Reflections...

Today I sat in bird poop. I then proceeded to gag my way through cleaning myself up.

Attractive? Well... I wouldn't think so.

These are the kinds of adventures I have. I popped my first tire the other day, too. Why am I saying this? Cause I love my life. My "job" isn't that exciting... so I have to make up for it in other ways. (Well I think it's exciting, but it is after all a desk job)

Ahh, so Christmas came and went. I'm still not sure if all of that actually happened or not. It's still in the 80s outside. It seemed like everyone I talked to was having a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit. But that's ok... life is crazy. For everybody. Somehow I managed to buy all the presents I needed to give, AND I remembered to give them to the right people. Also, amongst all the craziness, I managed to stay focused on Christ. Not perfectly, of course. But I would find myself, while either driving to the next store or cleaning the house or what not, just pondering the mysteries of what we celebrate on December 25th. Things I have heard for years, but never took time to actually think them through. The mystery of God becoming flesh. The mystery of a baby being sovereign over the entire universe. The mystery of Jesus being born to die. I feel like thinking through these things, even though all the preparation was exhausting, has left me refreshed and energized to face another year of responsibilities and challenges.

And even though Christmas is technically “over” the revelations continue. This morning, I was reading the verse of the day, which happened to be Simeon’s encounter with Jesus at the temple. “A light has come to the Gentiles” he said... it struck me. I, being a gentile, had no business being a part of God’s family, and yet through the cross and simply placing my faith in God, I have been grafted in... fully accepted... and heir of the King. This blows me away. I hope it blows you away too.

I’ve also been flabbergasted at how good God has been to me by giving me such good friends. SO thanks for being a good friend :)

Quick trip through my thoughts.

I do this because it's probably meaningless, but maybe not if you have ever felt the same feeling before. If it's disgustingly personal, you don't have to read it, but it helps to get it out of my mind and on to a... web page. Therefore,

It's always a strange feeling when I add friends on fb and then my friend count goes down... considerably. Makes me feel sooooo gooood. (teen girl squad)

I'm so tired right now it hurts.

A friend of mine said that his mom couldn't cook to save her life... this brought me great hope seeing how I have quite the history of food fiascoes.

I must purchase Christmas presents. If only people were more selfish and would tell me what they want for Christmas :)

On that note, since I keep breaking a sweat, I am having a rather difficult time getting into the Christmas spirit.

I went down to the Keys on Sunday. Man, I missed the beach. Does wonders to the soul. And also makes me forget what season it is.

All my friends keep posting about finals and having to study study study. I almost miss that part about school.

BUT I am learning SO much about composition... and at such a rapid pace. It's wonderful. I feel as if I'm still going to school and being productive.

On the other hand, during my time in the Keys, Glory and my two cousins were doing school while I just sat around and found stuff to keep me busy. While I sat around and found stuff to keep me busy I couldn't stop thinking about how much I did NOT miss high school. (Note: I am talking about the work, not the people).

My sister's perfume smells really good.

Music is awesome.

Someone posted Micah 5:2 on facebook... between that and Craig's sermon on Sunday I've been mulling over the thought that God consistently uses people (or things) who have either really messed up or seem to have no significance at all to bring great Glory to Himself. It's remarkable, and also gives great hope.

Better late than never, right?

I know, I know... I've neglected my blog. I'm sorry. Terribly sorry. So much to blog about that I don't have time to blog about it.

Just got back from an awesome weekend in West Palm. Got to hang out with my amazing college friends, got to see and hear Handel's Messiah... absolutely glorious.

I'm home now. I feel disgusting and the hot water heater is indisposed, so my shower will have to wait.

Anyway, tonight I have an interview with Mark Hamby from Lamplighter Publishers. Pretty cool! I'll try to post that at some point. We'll be talking about the projects I've been working on lately and maybe some other spontaneous stuff.

I love my life.