I was listening to country music the other day and heard a song that I love but never really connected with until now.
It goes like this....
" You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days
Hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this"
I am trying to enjoy every minute of every hectic day here in California because I know that as eager as I am to leave, I will regret rushing through my last days here.
Here are some things I'm going to miss...
1. I'm gonna miss hearing things like this "there's a giraffe on my face" and "what does a glow worm say at the starting line? Ready, set, glow!" from 3-5 year olds every day!
2. I'm gonna miss my babies! I will particularly miss piglet and Caleb Park...a lot!
3. I'm gonna miss My cousin saying "be there in 7 minutes" and mean it.
4. I'm gonna miss having my parents within a 20 minute drive.
The list could go on and on but those are the things I've been dwelling on and there for trying to enjoy the most lately.....
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Packing
It's that time of year again...moving time! I tend to move once a year because i am always looking for the best deal/nicest place to live in a good location compared to work. The last 3 years i've moved 5 times and i'm about to move 3 more in the next 6 months or so. My motto has been "I take my life one lease at a time." Let's just say i dislike moving around so much but i love change! Along with the opportunity for change comes the opportunity to purge! I LOOOOOOVE getting rid of things! Is that weird?! It is my favorite thing about moving! It always seems like there is something to get rid of even though i do it at least once a year! It is INSANE how much a person can collect in such a short amount of time! As I purge I like to look through things and see if there is any value to it or reason to keep it. This usually brings up all kinds of memories. It seems the last few times i've moved i have not done so much of that type of purging because i was afraid of what I might find. This time I am really into looking through every box, journal and picture. It's been refreshing throwing away pictures i shouldn't have kept and notes i don't need to read. My favorite thing i've found so far has been my prayer journal/notebooks that i have written prayers in. God has taught me so much in the along the way and that is clearly stated in the privacy of my own thoughts and prayers in those journals. Packing is one of the worst tasks but looking at it as packing for the beginning of the rest of my life has been super helpful. Let go of the old and step in to the new!
Jesus,
Please help me to find joy in my journey even when it's hard to let things go. Remind me that no matter what I let go of physically it is not invalidating the past or causing me to loose the memories that go along with those items but rather helping me leave them in the past as a lesson i learned from not to be dragged in to the future. Thank you for all the good and bad that you have brought me through! I look forward to many more adventures along the way! Thank you for being my best friend/Abba/Lover of my soul.
Jesus,
Please help me to find joy in my journey even when it's hard to let things go. Remind me that no matter what I let go of physically it is not invalidating the past or causing me to loose the memories that go along with those items but rather helping me leave them in the past as a lesson i learned from not to be dragged in to the future. Thank you for all the good and bad that you have brought me through! I look forward to many more adventures along the way! Thank you for being my best friend/Abba/Lover of my soul.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Fear of an un wasted life
Did I just say I'm afraid of not wasting my life?! Why yes I did! In other words, I hope I waste my life! Let me explain....
Today the sermon was on Mark 14:1-11. It's a story from the gospel that any seasoned Bible reader would know, but, today I saw it in a different light. It's one account from the gospels of the women anointing Jesus with oil just a few days before passover. During this time of year it was highly encouraged of the people to give to the poor. So here this women is coming along with her jar of oil (costing one years worth of wages) and what does she do with it? She breaks it over Jesus head and pours the ENTIRE jar on Him! WHAT A WASTE, right?! Well...not really even a little bit. She was anointing JESUS CHRIST with this oil!! Yeah know, like the Jesus who walked on water, raised people from the dead, worked miracles...yeah...that Jesus. So can we really chastise this women for "wasting" her entire jar of oil on Jesus head? Nope...we can not. So how do I apply this to myself? Well, I can "waste" my life for Jesus. When it comes to funds, give it all to Jesus. When it comes to time, give it all to Jesus. When it comes to work, work for Jesus. When it comes to moving across country (even though I am scared spitless of leaving my friends and family behind),yep, do that for Jesus too! When it comes to ANYTHING I DO, DO IT ALL FOR JESUS! If this means "wasting your life" in the eyes of the world then so be it! BUT if I am "Wasting my life" for JESUS then IT IS SOOOO WORTH IT!
So is there joy in a "wasted" life? You bet there is! I am excited to waste my life while finding joy in the journey along the way!
Today the sermon was on Mark 14:1-11. It's a story from the gospel that any seasoned Bible reader would know, but, today I saw it in a different light. It's one account from the gospels of the women anointing Jesus with oil just a few days before passover. During this time of year it was highly encouraged of the people to give to the poor. So here this women is coming along with her jar of oil (costing one years worth of wages) and what does she do with it? She breaks it over Jesus head and pours the ENTIRE jar on Him! WHAT A WASTE, right?! Well...not really even a little bit. She was anointing JESUS CHRIST with this oil!! Yeah know, like the Jesus who walked on water, raised people from the dead, worked miracles...yeah...that Jesus. So can we really chastise this women for "wasting" her entire jar of oil on Jesus head? Nope...we can not. So how do I apply this to myself? Well, I can "waste" my life for Jesus. When it comes to funds, give it all to Jesus. When it comes to time, give it all to Jesus. When it comes to work, work for Jesus. When it comes to moving across country (even though I am scared spitless of leaving my friends and family behind),yep, do that for Jesus too! When it comes to ANYTHING I DO, DO IT ALL FOR JESUS! If this means "wasting your life" in the eyes of the world then so be it! BUT if I am "Wasting my life" for JESUS then IT IS SOOOO WORTH IT!
So is there joy in a "wasted" life? You bet there is! I am excited to waste my life while finding joy in the journey along the way!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Name change along with my others!
I was inspired this morning to change the name of my blog. I was thinking about the changes that are going to happen in the next few weeks,months,years and I'm just amazed at how much joy there has already been in this new journey! When I originally named my blog I was taking the classic Beetles song and putting my own twist on it because those times were tough. I went through 3 hard years of change, growth and major pain so the name was fitting. Now I'm being delivered from all of that and there is so much joy in the future! I'm not saying that it's all going to be candy and butterflies but I love adventure and i'm ready to go!!!
Ok...now what am I talking about, right?! Well...for those of you that haven't heard I am moving to Oklahoma in April! I was offered a job working for the Institute for Excellence in Writing. (For those of you who read my blog and facebook posts, you're probably laughing at my lack of writing skills. So, YES i am planning on learning a lot myself from this company!;)) From my current understanding I will be working in Customer Service but other then that I don't know much yet.
Next saturday I will be packing my life into a truck and sending it off to storage for the next few months until I decide what to do with it all! I have a very strong feeling I'm not going to be willing to pay to ship cross country when it comes time. If anyone needs a couch or coffee table let me know! They are in very good condition and I will be willing to sell them for a reasonable price! ;) Anyways, I turn the keys in to my apartment on the 29th and move in with my parents for the next 6 weeks.
March is going to be full of birthday events, going up north with Amber to visit her family, learning to fly in Fresno, Helping Kristin and Jonothan deliver their first child into this world, work work work, Jury duty (which is of course is on March 29th but hopefully they will read my letter of excuse and let me out of it. Great timing right?! lol!) and much more. Then, come April, I will work the first week and then spring break comes. That means good bye PYLUSD and hello spring break in Washington! I will be off to visit my brother and some friends until april 14th. Then, come home, fill my car with essentials and off I go! If i don't do much blogging in the next fews months, well, it's because I'll be doing good if i can remind myself to breath every now and then!
Please be willing to check in every once in a while though so you can read about my "Joy in the Journey!"
Good bye California...HELLO Oklahoma!
Ok...now what am I talking about, right?! Well...for those of you that haven't heard I am moving to Oklahoma in April! I was offered a job working for the Institute for Excellence in Writing. (For those of you who read my blog and facebook posts, you're probably laughing at my lack of writing skills. So, YES i am planning on learning a lot myself from this company!;)) From my current understanding I will be working in Customer Service but other then that I don't know much yet.
Next saturday I will be packing my life into a truck and sending it off to storage for the next few months until I decide what to do with it all! I have a very strong feeling I'm not going to be willing to pay to ship cross country when it comes time. If anyone needs a couch or coffee table let me know! They are in very good condition and I will be willing to sell them for a reasonable price! ;) Anyways, I turn the keys in to my apartment on the 29th and move in with my parents for the next 6 weeks.
March is going to be full of birthday events, going up north with Amber to visit her family, learning to fly in Fresno, Helping Kristin and Jonothan deliver their first child into this world, work work work, Jury duty (which is of course is on March 29th but hopefully they will read my letter of excuse and let me out of it. Great timing right?! lol!) and much more. Then, come April, I will work the first week and then spring break comes. That means good bye PYLUSD and hello spring break in Washington! I will be off to visit my brother and some friends until april 14th. Then, come home, fill my car with essentials and off I go! If i don't do much blogging in the next fews months, well, it's because I'll be doing good if i can remind myself to breath every now and then!
Please be willing to check in every once in a while though so you can read about my "Joy in the Journey!"
Good bye California...HELLO Oklahoma!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
I can't believe December will be over in a few short days and then we will be entering the year of (dun dun dun...) 2012!!!! It's a year that the calendar has been dreading since the beginning of time as we know it today! I think it's just going to be another year that we will all look back on a laugh about, just like 2000, but who knows. I highly doubt Jesus will be coming back in the year that everyone has predicted He will because it says "no one knows the day or the hour." Matthew 24:36
Anyways, December.....this has been an interesting month. Of course the Holidays are always hard because it is a time of much family oriented activity, so naturally i spend a lot of time longing for one of my own. I did get to play mommy for a weekend though and that was blast! One of my former students, his little brother and I hung out for the entire weekend while mom and dad were in Vegas. It definitely made me want kids that much more. Once I have a man you all better watch out because I am gonna pop out 15 little mini me's to attack you with hugs and kisses! Ok....maybe not, but Lord willing I really would love to have a ton of kids!
Speaking of family, I am very blessed to have the family i have who supports me and loves me even when i'm a mess. My twinner came to visit which was awesome. I love getting to be adults together. We spent so much of our childhood searching for our own identities and pushing each other away. So, now it's nice to want to be together. The few days she was here were insanely busy, so sadly we didn't get to spend as much time together as we would have liked, but that's ok.
I was very blessed this year with an unexpected gift from a VERY unexpected giver and a bag left on my parent's front porch with my name and nothing else on it that was full of gifts and money. God sure does take care of me through His people! So needless to say I was very well taken care of and i am now fully able to pay rent come the first. It will be an awesome way to start the new year off! There are many exciting things happening in the coming year but it's too much to talk about yet. BUT, The first and very exciting thing to kick it all off will be Piglet's first bday! Can't wait!
Sorry for rambling as usual. Maybe one day my brain will function like a normal human being again and i can write something interesting. Until then...you get this.
Peace
Anyways, December.....this has been an interesting month. Of course the Holidays are always hard because it is a time of much family oriented activity, so naturally i spend a lot of time longing for one of my own. I did get to play mommy for a weekend though and that was blast! One of my former students, his little brother and I hung out for the entire weekend while mom and dad were in Vegas. It definitely made me want kids that much more. Once I have a man you all better watch out because I am gonna pop out 15 little mini me's to attack you with hugs and kisses! Ok....maybe not, but Lord willing I really would love to have a ton of kids!
Speaking of family, I am very blessed to have the family i have who supports me and loves me even when i'm a mess. My twinner came to visit which was awesome. I love getting to be adults together. We spent so much of our childhood searching for our own identities and pushing each other away. So, now it's nice to want to be together. The few days she was here were insanely busy, so sadly we didn't get to spend as much time together as we would have liked, but that's ok.
I was very blessed this year with an unexpected gift from a VERY unexpected giver and a bag left on my parent's front porch with my name and nothing else on it that was full of gifts and money. God sure does take care of me through His people! So needless to say I was very well taken care of and i am now fully able to pay rent come the first. It will be an awesome way to start the new year off! There are many exciting things happening in the coming year but it's too much to talk about yet. BUT, The first and very exciting thing to kick it all off will be Piglet's first bday! Can't wait!
Sorry for rambling as usual. Maybe one day my brain will function like a normal human being again and i can write something interesting. Until then...you get this.
Peace
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Today
Today was a good day. I came over to my parent's house and spent the whole day cleaning, shopping for decorations and decorating their house and patio with my mommy. We done good and had a lot of fun! It looks cute! Now it officially looks and feels like Christmas...at their house anyways. Mine we will tackle another time.
ps...yesterday i did something very embarrassing but totally funny at the same time! After finishing my blog I proceeded to post it to my facebook...or so i thought. turns out i didn't realize that the dad of the baby i nanny was signed on and i posted it to his page! lol...ooooops! I am so glad we are all friends and can laugh about stuff like that because if we weren't it would have been horribly awkward!!
ps...yesterday i did something very embarrassing but totally funny at the same time! After finishing my blog I proceeded to post it to my facebook...or so i thought. turns out i didn't realize that the dad of the baby i nanny was signed on and i posted it to his page! lol...ooooops! I am so glad we are all friends and can laugh about stuff like that because if we weren't it would have been horribly awkward!!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Whirlwind!
I had such a good vacation in Oklahoma! I am in love with it there and can't wait to go back! After getting home I felt very rested and not stressed at all but didn't realize how tired I was until I fell asleep on my friend's couch at 7pm last night. oops! I am thankful to be home and back to the grind with my friends, family and jobs. I must say I miss it when I'm gone but I am also looking forward to new adventures! I have so much to say but not really the clarity of thought to say it all right now! Maybe next week i will have everything processed and can spit it all out. Until then...i got nothin.
Seeking God's will for my life every step of the way,
Sarah
Seeking God's will for my life every step of the way,
Sarah
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