Things have been very exciting and busy in my life lately. God has been teaching me important lessons and I (think) I've been open to the learning process.
Through the learning, I've been doing a lot of thinking. Here are just a few (some ridiculous, some not) thoughts/things I've had/done lately:
-What does it truly mean to give your life COMPLETELY over to God?
-Why do I ever STOP watching Seinfeld? I'll tell you why: because it's even FUNNIER when you come back to it after taking a couple months sabbatical from it.
-My family is so refreshing and slightly nuts. It makes visiting them delightful and exhausting at the same time. I wouldn't trade that crazy bunch for ANYTHING!
-I'm a better dancer than I give myself credit for. Even if I do turn hip-hop into a Broadway show.
-My sisters have both hit the age where they are MORTIFIED by their mothers, me,etc. So when I was home the last time I danced in the car while listening to "Party in the USA" just to mortify them. HILARIOUS results!
-Criticism can hurt, but it can help you grow. And isn't it all about growing?
-It sometimes scares me how comfortable I get and how quickly I get there. In order to grow sometimes we have to go through change and pain. In those moments we completely rely on God. Is constant change and pain worth the delight I receive when I know that God has complete control in my life?
-Where is the internet? (this will always plague me...)
-The Pioneer Woman and Centsational Girl make me so happy. I told Lauren A the other day (ha! that rhymed!) that I was a housewife minus the wife. I've gotten so much joy in creating lately. Creating food (crock-pot meals and baking!), creating scarves (see a picture of one of the scarves I'm working on, above), and just using the tools God gave me to make my lovely apartment a place of creation and beauty.
-I'm more excited about Star Trek coming out on DVD than I am Half-Blood Prince. Whoa. Is something wrong here?
-Mere and I are going to see midnight showing of New Moon. I know, Mags. I caved. I have to be on a plane the morning of the 20th and will be in Atlanta for several days. If I don't go at midnight, then I won't see it until probably AFTER Thanksgiving. And that just won't do.
-Why must we rush over Thanksgiving? Stop putting up Christmas stuff and let me enjoy the colors, sights, and smells of Autumn!
-God has been pulling on my heart to be a better steward of the gifts he's given me. How do I know? I've been doing monologues and singing 16 bars of songs for Phoebe in my apartment for a couple of months now. That means it's about time I auditioned for something. Next up: 1776 the Musical. Bliss!
-"How He Loves" is one of the greatest worship songs of all time. And I am moved to tears almost every time I hear it.
-Love is what it's all about. Am I truly loving the way Christ did? Will I ever be able to get out of my comfort zone and love more? How can I love the people who I find most unloveable? How can I show others the amazing God we serve and the amazing and infinite love that He has given to us? How do you illustrate that?
-Will I ever stop fighting the hands that are holding me? Will I?
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To comment simultaneously on two of those things, Centsational Girl has a transitional wreath craft this morning, to usher in holiday season while celebrtaing autumn colors. CHECK IT OUT!
As for New Moon, at least you are not so ashamed you have to go by yourself. The Hubby actually volunteered to go with me, but I simply have to go it alone.
--Mags
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