I have been having a rough couple of weeks. My mind has been very scattered. I haven't been able to focus. This is a bad thing in graduate school! I was stuck in my own head with confusion swimming around like a mad shark.
So I have been praying like mad. And God has been answering me so wonderfully.
I ride my bike to class (most days) and this morning riding over the wet pavement I could hear my tires making soft swooshing sounds. The brilliant autumn leaves are falling here and have made wonderful patchwork quilt on the road. And my tires were making wonderful soft sounds while racing over them.
The beauty of the ride reminded me of a favorite text. "When I said, my foot slips, Your Mercy, O Lord, holds me up." I can have a bad day, a low couple of weeks but when I call out to God, He answers me and better yet, He holds me up. He loves me and shows me in the tiny ways that I can understand.
Jesus Loves Me This I Know!
Talk to me
Found out today that the people we think we know and love are at times an enigma.
Why is it that when a person is hurt or sad or confused that they would choose not to speak to the people who are 'harming' them and would rather post it on the net?
Seems passive aggresive to me. And yet, we love them anyhow. We love not because they hurt us. We love because they hurt. Period. We love because the world needs love to heal. We love because, ultimately, love is what makes our days bright and our lips smile.
So talk to me. Talk to me of love and of beauty. Talk to me of pain and sorrow. And I will respond with love (or a good whack in the head, dependant on the situation)
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
-Romans 12:10
Why is it that when a person is hurt or sad or confused that they would choose not to speak to the people who are 'harming' them and would rather post it on the net?
Seems passive aggresive to me. And yet, we love them anyhow. We love not because they hurt us. We love because they hurt. Period. We love because the world needs love to heal. We love because, ultimately, love is what makes our days bright and our lips smile.
So talk to me. Talk to me of love and of beauty. Talk to me of pain and sorrow. And I will respond with love (or a good whack in the head, dependant on the situation)
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
-Romans 12:10
Happiness - Day 6
This is tha last day of my official happiness journal, though I have really enjoyed keeping track of what I love in life! It is a great reminder of what a wonderful life I have been given!
1) It's Sabbath!
2) Talking with Ted and Judy
3) Lunch at Seth and Angela's
4) SUGAR! She had a birthday! Cranium is so much fun! Girls won!
5) Chai Tea and blown glass chandeliers
1) It's Sabbath!
2) Talking with Ted and Judy
3) Lunch at Seth and Angela's
4) SUGAR! She had a birthday! Cranium is so much fun! Girls won!
5) Chai Tea and blown glass chandeliers
Day Five of Happiness
Happiness abounds in life!
1) Being busy at work
2) Baking ( I love to bake!)
3) The end of the week is here!
4) Driving in my car. Did I mention I love my car?
5) Granola Breath - he makes me laugh!
1) Being busy at work
2) Baking ( I love to bake!)
3) The end of the week is here!
4) Driving in my car. Did I mention I love my car?
5) Granola Breath - he makes me laugh!
Day Four of Happiness
Thursday September 28th
1) The guys in class doing impressions of professors. I about choked! SOO funny!
2) Watching a plane take off from the Berrien Airpark at 7:45 am
3) Beautiful cloud formations
4) Coffee (mint mocha - must have been made in heaven!)
5) Sales at work
1) The guys in class doing impressions of professors. I about choked! SOO funny!
2) Watching a plane take off from the Berrien Airpark at 7:45 am
3) Beautiful cloud formations
4) Coffee (mint mocha - must have been made in heaven!)
5) Sales at work
Day Three of Happiness Journal
Wednesday September 27th
1) Dinner with the roommates
2) Red sweater
3) Old Navy
4) Shopping with Sugar!
5) Flash cards
1) Dinner with the roommates
2) Red sweater
3) Old Navy
4) Shopping with Sugar!
5) Flash cards
Day two of Happiness Journal
September 26th - Tuesday
1) Hot butternut squash soup
2) Chiropractic visit (begone neck pain!)
3) Confidential conversations - trust!
4) Worship at chapel today. AMAZING!!!!!!
5) Bottle caps- root beer flavored- from Renee
1) Hot butternut squash soup
2) Chiropractic visit (begone neck pain!)
3) Confidential conversations - trust!
4) Worship at chapel today. AMAZING!!!!!!
5) Bottle caps- root beer flavored- from Renee
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