Graduation

Yesterday Faith graduated...the end of a season. Life is full of seasons. I love spring, it's my favorite season. But, in order for spring to come, winter happens (which is my least fav season). Sometimes we are in a season of life we like and other times in one we would rather skip. But spring cannot come until winter is over.

Seeing our children grow up sometimes is like the end of a season I rather would see continue but then that wouldn't be normal. So, grow and go, my Faith. Know I love you now and always will. You will go far and do great things. God does have a plan for your life, just ask Him and follow His path. His path is sometimes bumpy but know you will never be alone on it. I love you. Congrats!

End of the Spear

I just finished reading End of the Spear by Steve Saint. It was one of the best birthday presents ever. What an incredible picture of trusting God. Trusting is easy when things are going well but when your whole world falls apart it seems hard. I wonder why? Where else can we go when things fall apart? This story was captivating but it didn't necessarily have a "happy" ending. It spoke to me about how we can learn from each other and life isn't aways neat and orderly. It spoke about taking risks and seeing eternity. Here are some quotes:
When deciding whether to go back:"A hundred years from now no one will care how much money any of us made or what we did with our lives unless it serves a purpose that outlives us."
"I realized that it would have been far safer and easier for my family and me to just stay plugged into the good life we had built in Florida and give up on the idea of moving to the Amazon. But there would be danger in that too. If we let the staus quo determine what we did with our lives, we would risk living lives of self-indulgence and insignificance."
I don't consider myself a risk taker but I do want a life that makes a difference and counts for God. I need to see that there really is risk in everything.
Wanting my children to count for God might mean letting them go around the world and letting them find their niche in God's scheme of things...even if it doesn't fit some preconceived mold.
Maybe that's part of my risk.

Activity of daily living

Okay, so due to popular requests, I shall post. Yea, so I got a new cell phone. I had my old one for over 3 years. I actually got a new one because Nick had to have a rzor so he thought since I was due to get one he could get mine. Well, that did not work out because you can't get around the system. Or should I say, you can't get something for nothing. So I got a new one - not a rzor but whatever was free or cheapest. Well, it did not work so today I had to go back to the store and get another. Why is it that what should be fun and exciting turns into a bother and time consuming, traffic waiting, ordeal? So, I get a text message while in the store and couldn't figure out if I was getting a call or if the sales person had done something right - Eval when well...thought it must be the eval of the phone. Yea, so this is not deep and thought provoking just a provoking activity of our daily living.