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| Here's an excerpt from My Upmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. It seems to be so very fitting for me right now in this season of my life. "We tend to think that if Jesus Christ compels us to do something and we are obedient to Him, He will lead us to great success. We should never have the thought that our dreams of success are God's purpose for us. In fact, His purpose may be exactly the opposite. We have the idea that God is leading us toward a particular end or desired goal, but He is not. The question of whether or not we arrive at a particular goal is of little importance, and reaching it becomes merely an episode along the way. What we see as only the process of reaching a particular end, God sees as the goal itself. "What is my vision of God's purpose for me? Whatever it may be, His purpose is for me to depend on Him and on His power now. If I can stay calm, faithful, and unconfused while in the middle of the turmoil of life, the goal of the purpose of God is being accomplished in me. God is not working toward a particular finish-His purpose is the process itself. What He desires for me is that I see 'Him walking on the sea' with no shore, no success, nor goal in sight, but simply having the absolute certainty that everything is all right because I see 'Him walking on the sea' (Mark 6:49). It is the process, not the outcome, that is glorifying to God." So, am I living with God's purpose or my own in mind? | | |
| Another funny exchange in the Becca house: Me: Do you want to be my roommate? Her: If I were your roommate it would be like staring at my bellybutton. Me: Looking at her inquisitively trying to figure what in the world she meant. Then laughter soon followed by both parties involved....I still am not exactly sure of her thought process. ~~~~~~~~~ Despite those of you who think I have given up on Xanga...well, maybe you're right but maybe you're not. You'll just have to wait and see.  Have a happy day! | | |
| From Sunday School today: Patience: A Godly response to the unplanned place and pace of God's plan.
"Everything is necessary that God sends and nothing can be necessary that God withholds." - John Newton
"Impatient people are weak, and therefore dependent on external supports - like schedules that go just right and circumstances that support their fragile hearts. Their outbursts...do not sound weak. But that noise is all a camouflage of weakness. Patience demands tremendous inner strength." - John Piper | | |
| It's been forever, or maybe just 5-6 weeks since my last entry. What a time it has been. I am really enjoying my job and spending time with kids that think as randomly as I do, if not more.  ISTEP starts this week, which means (or so I've been told) that it is a great week for teachers. I'm not exactly sure what to expect, but I do know that my LA kids may or may not be sick of me before the week is over. hehe The end part of this last week has been the first time that I have felt even remotely like myself since about 6 weeks ago. It is quite nice to actually get some stuff done around the house and not feel like I'm losing my mind because I'm so stressed out about everything else. Yahoo! Perhaps now I can start to get into a good rhythm and enjoy more of life. Church is great. I really enjoy the service and I'm getting to know people there and I like it. My roommate and I have been officially adopted by two different couples at church who have children our age. We went out to lunch with them today and it was fun. The one gentleman is trying to get me to work at the local community college. Who knows, maybe if I can't find a job in January after the maternity leave is over perhaps I'll give teaching at college a try. Am I qualified to do that? Nope, but he said it didn't matter for whatever job he is scheming for me. Hey, it's an option. My small group will be starting up this week and I'm greatly looking forward to some quality fellowship and the studying of Romans. I'm a bit intimidated by the study we're going to do, but I think it will be really good as well. | | |
| I got the maternity leave that I did last spring. Yeah, I'm not sure what I think yet. It should definitely be an interesting semester. I just have to remember that God's plan is so much bigger than my own. | | |
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