Unable to sleep, I found myself thinking about an organizing project that I am helping a friend with in the wee hours this morning. She is excited as she has caught the vision and is beginning to see the pieces of the puzzle come together. And I am thrilled. It is always so rewarding to be able to help someone climb out of chaos and breath in the freshness of order. I very much enjoy the process of getting to the heart of the problem, conquering the dust, and excess, to produce a serene space which is both visually pleasing and highly functional.
Likewise, I am excited about the organizing projects that God has birthed in my life. I have watched him clear out, rearrange, restore, and remodel, as needed. I hope that I too am becoming a pleasing dwelling place for Him that is visually pleasing and highly functional.
"If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him." John 15:23
Friday, June 25, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Easy
Ahhhhhhh, summer break has begun and according to Gershwin, the living is eeeeasy! (I don't care much whether the fish are jumpin' nor how high the cotton gets, I am just hap-hap-happy that the slower pace of summer is here.)
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Content
I was sharing with a friend that last week was filled with crazy: Not the major kind that is all together paralyzing and sends me immediately to my knees, but little grating things, that occurred daily as if I had signed up for some Bizarro World secret pal exchange and scored a really sadistic secret pal. (I will not succumb to whining by listing the particulars. Suffice it to say that sometimes little things are far more annoying. It's like Chinese water torture.)
Still in the midst of this stress-filled week, there was underlying joy and even moments of downright bliss like when I noticed my freesia about to bloom. I am still amazed by God's gift of peace that absolutely surpasses my understanding. As this storm howls on, I can feel the arm of the Lord around me, protecting me and assuring that this too, shall pass. For His grace and comfort, I am immensely grateful.
"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want." Philippians 4:12
Still in the midst of this stress-filled week, there was underlying joy and even moments of downright bliss like when I noticed my freesia about to bloom. I am still amazed by God's gift of peace that absolutely surpasses my understanding. As this storm howls on, I can feel the arm of the Lord around me, protecting me and assuring that this too, shall pass. For His grace and comfort, I am immensely grateful.
"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want." Philippians 4:12
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