What a nice day
Well, the sun isn't really out, but it is a nice day. So much has happened to me the past couple of weeks. The beach was really great. It was good to go relax and get to know some of the people in our young adult group. I got much closer to some of the people. I needed the break, too. Although it was a little chilly, I still went out to the beach and relaxed. The past week has been a huge teaching time for me. God has really been teaching me about me and everything around me. I am starting a spiritual Life Coaching relationship in a couple of weeks. It is an intense, one year coaching relationship with someone in the church that is farther along in their spiritual journey. While I am excited, I am also nervous because I don't know what I am going to find out about myself. After one year of coaching, I will then have someone behind me that I will be helping. I know there are some things that I really need to work on now. This week I am going profiles. I am filling out statements, finding out what my spiritual pathway is and what my spiritual gifts are. It is amazing some of the things that I love and didn't realize it. I also discovered that I have a spiritual pathway that I didn't know I had. I am also in a Monday night group with women going through the book a Mary Heart in a Martha World. It is such a good book. I have been learning so much about what type of personality I have. I have also been learning about stillness and some of the stuff that I need to work on.
In my young adult group we are learning about the solitude retreat, or solitude time. I know I need to work on this, but I am excited about what I am going to learn. I am a bit nervous about what I will learn about myself, but I think I am at a point in my life to go on and get to another phase of my life. I am glad that I am back home. I am glad that God has allowed me to find some great people. I do miss my friends from school, and I do pray for all my friends who are engaged, pregnant, or going through life changing situations. Being far away, that is about all I can do. I want my friends to be happy. I want them to have a great future. Sometimes, though, I feel I care so much about people, but they dont care about me. I know that isn't true, but that is the insecurity that the Lord is teaching me about.
My weight issues have been a bit hard for me. I am still steady at the weight I was when I left Houghton. I really haven't gained-which is good, but I really haven't lost either. I did lose a lot during the summer when mom and I were going through that really hard time. But I gained the back. I normally gain stress weight back. Which sucks-but it is okay. The thing I gave up for Lent has been bad. I followed it really well for the first couple of weeks. The past week or so though, I have really backslid on it. I am working on it. I am trying to work myself up to a detox point, but I am finding it hard to do.
If any of read this, and want to pray for me, here are some things you can pray for. My health-which I am still working on. This new endeavor with coaching, and maturing my spirituality even more. I really want to get back to being in the word more. I lost track of that a lot since being home from college. I really did well with the service part of my spirituality (which is one my spiritual pathways), but I feeding and resting in God struggled. Just pray that I get back into that. Also pray for my mind. I find myself getting more destracted. My mind wonders, and sometimes on things it should not. I really want to get my mind back to where it needs to be-consumed by God at all times. I do thank those of you who are helping me and trying to pray for me. Thanks. Love y'all--AD
In my young adult group we are learning about the solitude retreat, or solitude time. I know I need to work on this, but I am excited about what I am going to learn. I am a bit nervous about what I will learn about myself, but I think I am at a point in my life to go on and get to another phase of my life. I am glad that I am back home. I am glad that God has allowed me to find some great people. I do miss my friends from school, and I do pray for all my friends who are engaged, pregnant, or going through life changing situations. Being far away, that is about all I can do. I want my friends to be happy. I want them to have a great future. Sometimes, though, I feel I care so much about people, but they dont care about me. I know that isn't true, but that is the insecurity that the Lord is teaching me about.
My weight issues have been a bit hard for me. I am still steady at the weight I was when I left Houghton. I really haven't gained-which is good, but I really haven't lost either. I did lose a lot during the summer when mom and I were going through that really hard time. But I gained the back. I normally gain stress weight back. Which sucks-but it is okay. The thing I gave up for Lent has been bad. I followed it really well for the first couple of weeks. The past week or so though, I have really backslid on it. I am working on it. I am trying to work myself up to a detox point, but I am finding it hard to do.
If any of read this, and want to pray for me, here are some things you can pray for. My health-which I am still working on. This new endeavor with coaching, and maturing my spirituality even more. I really want to get back to being in the word more. I lost track of that a lot since being home from college. I really did well with the service part of my spirituality (which is one my spiritual pathways), but I feeding and resting in God struggled. Just pray that I get back into that. Also pray for my mind. I find myself getting more destracted. My mind wonders, and sometimes on things it should not. I really want to get my mind back to where it needs to be-consumed by God at all times. I do thank those of you who are helping me and trying to pray for me. Thanks. Love y'all--AD