3.16.2005

Destiny has chosen another day

So, once again I am posting on the 16th rather than the 15th. The forces of the Universe seem to be preventing my posts from occuring when I had planned, so I guess from now on I'll give in and post on the 16th of the month.

The children we take care of daily have a two week long spring break and are leaving for skiing in Utah on Friday morning. I can barely contain my happiness. I feel like a child who has been released of her chores for the next two weeks. After tomorrow I can breathe a huge sigh of relief in having a break. This break also makes me excited for the day we leave this place for good, and that day is quickly approaching, thank God. It's taken a lot of my strength to be a servant in times when I don't feel the person I'm serving deserves my sacrifices - or truly appreciates them. It's been a wonderful lesson in true humility and it has shown me my pride in a light I hadn't seen before. Every struggle in life holds a purpose and a lesson for the rest of our days. I'm still putting the pieces together in the meaning of this section of our journey, but I can readily say I will not be sorry to put it behind me. I just pray I have learned what I was supposed to so that I don't have to be in this position again.

This past Sunday Jason and I stood before our church, along with 4 other families, and pledged our membership to Greentree Webster. This was my first decision to become a member of a church and I'm really excited about it. I have pledged to be a part of this ministry, to contribute to its shaping and growing, and to pour into it while I am also taking out of it. It's a young ministry and holds so much potential. I feel we were led to this church specifically and I find great excitement and comfort in knowing I am in a place I can be real and pursue God fully among other people truly seeking to do the same. I have found a church body with a genuine passion for living out the gospel- truly, wholly, without exception - and it is refreshing and encouraging. It's one of those times where it has been confirmed for me that God is still out there, he's still working, he's still putting his hands into people's lives and fulfilling his purposes. It's a beautiful and much needed reminder in this World and its shaky and uncertain state. I am thankful to have a solid foundation to stand on and to have others around me helping to remain steadfast in my pursuit of knowing this God of all. Hallelujah.

It's almost spring, and I am happy!