“The thing about life is that it is daily.” Casey Ties said this to me a little while ago and every time I think of it, I laugh. outloud.
Life is daily and I guess so far that has been what life here is about. Its about daily things that add to the transition and familiarity of this place, making it more and more like home and less and less like a summer vacation.
I spend a lot of time at work. I’m scheduled 40 hours aweek. So much of my time is at Target or trying to rest. I feel so out of practice of this job, the standing for 8 hours a day is wearing me out a little bit. There is just a general feeling of lethargy, of which I’m not a huge fan.
The weather has been hot here the last few days. I haven’t enjoyed that, luckily most nights, it cools down. When it hits 90 degrees here though, everyone is freaking out. it usually isn’t this hot. At work, it feels like everyone rushes in begging for the location of air conditioners or fans. Its my understanding that most places don’t have AC because it doesn’t get hot enough for that.
Spiritually— its evident that God is at work. Today we had the opportunity to attend Mars Hill Ballard Campus. It was good. It was a great service with a sermon I needed to hear. One of my favorite things that God does, well that makes me laugh because I realize what a dink I am… God blows me out of the water with scripture that I think can’t speak to me. The store of Jonah for instance. I’m so used that story. I’ve allowed my heart to harden in a sense that I don’t really think that God can speak to me through scripture that feels too familiar. How wrong am I. It makes me laugh because I’m an idiot some days.
God spoke loudly today about things in my life that He desires to remove or repair and restore. Some thoughts that just hit me hard today…
* Jonah was being so foolish. He was running from the call God gave him to go to Ninevah. First of all, where did he think he was going to run to, to get away from God’s voice. He knew he couldn’t. Yet he still tried. It was as if Jonah was trying to get away from the feeling of God’s presence, so then he wouldn’t have to be obedient to God’s call. Soon Jonah finds himself in the whale’s belly feeling totally seperated from God. The pastor today mentioned that sometimes God gives us exactly what we want— like Jonah wanted to run from the presence of God and found himself in that belly of hell seperated from God. interesting… this causes my mind to spin.
Ok, that’s all I’ll share for now. God is good. i believe He has me. This journey continues… its daily….
