I Feel like a Flying Tomato Sometimes

I love the Olympics...especially the Winter Olympics. Out of the family, I am usually the one that stays up until the opening ceremony is over. I like the hype and countries competing against each other. So much for world unity. Everyone knows that is a joke. I mean, look at Israel having to walk in behind Iran every two years.

I am dying to learn how to snowboard. Shaun White did me in. I even forgive his hair.

Anyway....I have been working through a lot of things with Jesus. The main thing? Dealing with the mundane. I believe that God calls every one to glorify Him with their lives. But we can't choose how to glorify Him. Jesus does the choosing. Right now, for me, this means working 9am-5pm (queue that Dolly Parton song) 5 days out of the week, volunteering once a week for my church, working my other job, and trying to prepare for the marathon and other races. I am usually okay with all of this, until it hits me at 7:45am on a work day. As I am driving into work, I grip the steering wheel, and spit out, "What am I doing?" I sometimes feel like I am a jumbled mess. I am at a place in life that I didn't think I would be at 10 months ago. I am working a job that I never imagined I would be working.

But that is the beauty of it.

I didn't think or imagine these things. But God did. Even with my 15 minutes of disappointment, anxiety, and confusion as I drive into work, it is after I sit down in my chair, turn on my computer monitor, and look around my cubicle I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is where I belong. No, I am not planning on staying in this job or situation for another 10 years, but God has given me this season of my life for a reason. And He wants to use me where He placed me. He wants me to reach the people he has placed in my life right now. He wants me to learn from the people he has placed in my life right now.

I am so thankful that I worship a God that not only gives me dreams and desires, but also sees the big picture. I want every season of my life to matter. Whether I am a dishwasher, secretary, wife/mother, or working in the corporate world I want to give my all for Him.

But, I am still hoping for a Shaun White moment somewhere down the road (even a little one will do)…..maybe Moscow 2014??

More than a Bag of Bones

I love reading stories like this one.

It reminds me of Israel and all the beautiful, historical artifacts and places I will see.
A little more than 2 months.

L.s.R