As I sit in my house this morning, it's quiet. No TV, no music, and not even a heavy thought fills my head- just the comforting sound of rain on my roof. I am feeling calm, joyous but most of all thankful. God's blessings fall all around me and warm my soul.
This being the week of thanks I feel the need to be specific and give thanks to God.
I am thankful for:
• God's soul saving grace and love
• My parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers and nieces
• My friends:
Sarah B., Sara.F, Sara C., Paige, Jennifer, Wendy, Becky, Bobbie, Brian, Sunny & Matthew, Kimberly, Shannon, Kara, Adam,
Octavia, and Brenda
• My talents
• My job
• Satchel
• My home
• My church
• My country
• Opportunities
• My health
• Laughter
• Seasons
THANK YOU GOD!
Amen
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Getting Along
People are frustrating. Some are tiring. And one particularly, this week anyway, hi-maintenance.
I reflected on wether or not to write this experience into my blog, after all letting a person's unhappiness burden me was baffleing. However, I concluded that I had to deal with it better than I had this past week. I could not start the week off with the same mistakes as last. I had to let Christ's love come through me - instead of sinning and let my anger direct my thoughts and actions. As all of mankind searches for peace, I slowly figured out that my coworker needs rest. The peace that only Christ can give. And did I show her Christ's love this week? Nope, not until 3 days had gone by and the slow girl in the back went ohhhh - I get it now. So late in the day on Friday I placed my pride in Jesus' hand's and asked him to help me confront her with humbleness and mercy. And I was able to look her in the face and resolve the anger that I has felt toward her. Now this doesn't mean that when I approached her that she apologized and I was admonished of any fault, but what was done was bigger. I was able to see how I sinned and just how blind I am. As Monday morning grows near I have a peace and I am praying for skill and wisdom in the following days in my work relationship with this person. I pray that I can love her and give her comfort. I pray that Christ will take total control of both our hearts and that the insignificant things will fall away. As my thoughts turn to sleep I think about the God's grace and how it can dissolve frustration, give rest to the tired and in my case, humble my hi-maintenance pride.
I reflected on wether or not to write this experience into my blog, after all letting a person's unhappiness burden me was baffleing. However, I concluded that I had to deal with it better than I had this past week. I could not start the week off with the same mistakes as last. I had to let Christ's love come through me - instead of sinning and let my anger direct my thoughts and actions. As all of mankind searches for peace, I slowly figured out that my coworker needs rest. The peace that only Christ can give. And did I show her Christ's love this week? Nope, not until 3 days had gone by and the slow girl in the back went ohhhh - I get it now. So late in the day on Friday I placed my pride in Jesus' hand's and asked him to help me confront her with humbleness and mercy. And I was able to look her in the face and resolve the anger that I has felt toward her. Now this doesn't mean that when I approached her that she apologized and I was admonished of any fault, but what was done was bigger. I was able to see how I sinned and just how blind I am. As Monday morning grows near I have a peace and I am praying for skill and wisdom in the following days in my work relationship with this person. I pray that I can love her and give her comfort. I pray that Christ will take total control of both our hearts and that the insignificant things will fall away. As my thoughts turn to sleep I think about the God's grace and how it can dissolve frustration, give rest to the tired and in my case, humble my hi-maintenance pride.
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Lets start with a Bang-s
I realize that this is a deep subject for my first blog. To choose the topic of hair styles as you enter the world as blogger shows just how shallow one can be. However, whether you have or don't have bangs is important.
Bangs say a lot about someone's face. Some women must have bangs, if you are one of those people you know what I mean. Others can go with out. I am one that has never really had bangs. I've had longer hair most of my life and there with the frumpy locks I have been a "tuck behind the ear kind of girl". I have had short hair once - but it was short and there were no clear bangs other than the short follicles that fell to the side of my face. It was a very bad hair year. There are very few images from that year that document my short hair and I do not own those images. I tend to block that time in my life when the curling iron became a permanent appendage.
Today and the days that proceeded have been better and more enjoyable as far as hair memories - no curling irons just, long wash and dry hair. And I will probably keep my long hair for at least a little while longer, I refuse to give into the working girl perky flipped up hair. I'm not there yet. But I might be ready for BANGS. My hair goal is to have hair similar to the actress named Sarah Rue on ABC's less than perfect. She flaming red hair that's long and pinned up on the sides with bangs. I'm always changing by hair color so I'm not hesitant about the color. I am afraid of a girls worst nightmare - unwanted forehead hair for at least a year. The long tedious process of growing bangs out. Pinning, clipping and spraying the short hair and trying to become once again the "tuck behind the ear kind of girl". But the fear of bangs is overcome by my unwavering need for change and just plain curiosity. I will sit in the salon chair this evening and "frame my face with hair" and hope that it will "bring out my eyes".
Lets hope for the best...after all it's just hair.
Bangs say a lot about someone's face. Some women must have bangs, if you are one of those people you know what I mean. Others can go with out. I am one that has never really had bangs. I've had longer hair most of my life and there with the frumpy locks I have been a "tuck behind the ear kind of girl". I have had short hair once - but it was short and there were no clear bangs other than the short follicles that fell to the side of my face. It was a very bad hair year. There are very few images from that year that document my short hair and I do not own those images. I tend to block that time in my life when the curling iron became a permanent appendage.
Today and the days that proceeded have been better and more enjoyable as far as hair memories - no curling irons just, long wash and dry hair. And I will probably keep my long hair for at least a little while longer, I refuse to give into the working girl perky flipped up hair. I'm not there yet. But I might be ready for BANGS. My hair goal is to have hair similar to the actress named Sarah Rue on ABC's less than perfect. She flaming red hair that's long and pinned up on the sides with bangs. I'm always changing by hair color so I'm not hesitant about the color. I am afraid of a girls worst nightmare - unwanted forehead hair for at least a year. The long tedious process of growing bangs out. Pinning, clipping and spraying the short hair and trying to become once again the "tuck behind the ear kind of girl". But the fear of bangs is overcome by my unwavering need for change and just plain curiosity. I will sit in the salon chair this evening and "frame my face with hair" and hope that it will "bring out my eyes".
Lets hope for the best...after all it's just hair.
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