Full Circle

So...I've been at the new place for a little over a month now. I have had many the adventure adjusting to life on a farm again. It makes me wonder if I really have converted to "city" girl or not. For example:

During my first week I went to the side storage unit to get something or move something. When I opened the door...a bird came flying at me! I do not do well with things flying at my head. (I was scarred for life as a 4 year old when a bat came flying at me as I entered the house) I screamed very loudly, ran and shut the door.

Then yesterday, I was sitting in my living room in the wee hours of the morning and saw a mouse run across my kitchen floor. EWH! GROSS! Then I saw it run back to where it came from and have not opened the door since. It took me about 20 minutes to put my feet back on the floor. I was so thankful I already had them in the chair when I first spotted the mouse.

Last night, I was driving to return a vacuum to my friend and what happens? A bat hit my windshield I hope the thing died...hungry.

But that, my friends, is what I call full circle. First bird, then a mouse, then a flying bird/mouse also known as a bat.

Redeemer

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. " Isa 58:8-9

The Lord has been really sweet to me the last week. He's reminded me in three different ways of how true Isa 58:8-9 is. He has shown me how He is using what I think is horrible, to be of benefit for His kingdom. I never would have thought the heartbreak I had gone through 12 years ago would be redeemed in any way...until tonight. I wouldn't have thought it of the heartbreak from 20 years ago, or the heartbreak from 7 years ago. I may sing that He is my Redeemer and Friend, but this week I've become so much more aware of those attributes.

I am constantly in wonder of what He will do next, never remembering that He is doing something now...even in my lazy dayness. I am abundantly grateful for His reminders that I am His beloved, that He is changing lives and that He has allowed me to be apart of that process. I am excited about the new stages of life my friends are in the midst of and excited about the desire to enjoy today and not worry about what tomorrow will bring or how high the gas prices (and every other price) will become. He is my Provider, He is my Redeemer and He is those things today, as well as tomorrow and the next day, just as He has been in the past.

All praise to Him whose ways are higher than mine, whose thoughts and ways...I cannot fathom.

Part II

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Two GREAT Things

First...NKOTB are BACK!



Woo-Hoo! I really kind of missed these guys the first time around, so I'm way geeked! I think I'm making up for what I missed...

Second...I REALLY want this t-shirt! (in red too!)


My birthday is in September...and NKOTB are in Atlanta at the end of Oct if anyone wants to get me tickets. Oh...and if someone gets me this shirt, I'll wear it to their concert. :)

Update Day

It seems as though Friday's have become "update the blog" day. I know other exciting things happen during the week, however I share them with people and then they seem less exciting to write about. I could always not share them and just write about them, but I am the type o' person who literally feels like she is going to explode if she doesn't tell someone good news and I do not really want to be exploding.

This week is/was a moody week. Good days on Sunday and Monday. Tuesday through Thursday not so great, but not horrible either...just melancholy and now its Friday, the beginning of a fairly busy weekend with movies, graduations, and farm visitors all happening in a matter of 24 hours.

so..yeah. that's the update. exciting eh?

3 Songs

There is none like You
No one else can touch my heart like You do
I could search for all eternity long
And find there is none like you
Your mercy flows like a river wide
Healing comes in Your name
Helpless children are safe in your arms
There is none like you!

Your grace is sufficient for me
Your strength is made perfect, when I am weak
All that I cling to, I lay at your feet
Your grace is sufficient for me

To see the Lord, the promise land
Where in our sins, pearly gates look bland
And what was once a pearl, now sand
That blows away...that blows away in light..of Him

*shane and shane

Fantastic Friday

It is 7:44am and it's been a beautiful day so far. I had a fantastic time in the Word this morning, and praying for those I know to be desperate for God. I danced to a little Passion '05 worship music while getting ready.

I ate breakfast on my front porch as the sun was just coming over the hill, the slight fog was melting away and the birds were starting their day. As I was leaving I took a minute to talk with my neighbor and pet her dogs Brownston and Shelby, after Shelby got done barking at the calves in the field. It was mean...but made me smile.

On the way to work I heard the song "I Saw God Today" and smile as it is especially true for me this morning. He is everywhere, at all times...but today I noticed Him. He is my inner peace and the hope that I have found. I don't know how long this feeling will last, but I am abundantly thankful for it now.

I hope you see God today.