Thursday, December 29, 2011
And the time has come to return.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Boxing day...
Thursday, December 8, 2011
word vomit
"Want" or "want"?
"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want."
And yet, I have never seen such praise being offered to the Lord. Every time we drove into the slum to meet with these women, they would be singing songs to God and dancing. It was contagious! Even us uncoordinated Canadian "azoongoos!" attempted to join in. Even in the midst of not having all their basic needs met, being sick with AIDS, being orphaned, I saw so much hope and joy in these eyes. They trust that God will provide...and He has and He is and He WILL!
Seeing this, knowing this, and knowing that my God is looking after me, how dare I worry and be anxious. I am ashamed of myself for being so selfish, so blinded by material possessions and wanting what I do not need and for not changing. Lord Jesus, please help me to change and be gentle with me as You continue to mold and shape my heart.
Matthew 6:25-30
25"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Moon River
Moon River,
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
"I love the thought of you."
Monday, November 21, 2011
Rainy Day Writings...
I woke to the sound of pouring rain outside my forest side window, got ready for the day grabbed a slice of left over soy Hawaiian pizza and hit the road to Duncan in search of Christmas gifts for my family. I left Duncan empty handed, but did find two new thrift shops I will be saying "hello" to again in the future!
Now, in attempts to "not waste time" I started filling out some paper work I have been putting off for a while, turned on my "no flame" candle I was ever so blessed to receive on my birthday this past Saturday and have the best intentions of spending some good time in the two books I've been reading lately. Though I know this room won't be my home forever, it's beginning to feel a little homely and I need that for this time. I am so very thankful for my room here in the lodge.
I think I forgot about how cold it feels here. Since last week, most days in the office have been brightened by the roaring fire close to the desk Alicia and I work at. Sometimes a smiling face comes through the door and my heart is rejuvenated through sweet conversation with the students at meals. God is good and He is here. It's crazy to think that I am back here at camp for a full 13 months. This place of changed hearts and lives, adventures and ocean life. I look up to see the mountain top glazed with snow and can't wait till it finally makes its way to the ground my feet are standing on. Having a white November would be lovely.
It's time to get back into "not waste time" mode.
Until next time...
"Keep your stick on the ice" - Red Green
Food for thought...
-Francis Chan in Forgotten God
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Many Happy Returns of the Day!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
"At least he was baptized first..." - J.B.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Friends Are Like Wedgies...
Sunday, September 25, 2011
I'm Thankful For...
I am thankful for...
- The smell of rain, and getting drenched in torrential downpour (like i did today!).
- Jesus.
- Driving tractors...and other things with loud motors.
- Water droplets on lilly pads.
- Snail mail from far away friends.
- Taking pictures of people laughing.
- Sitting in the company of good friends.
- Star gazing.
- Swimming in the sunshine.
- Dutch Blitz.
- Road trips and adventurous detours.
- Sandwiches and cucumbers.
- The prairie skies.
- My Oma and Opa.
- Different languages.
- Music and cheap guitars.
- Good tea.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Roast Beef for Dinner?...
This year is a new year. It will also be a good year. Everything has its ups and downs; and things take time to get used to. I've been learning some things...
1) "Waiting for my life to begin" needs to stop now. It started long ago, and that wasn't after I graduated from college...
2) I like sushi! (Especially on Saltspring Island!)
3) Sleeping under the stars gets better each time.
4) Sleeping on hard ground doesn't.
5) Rainy days don't ruin things. (Especially when you have a wonderful green rain coat and a pair of puddle boots!)
6) Community is something that's hard to find and hard to leave behind.
7) There's something wonderful about fosferescents on a rainy night and seeing the fish light up green as they swim out from under the dock that causes my heart to skip a beat.
8) Skype is a wonderful tool that makes it possible to feel like you're practically in the same room as those you love (...and also keep up with the renos going on at home!).
9) The sound of rain out my window as I dose off to sleep NEVER gets old.
10) Waiting for mail takes longer than watching water as I wait for it to boil.
11) Summer weather can never stay too long.
12) There's always an adventure to be had. Sometimes it just needs to be found.
13) Thrift Store and Used Book Store shopping = true love.
14) Canoe + ATV+me = pain.
15) Watching the sun rise is epic.
16) New beginnings are hard, but in the end they're worth it.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Is it the Soy Milk or just my stomach...
What is this something that causes me to know that there is more. More to life than going through the motions? Is it faith or truth or passion, or even reality. My heart races, and skips a beat. The muscle spasm in my foot reminds me that it's time to start moving. Time to stop waiting. Time to choose? Or just keep going? Or both? Or neither. Maybe it's something else.
Maybe the thoughts in my head are there just for the sake of thought. To prove to me that I am alive. To keep me going, to keep me certain there is something there. Something that's not just me. Where to go from here? Where do I start? What does the beginning even look like? Too many questions. Time to just go. Time to do.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Something a little different...
I'm getting excited as the Lord and I embark on yet another different year long adventure. I am looking forward to the day when I won't have to wonder about what will happen next year, but I have a feeling the Lord may keep me guessing for a while yet.
Until next time,
peace out homeskillets...
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Keep Your Bible Open...
Monday, May 23, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Beauty & Adversity
“Oyster, Mr. Oyster, strange creature of the sea!
What have you to teach me? What is your lesson, please?”
“Come hither, my child,” said Oyster, “Come and sit by me,
And I will tell you the story of Beauty and Adversity.”
“For into my life God brought a stone, a sand from out of life’s sea,
It was just a little thing, as testings often can be.
Its very presence I abhorred, and said, ‘O God! Why me?’
For it irritated me so, this rock of offence to me.”
“I pleaded, I cried, I begged my God from testing to be free;
In a still small voice His quiet reply, ‘My grace it sufficient for thee.
Be patient, my child,’ He said, ‘for patient you must be
If you are to learn the lesson of Beauty and Adversity.’
“As it became part of my life, a new perspective I did see,
Something in which my sovereign God had a lesson for me,
A lesson I now pass on to you, a lesson from out of life’s sea,
A lesson etched in the sands of time of Beauty and Adversity.”
“That stone of testing remained in my life, and to it I concede
As I yielded to the will of God, a change was wrought in me.
This beautiful pearl, one of great price, this wonderful pearl you see
Once was that sand sent from God to work a wonder in me.”
“So hear, my child, and lean ye well from Oyster’s life story
That testings from our loving God are only meant to be
Things of beauty in your life for all the world to see,
Things of beauty, wrought by God, born of adversity.”
Received from the hand of the Lord!
Roberf F. McNutt
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
"A woman of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies..."
Friday, March 18, 2011
Last night I dreamt...
Punch List:
- Do not sleep in.
- Go to MCC Thrift Shop.
- Clean house so it is spotless when the Fehr's return.
- Lunch at the tea house with friend.
- Make important phone call :)
- Try to finish at least 2 of the many books you have begun reading.
- Enjoy the sunshine!
Monday, February 28, 2011
A Place.
Be Creative..
Punch List:
- Tie die something, preferably something white.
- Create the best ever resume known to man; that by even glancing in its direction an immediate call back and job offer will follow.
- Know what I want to do when I grow up...a girl can dream can't she?
- Learn to use mom's wonderful camera and take some stunning photo's.
- Write a book? (about what? any ideas? I could use a few comments on this blog.)
- Purge my closet...you can never get rid of enough stuff.
- Create my own recipe (must use garam masala in said recipe).
- Use all food on shelf before purchasing more food for the shelf...(unless of course you run out of apples..one cannot live without 'em).
- Finish reading at least one of the 7 (and counting) books started.
- Plant own herb garden (this may have to wait for a bit).
- Stop watching T.V. when bored. Instead go for a walk, work on that recipe, book, tie-dieing just DON'T watch T.V.
- Plan a trip somewhere wonderful.
- Go on said trip.
- Finish punch list.