I really miss you.
My old, reliable friend who is always there
for me when I need somewhere to go.
You’re always
there for me.
I hear you calling my name and feel you
tugging at my heart when I have been away from you for too long…
You welcome me with open arms…no matter how
long it has been and no matter how much I have neglected you…
And even though you don’t say much…you
somehow always make me feel better.
It’s like I am…lighter…after talking to you…
You always encourage me to do what I love
most: write
I hate to admit it…but I know I have been
neglecting you lately…
Life has been so busy…but it is finally
starting to slow down again…kind of.
So…allow me to catch you up!
I have a NEW JOB!!!!!!! It is amazing. The
way God works. Just to see how He has completely rocked my world this year. He
has allowed me to see time and time again this year that He is so much greater
than me and my circumstances…and my plans…
I started working for The Salvation Army in
June…I am the coordinator for a new Community Center that we started up!! It is
a place for junior high and high school students to come hang out after school.
We have a computer room and games so they can come get their homework done,
relax, or just socialize with other students who drop in! Our (Soft) Grand
Opening was…….2 weeks ago I think? And it has been so much fun. God has really
just been teaching me so much through it all. And I am just absolutely amazed
that He has CHOSEN ME to do this job!
So that is what has been taking up most of my time these past few
months…as the center is all completely brand new…and we had to build it from
the bottom! It has been a lot of work…long days and nights and weekends and
just…a lot…but it has all been incredible. I love my boss. So much. And I am
just so blessed to be apart of The Salvation Army and SO BLESSED to be able to
call my career a ministry of mine as
well. It’s just incredible. It’s incredible that I found my dream job in the place
where I would least expect it to be…and a place where I never wanted to end
up…until I knew it was where God wanted me to be. It’s just amazing the things
He does with our lives when we wait
for HIS timing…when we wait…and just listen…
So what else…….
I have been asked to speak at a retreat in
February!!! Pretty exciting! The topic is “The Single Life”…which…I have been
becoming very well acquainted with this past year and a half haha…
When I was first asked to speak on the topic
I was really excited…but the more I thought about it…the more it started to
intimidate me…What the heck do you talk about when you talk about the “single”
life…? What does that kind of talk look like? Being married I am sure there are
plenty of things to talk about… “my husband and I do this and we work on this
and we like to do this and we fight about this but we make up by doing this…”
but being single isn’t really that way…since I…do….everything…….alone…
Haha KIDDING…I am actually really excited
about it…intimidated…but excited…I’ll probably talk more about my…feelings…about
all that later…
So what else…
Summer was just so busy with two summer
camps, work starting up…tons of birthday parties, baby showers…youth
events…just…so many things…
I guess I am just really excited about what
is going on in my life…I mean…it has been really hard at times lately…and I
think sometimes I lose sight of the value of life’s difficulties and how they
are just challenges that will grow me if I let them…
But God is doing something incredible in
me…and I don’t want to let all the busyness of life distract me from that. I
always want everything in my life to come back to God because when it comes
down to it, He is all that matters.
He is the reason why I’m here.
Sometimes I get discouraged because I think
about the woman that I want to be...and when I compare it to who I am now…I
feel like I have such a long ways to go…
…But then God reminds me of who I used to be…and I can hear Him reminding
me over and over again of His unending grace and His unrelenting love…
and then I calm down…
and I breathe…
and I remember I’m never going to be perfect………..so
then I start freaking out again haha…kidding…kind of…
Anyways…thanks for always listening…
