gutted.
(found: www.walkingmelbourne.com)
The other night, Adam described a picture God gave him to help me understand how He is working in me. I'm like a building- God looks at it and says its good, its strong, I like the frame, etc. But the inside needs to be completely gutted. He will bring in the finest contractors, designers, decorators, etc... but first the whole thing must be gutted.
Suckfest. For me.
I see, and sometimes can feel, the light at the end of the tunnel. I KNOW He has good things coming for me. But for whatever reason, this is so clearly a season of fire. Of refinement. Ow.
I used to pray David's psalm- Oh God, search me and know my heart; test me and know my every anxious thought. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. I realize now the power of what I was praying.
Just lead me in the way everlasting.
I wanna be made new again-
Saturday, December 4, 2010
findings
One of my favorite things to do is find beautiful or fascinating things online, pictures, stories, science, miracle, or otherwise.
There's this one girl- Kenturah Weathers. I 'follow' her online journal.
First off- AWESOME name. Kenturah? Where on earth did that come from? I don't know, but I like it.
Secondly- she recently completed The World Race, which is basically extreme missions: 11 countries in 11 months. I just read her summary post a few minutes ago. She articulated herself wonderfully. I so envy that, mostly because she did a beautiful job summing up her journey, something I was overwhelmed at the prospect of doing, and it therefore never happened.
Also, I found the beauty that lies within cardboardlove.com. God help us all, I've found a creative romantic outlet. ie:
There's more. But, too much of a good thing spoils us. Until next time. :)
There's this one girl- Kenturah Weathers. I 'follow' her online journal.
First off- AWESOME name. Kenturah? Where on earth did that come from? I don't know, but I like it.
Secondly- she recently completed The World Race, which is basically extreme missions: 11 countries in 11 months. I just read her summary post a few minutes ago. She articulated herself wonderfully. I so envy that, mostly because she did a beautiful job summing up her journey, something I was overwhelmed at the prospect of doing, and it therefore never happened.
Also, I found the beauty that lies within cardboardlove.com. God help us all, I've found a creative romantic outlet. ie:
There's more. But, too much of a good thing spoils us. Until next time. :)
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