Let me take you back in time... It is May 15th and I am returning from a beautiful visit with friends in Sudbury. I'm sad to leave but know that many adventures await me in Peterborough..
It's a long drive compared to my adventure there, as we were stopping quite often to feed the boys and play in the sun - it took us a couple days to reach Sudbury, and the ride home was about 5 hours straight, taking one quick break :) with mostly complete silence and an added hour through North Bay.
I left Sudbury with Anna's brother Ben and her father Stephen - very quiet men, yet seem wise and are very welcoming and thoughtful!
This also allowed me to reflect, think and enjoy the beauty on the roads... I wrote as we drove, so this isn't completely from memory. It also might consist of some randomness! That's me :)
My first thought came to me as Celine Dion song, All by Myself, played in the background :) I did not have control of the dials ;) http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/celine-dion/28619.html -
I don't know if there is any relevance to the lyrics, yet this is where my thoughts went...
It's a choice to believe or not believe in a God that is ever present, in yourself as a complete and beautiful person. A friend blogged last weekend (now weeks ago) about solitude - that message really spoke to me. That is what I seek, to know who I am in Christ. To be still with him. To know Christ as completely as I can in my everydays. To spend time with my Heavenly Father and my best friend..
I love driving... I love exploring... because these are times when my thoughts are completey free, a time when I am able to experience God's vastness, his beauty, the different colours of God. I am a visual learner :)
Home... a word that used to have only one meaning.. Ajax, the house I grew up in, the house I continue to love! But now home is soooo much more - Peterborough is home. A place that welcomes me, that calls me.. where I grow and live. Sudbury has become home. The beauty, the stillness, the pace of life and the family. I feel at home with them. Home, is also not here... home is heaven. I wait until God calls me home...
As we drive home.. I once again become aware of the noise that fills my life. Information, music, voices... everything is geared to me.. Life isn't about it. It isn't about you... I would like to discipline myself to be quiet before the Lord. To listen for his voice. To see him work miracles in my life. Because I believe he will and he is very capable.
I fill my life with noise.. some that encourages, some that challenges, but also some that distracts, that creates distance. I run. I pretend to hide. But, my face is forever naked before the Lord. My heart is stripped. He knows. I know. Instead of running, instead of hiding, instead of filling my life with unneccessary noise... I pray instead that I will be open to be still, to accomplish great things for our Saviour. To offer prayers of thanksgiving, to give God my heart. To be a sanctuary for him. Pure and holy. Tried and true. To love him as he first loved me.
I am ready for another adventure this summer... and I know that if I am to follow God, everyday will be full of adventure. Am I ready? No.. Will I go? Yes. Forever. Always... with a willing heart.
That was my car ride home :)
Monday, May 30, 2005
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Soon has come...
May 1st - May 15th
I don't know where to begin...
I question whether I should keep this blog, as there are times that I forget it exists
So much has happened since I last wrote - I moved out of my beloved townhouse where I lived for three years, I wrote my final exam at Trent University, a good friend returned from Ecuador, I moved into a townhouse across the street for the summer, I went to Lindsay and Matt's wedding!! I decided to begin my summer venturing off with the CycleNEA team until Sudbury, where I currently am. (I am no longer in Sudbury... )
It has been an adventure. I am loving every moment!
This is definitely a time of change for me, a new chapter, a new beginning... Technically, I am no longer a student. I'm graduating on June 2nd from Trent University. This is a very weird thought and reality for me. I do intend to go to Teachers College, yet I do not know if this is where the Lord is leading. My heart waits as God refreshes me, rests me and guides me with each new day.
Moving out of my townhouse - It was such a surreal experience to say goodbye to my housemates, leave my key on the counter and walk out the door. To walk the path that I have walked many times over to where my sister used to live, the path that I will continue to walk many times this summer as I venture towards the pool and the beloved basketball net :) to where my father and sister awaited. We stopped on the way home, not at my father's usual spot, but one that was equally good, to stop for a moment and glaze at the glorious sky with the thousands of stars above us. Everything becomes more real in these moments, as I am able to wait and be still before Jesus. It is in these moments that I hear God's voice, that I see His face and that I feel very blessed to be His child.
Jeff came home - I'm glad that he has returned even though I've only seen him once since his return - the whole summer awaits! I missed him, his character, his humour, his tendency to propose :) My last fortune cookie did say to accept the next proposition that I received ;)
Writing my final exam at Trent! It was a good exam - I felt as prepared as I could being preoccupied with everything else that past week - I studied for at least one full day, of course that was the previous Monday and I think I remember the Greek I learned more than the environment science :) Oimoi, fur, iou iou - oh dear/dear me -fire-hoorah hoorah! I am satisfied with my final mark for the class! Although I'm not sure I could recommend it to future students..
I am now living in Unit 10, right across the street from my beloved townhouse - I have yet to sleep one night in my room there - the one night that I did stay, I bunked with Dawn as the CycleNEA Team were scattered throughout the house and Unit 28. It was a fun little sleep-over :) Hopefully, I don't walk towards the wrong townhouse out of routine...
Lindsay and Matt are married! Their wedding was a blast with great food, beautiful company and a gorgerous ceremony and reception :D Congrats and many more blessing to you in your marriage! P.S. Beautiful singing Beautiful!
The CycleNEA team left Peterborough on May 1st from City Hall in Peterborough - I stayed back that day as I had yet to pack with the busyness of finishing exams, welcoming friends home and my decision to join them had only been decided a few days previous. The team, which consists of Ben, John, Grace and Heather, came back to Peterborough that night to sleep. We would continue where they had finished that day the next morning. It was an early morning as we left around 6:30, van packed full - the adventure began :)
The first couple of days on the trip consisted of hail, rain, snow, good company, fabulous presentations, hanging out on the rooftop, yummy food, sleep-overs, playing frisbee, singing along the roadside with guitar in hand, betting how many km or at what time we would find the boys, reading, napping... and many humerous stories :) Good start to a good summer! I miss them :)
Check out their updates at www.cyclenea.com under journal and photos
My next eleven days were spent with a beautiful family that I love dearly. And that I miss dearly. Joshua Aaron, Anna Lynne, Josiah David and the eleven pound baby, Elijah Thunder. I must admit that the change in lifestyle exhausted me a bit the first couple of days. However, I adjusted as quickly as I could, and began to love it! My days consisted of playing, shopping, play groups, reading books, snack times, outdoor fun, encouraging conversation, beautiful moments with friends and naps :)
I feel grateful, blessed and very much loved from my visit. There is no place I would have rather been for those eleven days.
Josiah David has stolen my heart! A three year old boy that loves to do the same puzzles over and over again.. that is continuously asking questions - my apologies to his teacher ;) - A three year old boy that has no fear, that loves wholeheartedly, that shares Jesus with those around him. A three year old that acts like a normal three year old boy! A three year old that is going to be a very helpful and loving older brother. Faith like a child.
I thought, I reflected and I learned a lot from my visit. I continue to.. I continue to learn about being still, being quiet before the Lord, obedience, sacrifice, family...
I also learned that I love animal crackers!
So much more to say, but that will have to wait till another day! I promise it will be sooner than my other soon... :)
I don't know where to begin...
I question whether I should keep this blog, as there are times that I forget it exists
So much has happened since I last wrote - I moved out of my beloved townhouse where I lived for three years, I wrote my final exam at Trent University, a good friend returned from Ecuador, I moved into a townhouse across the street for the summer, I went to Lindsay and Matt's wedding!! I decided to begin my summer venturing off with the CycleNEA team until Sudbury, where I currently am. (I am no longer in Sudbury... )
It has been an adventure. I am loving every moment!
This is definitely a time of change for me, a new chapter, a new beginning... Technically, I am no longer a student. I'm graduating on June 2nd from Trent University. This is a very weird thought and reality for me. I do intend to go to Teachers College, yet I do not know if this is where the Lord is leading. My heart waits as God refreshes me, rests me and guides me with each new day.
Moving out of my townhouse - It was such a surreal experience to say goodbye to my housemates, leave my key on the counter and walk out the door. To walk the path that I have walked many times over to where my sister used to live, the path that I will continue to walk many times this summer as I venture towards the pool and the beloved basketball net :) to where my father and sister awaited. We stopped on the way home, not at my father's usual spot, but one that was equally good, to stop for a moment and glaze at the glorious sky with the thousands of stars above us. Everything becomes more real in these moments, as I am able to wait and be still before Jesus. It is in these moments that I hear God's voice, that I see His face and that I feel very blessed to be His child.
Jeff came home - I'm glad that he has returned even though I've only seen him once since his return - the whole summer awaits! I missed him, his character, his humour, his tendency to propose :) My last fortune cookie did say to accept the next proposition that I received ;)
Writing my final exam at Trent! It was a good exam - I felt as prepared as I could being preoccupied with everything else that past week - I studied for at least one full day, of course that was the previous Monday and I think I remember the Greek I learned more than the environment science :) Oimoi, fur, iou iou - oh dear/dear me -fire-hoorah hoorah! I am satisfied with my final mark for the class! Although I'm not sure I could recommend it to future students..
I am now living in Unit 10, right across the street from my beloved townhouse - I have yet to sleep one night in my room there - the one night that I did stay, I bunked with Dawn as the CycleNEA Team were scattered throughout the house and Unit 28. It was a fun little sleep-over :) Hopefully, I don't walk towards the wrong townhouse out of routine...
Lindsay and Matt are married! Their wedding was a blast with great food, beautiful company and a gorgerous ceremony and reception :D Congrats and many more blessing to you in your marriage! P.S. Beautiful singing Beautiful!
The CycleNEA team left Peterborough on May 1st from City Hall in Peterborough - I stayed back that day as I had yet to pack with the busyness of finishing exams, welcoming friends home and my decision to join them had only been decided a few days previous. The team, which consists of Ben, John, Grace and Heather, came back to Peterborough that night to sleep. We would continue where they had finished that day the next morning. It was an early morning as we left around 6:30, van packed full - the adventure began :)
The first couple of days on the trip consisted of hail, rain, snow, good company, fabulous presentations, hanging out on the rooftop, yummy food, sleep-overs, playing frisbee, singing along the roadside with guitar in hand, betting how many km or at what time we would find the boys, reading, napping... and many humerous stories :) Good start to a good summer! I miss them :)
Check out their updates at www.cyclenea.com under journal and photos
My next eleven days were spent with a beautiful family that I love dearly. And that I miss dearly. Joshua Aaron, Anna Lynne, Josiah David and the eleven pound baby, Elijah Thunder. I must admit that the change in lifestyle exhausted me a bit the first couple of days. However, I adjusted as quickly as I could, and began to love it! My days consisted of playing, shopping, play groups, reading books, snack times, outdoor fun, encouraging conversation, beautiful moments with friends and naps :)
I feel grateful, blessed and very much loved from my visit. There is no place I would have rather been for those eleven days.
Josiah David has stolen my heart! A three year old boy that loves to do the same puzzles over and over again.. that is continuously asking questions - my apologies to his teacher ;) - A three year old boy that has no fear, that loves wholeheartedly, that shares Jesus with those around him. A three year old that acts like a normal three year old boy! A three year old that is going to be a very helpful and loving older brother. Faith like a child.
I thought, I reflected and I learned a lot from my visit. I continue to.. I continue to learn about being still, being quiet before the Lord, obedience, sacrifice, family...
I also learned that I love animal crackers!
So much more to say, but that will have to wait till another day! I promise it will be sooner than my other soon... :)
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Personality Test...
Your #1 Match: ISFJ |
The Nurturer P.S. I can't cook! Or atleast I pretend I can't ;) |
Your #2 Match: ISFP |
The Artist I love the line, though your talents might be dormant right now, so funny! |
Your #3 Match: ESFJ |
| The Caregiver You are sympathetic and caring, putting friends and family first.A creature of habit, you prefer routines and have trouble with change.You love being in groups - whether you're helping people or working on a project.You are good at listening, laughing, and bringing out the best in people. You would make a great nurse, social worker, or teacher. |
Your #4 Match: ESFP |
The Performer I am a quiet girl at times, and don't enjoy being the center of attention :) |
Your #5 Match: INFJ |
The Protector I am stubborn, yet patient and I do love photography! |
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