long time no see
'Tis true, our attempts to return to lj have largely failed. In general, I feel that when I am writing consistently I am a bit more stable. Last night at work (I've been working full time overnights in the group home since June) I was just so fatigued. It wasn't too much of a physical thing, it was more mental. In four days I take my test for my teaching licensure (and I student teach this fall). In 8 days I leave for the Czech Republic to teach English. I do believe that it was God's providence that sent me answering the urgent call for English teachers this summer. It's still surreal, and I'm not ready.
God has been so faithful. All summer, He has given me the grace to hear Him with a bit more clarity--or perhaps, better stated, He has given me the grace to be more inclined to listen and to seek. Side note: the other day I was reading that "ask, seek, find" chunk of Luke and I realized that it's a command to ask and to seek and to find. It's not just a causation statement (if you ask, you will receive) but a command (you should be asking). Lot's of random thoughts here. I think I'm a little overwhelmed with the things coming up. I have plans in the next week before leaving for Prague, and I really need to be diligent. I know that the Lord who ordained this all will sustain me and equip me, but I need to be diligent as well. I guess one encouraging passage for me to think of this time would be Col 1:15-17, speaking of Christ:
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
In HIM all things hold together. Amen. There is so much more that could be said. But I want to do what is needful (Luke 10: 41-42).
"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
God has been so faithful. All summer, He has given me the grace to hear Him with a bit more clarity--or perhaps, better stated, He has given me the grace to be more inclined to listen and to seek. Side note: the other day I was reading that "ask, seek, find" chunk of Luke and I realized that it's a command to ask and to seek and to find. It's not just a causation statement (if you ask, you will receive) but a command (you should be asking). Lot's of random thoughts here. I think I'm a little overwhelmed with the things coming up. I have plans in the next week before leaving for Prague, and I really need to be diligent. I know that the Lord who ordained this all will sustain me and equip me, but I need to be diligent as well. I guess one encouraging passage for me to think of this time would be Col 1:15-17, speaking of Christ:
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
In HIM all things hold together. Amen. There is so much more that could be said. But I want to do what is needful (Luke 10: 41-42).
"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."