Loving Life!

A friend messaged me recently and said, "How are you doing?  Blog has been silent for a while..."  Yes, it sure has.  For a number of reason.  Busyness, exhaustion, nothing to say, too much to say, laziness, and the list continues.  I actually don't have a lot of focus for this post, but I do want to get back into the groove of my every-once-in-a-while Sunday posting.

Things are rolling right along in my world.  Life lately has felt so full of vitality and blessing.  For example, this week has been a whirl-wind, and I have bounced all over the Metroplex, having fun and building on dear friendships.  Wednesday night was a blessing in that some new church friends invited a whole gang of people over to get to know each other over good conversation and venison burgers (very delish!).  What servants they are!  Thursday night I got to go and see the musical "Catch Me if You Can" with one of my favorite people.  Friday I enjoyed exchanging a Christmas gift certificate for a massage (first time: LOVED IT).  Saturday morning I was thrilled to run the Cowtown 10K.  Can I just say I love running in Fort Worth???  I have had this thought so many times over the past months.  I just love this town, and running seems to be the best way to really experience it.  Definitely doing that Cowtown again next year.  Saturday evening found me having dinner and seeing my first NHL game with my dear work family (I just love them all so much!).

But it hasn't just been this week that has been full of blessing.  It has been this season of life.  This whole past year of God asking me to do things, and me following in obedience and watching fruit come about.  This era of becoming intimate with His Word by hiding it in my heart and clinging to it for my life and my emotional stability.  Sure, there have been times of not feeling so great.  This past weekend for example I made a few mistakes that reminded me of my ever present compulsion to make everyone pleased with me and how devastated and judgmental I am towards myself when I feel that is not happening.  It reminded me that I still utterly depend on Him, and that I suffer when I become complacent in my daily investment in my Spiritual health.  But overall, I feel as though things are clicking right along, and I am soaking up every second that God has me in this season, knowing that my "happiness" or "comfort" is not going to always be guaranteed, and that's okay too.

Okay, so there are some general thoughts about what has been going on lately.  Maybe soon I'll get around to posting some other, more specific details about things that are happing in my world.  Until then...