Where to start… I guess feelings,
then updates, and thoughts. We'll go from there.
I've been feeling eclectic,
enthusiastic, vaguely nostalgic, rather productive, and even more
worn out. It's made me an interesting person to be around lately, let
me tell you. To give you a sampling my lunch today was a hotpocket
which I slit open and stuffed with taco leftovers, cheese, and
tabasco sauce. If that isn't eclectic I don't know what is. From
there I left for OCC volunteering (Operation Christmas Child),
enthusiastically leaping into carton stuffing and stacking (these
cartons average about 50 lbs).
Being there doing OCC stuff is
nostalgic for me, bringing me back years to when I was more involved.
I can remember the fun we all had and how tough it was too… During
the downtimes I've been alternating between paying bills, writing my
novel, and doing homework (this counts as productive, I swear). By
the end of it all I am every bit as worn out as it sounds like I
ought to be (plus a little more so, since I've been working early
mornings as well.)
It's great though and I wouldn't change
any of it for the world. To update y'all: I'm already nearly halfway
to my goal for my novel (I want 25,000 words from just writing in
November). Plus, the semester is rapidly drawing to a close, meaning
that college is as well! Yippee! From there who knows what could
happen! It's all very exciting.
My thoughts on it all are very
scattered… Theres a bit of trepidation about what God has in store,
really. Then again, when isn't there? Part of the fun of life has
always been the surprises and seeing His working through it all.
Whatever comes next I am so very excited for it and for the good that
He will accomplish.
Your life really seems to me to embody a lesson I learned reading Forgotten God by Francis Chan. The lesson is this: We often seem to be willing to give God our future, thinking that God will eventually lead us one day in the direction He'd like us to go. But we seldom ask God what He would have us do _right now_. By putting God off till "someday," we put Him off forever.
ReplyDeleteYou are not putting God off. You're listening to and obeying the Spirit and it shows in every area of your life. I'm excited to see what else God has in mind for you, but I'm also very excited seeing what God is doing with you every day!