Let's make plans about making plans!
Planner, coordinator, peace maker, and motivator. Put that all together in a blender and you get me. I'm a lady who thinks she's got a hold on it but knows she has to let go of all authority in order to walk in obedience.
What I'm trying to say is...I have to stop thinking, planning and such and be obedient.
Let me be completely honest with you right now! It is hard to be obedient and it's hard to be living at the crossing and to be away from everything I have grown comfortable with. The kind of hard I am talking about is the willingness to surrender and die to self, taking every complaint captive and placing it before the Lord to mold into His likeness.
A few things for example...
Living in a facility which seems like land of all creepers. The way they look at you makes you feel very uncomfortable.
Living in a small room with two roommates. I'm talking, the size of my bedroom with three lives crammed into it! Love my roommates, but it gets claustrophobic.
The shower goes from luke warm, to warmer, to blazing...my body is on fire, is that the smell of burning skin HOT, followed by cold :)
No space or time to think.
So those are just a few of some of the character building things I am going through. My sob story, the things I so selfishly bring before the Lord.
It is is times like these where I am blown away by His grace. In my struggle of obedience, He gives me the strength I need to take one step at a time. Each step, revealing more of who He is and how desperately I need Him.
Philippians 1:6 // Being confident in this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
The good work is // His plan for His glory through my life.
How do I get there?
Abandonment of self so I can walk in obedience!
Let's walk this together!!
3.24.2011
3.19.2011
Just a few things I am thankful for today!
1) My cell phone // without it, this transition would be crazy!
2) People interaction/ a social life! I am such a people person! So hard for me to function without it! Have met a few awesome people here, and I am more than thankful! I have been praying that the Lord would provide me with community.
3) Encouragement from everyone at home!! Your notes in the mail, texts, facebook posts and phone calls have made each day sweet :)
4) Joined the rec center today!! They give DRM interns half price, so it's only $24 for 3 months!! It feels good to be able to go to the gym once again! The fact that it's it the ghetto makes it even better as well! Lots of people watching glory!
5) An ice scraper that the maintenance man gave me!! Can't get to work without it!!
1) My cell phone // without it, this transition would be crazy!
2) People interaction/ a social life! I am such a people person! So hard for me to function without it! Have met a few awesome people here, and I am more than thankful! I have been praying that the Lord would provide me with community.
3) Encouragement from everyone at home!! Your notes in the mail, texts, facebook posts and phone calls have made each day sweet :)
4) Joined the rec center today!! They give DRM interns half price, so it's only $24 for 3 months!! It feels good to be able to go to the gym once again! The fact that it's it the ghetto makes it even better as well! Lots of people watching glory!
5) An ice scraper that the maintenance man gave me!! Can't get to work without it!!
3.15.2011
The first time I have made it to a computer since I left home and the first chance I have gotten to put words to what has been going on for the past couple of weeks!
Well, the road trip here was so much fun! So thankful Liv was able to come with me! We got to stop and hang with some good friends in Dallas as well and had such a good time! We also got to spend a few days with my grandparents in Colorado Springs!
Let me start with some basics of Colorado glory.
1) Altitude // We're high up there and it's hard to adjust to! The only description I can put to help you understand is to put yourself in the shoes of one who has asthma and can't make it through their daily activities without an inhaler. Yep! That's how it feels! Delightful? YES! :)
2) It's dry here // I don't go anywhere without lotion, chapstick and water. Like my skin wasn't already dry enough!! Granny hand to the 100th power!
3) I just might be the only chick in this darn state that doesn't own an outback car or have a roof rack! Chicks are serious about their mountain woman status, yikes! I would even go as far to say that many of them don't shave their legs and wear chacos!
4) Tumbleweed really exist outside the movies. I hit them all the time.
5) Cowboys are everywhere.
6) The 2 hour time difference from home is frustrating when trying to talk with family and friends! I have woken way too many people up so far :/
I could probably come up with 50 things off the top of my head, but I'll save it for later!
Denver Rescue Mission
Moved in on Saturday
I made it here in the afternoon and met my two roommates, Maria and Sarah. They are sweet! Things were all good until the reality of me living in this transitional living facility that's not in the safest area of town and not knowing a soul hit me. I haven't felt that sick to my stomach in a long time, stripped of all comfort. I spent hours pleading with God on why He brought me here? He then reminded me
The safest and most fulfilling place I will ever be is where He has called me.
I know that living here will bear much fruit in my walk with the Lord. Less time to focus on my own needs and more time to serve the Lord and serve others!
Started my internship at the Champa House on Monday!
What a sweet day that was!! I immediately felt at home meeting the staff and the women and their children! All my questioning of why the Lord brought me here was answered!
To just serve and to learn.
Some of my responsibilities for this internship include / Cooking dinner for the women, leading a weekly devotion, figuring out a class I would like to teach, assisting in LEC (life skills classes), GED math tutoring, education with the children, administrative office work and such!
Although I'm homesick, I'm very excited for this next 6 months! A time of refining and learning! Here we go! I will go into more detail soon and put up some pictures!
Last note! I really have something that has been heavy on my heart to share! Through this transition the Lord has really taught me how important it is to have a light hold on the things in my life! He gives and takes away, and I have to be ready and available to respond to His calling at any moment. I now realize that I have invested so much time, energy and money into making a place a home. This isn't my home. I need to spend more time investing in things with eternal worth!! My home is at the feet of my maker in eternity. The sweetest place for me! I want to live with that on my heart at all times!
Please continue to pray for me! I need strength and I need encouragement and ultimately I need a teachable heart!
Well, the road trip here was so much fun! So thankful Liv was able to come with me! We got to stop and hang with some good friends in Dallas as well and had such a good time! We also got to spend a few days with my grandparents in Colorado Springs!
Let me start with some basics of Colorado glory.
1) Altitude // We're high up there and it's hard to adjust to! The only description I can put to help you understand is to put yourself in the shoes of one who has asthma and can't make it through their daily activities without an inhaler. Yep! That's how it feels! Delightful? YES! :)
2) It's dry here // I don't go anywhere without lotion, chapstick and water. Like my skin wasn't already dry enough!! Granny hand to the 100th power!
3) I just might be the only chick in this darn state that doesn't own an outback car or have a roof rack! Chicks are serious about their mountain woman status, yikes! I would even go as far to say that many of them don't shave their legs and wear chacos!
4) Tumbleweed really exist outside the movies. I hit them all the time.
5) Cowboys are everywhere.
6) The 2 hour time difference from home is frustrating when trying to talk with family and friends! I have woken way too many people up so far :/
I could probably come up with 50 things off the top of my head, but I'll save it for later!
Denver Rescue Mission
Moved in on Saturday
I made it here in the afternoon and met my two roommates, Maria and Sarah. They are sweet! Things were all good until the reality of me living in this transitional living facility that's not in the safest area of town and not knowing a soul hit me. I haven't felt that sick to my stomach in a long time, stripped of all comfort. I spent hours pleading with God on why He brought me here? He then reminded me
The safest and most fulfilling place I will ever be is where He has called me.
I know that living here will bear much fruit in my walk with the Lord. Less time to focus on my own needs and more time to serve the Lord and serve others!
Started my internship at the Champa House on Monday!
What a sweet day that was!! I immediately felt at home meeting the staff and the women and their children! All my questioning of why the Lord brought me here was answered!
To just serve and to learn.
Some of my responsibilities for this internship include / Cooking dinner for the women, leading a weekly devotion, figuring out a class I would like to teach, assisting in LEC (life skills classes), GED math tutoring, education with the children, administrative office work and such!
Although I'm homesick, I'm very excited for this next 6 months! A time of refining and learning! Here we go! I will go into more detail soon and put up some pictures!
Last note! I really have something that has been heavy on my heart to share! Through this transition the Lord has really taught me how important it is to have a light hold on the things in my life! He gives and takes away, and I have to be ready and available to respond to His calling at any moment. I now realize that I have invested so much time, energy and money into making a place a home. This isn't my home. I need to spend more time investing in things with eternal worth!! My home is at the feet of my maker in eternity. The sweetest place for me! I want to live with that on my heart at all times!
Please continue to pray for me! I need strength and I need encouragement and ultimately I need a teachable heart!
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