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Oh Lord, I come to You with a spirit of frustration. Forgive me for this, for I know that this displeases and dishonors You. However, You say to us, "Come, all those who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest." God, I pray for that rest right now, that You may be glorified through through all that I am. Thank you, Lord, for I know that in You I can do all things! God, come and clean my heart... I love You.
I recognize that one of the things that frustrates me the most in this life are people. I think we can all say that. However, when I struggle with people and how much they can get under my skin, sometimes I feel like I am all alone in this. I wonder how people can be around people all day long and just love it. I truly do not understand it, however, I am truly thankful for these people.
Okay, with that off of my chest, I can begin to transition into what God is teaching me in this season. I purchased this book, Groups: The Life-Giving Power of Community about 2 years ago. For whatever reason, I didn't do much with it at the time, other than read one of the studies and put it on my bookshelf, where it collected dust. It moved with me from Rhoads, Building E, and is now with me in Roanoke. I am very excited to share it with you all because as I've been learning this week, I haven't yet shared much. If you know me, you know that I am a processor... through writing and 1:1 conversations. Thus, in the next posts I will share just a bit of what God is teaching me about groups, individuals, Love, empathy, prayer, unity, and more! :)
I'm pretty stinkin' excited to write my very first post on my new and improved blog! :) Thanks to Kari and Lauren for showing me how it's done :) I hope that this blog will give me an open place to share/explore my thoughts and feelings as well as a place where others can be kept in the know of the happenings in our life!
On the drive up to Bedford today, I stared out the window, looking at the blossoms on the trees and the beautiful bright purple flowers on these tress that I have yet to identify. I began thinking to myself, "Oh my... it's almost been a full year since Joe and I got married! So much has happened in this year and it has FLOWN by so quickly." I daydreamed about things I was doing a year ago (last April)... Life was in no way easy back then. I was presenting my comprehensive exam, finishing up my internship at CMU, doing final projects, interviewing for jobs, getting last minute things together for the wedding, and getting ready to close a building of 375 students. On top of that, there was just a mix of emotions.... knowing I was on the verge of a monumental life change... Leaving SRU, western Pennsylvania, finishing school (for the first time since I was 4 years old), starting a big person's job, and being married! Thinking about these things as I gazed off into the beautiful mountains, I just sat amazed.
I've been feeling very overwhelmed (in a GOOD way) in God's Love the past couple of weeks. I'm reminded almost every day that God has found favor with Joe and I. All we have is praise and thanks to give Him through the life that we have been given and He says that this is enough. Lately I've found myself walking around on campus singing, "Jesus, You are the Savior of my soul!" And I just walk around with this big, cheesy grin. It's pretty amazing.
Tonight was so relaxing and wonderful. Joe, Steven, Drew, Kari, and another couple played disc golf while I went off and spent lots of quiet time, with no one around. It was glooorious! God's been speaking to me a lot about group development and with that comes all sorts of things, such as accountability, showing patience and Love, confrontation, and the like... really, relationship building. I have a lot to say about it and I plan on exploring and explaining in my next post but I just wanted to share a little... this is what I'm learning about this week. :) ...I also want to share about how God has been helping me with my socialization/hosting abilities. (He is doing such a work on me!!!)
Anywho... I'm going to wrap up because Joe and I are on a Mario for wii kick this weekend. (Thanks to Reese!) He's not doing so good so I'm going to go work my skills (ha!!) :D
