Greetings, friends & family. I know what you're thinking...
I'm sorry for the great delay, but it has been quite a full couple of weeks.
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| "SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE! She actually updated her blog!" |
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| A lot of my evenings have looked like this, so I've been a little distracted :) |
I'm sorry for the great delay, but it has been quite a full couple of weeks.
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| Isn't she precious. |
We are just coming out of a great Colour Conference: Hillsong's women conference. And I wish every woman could attend at some location around the world, but I kept visualizing (I believe with my heart more than my mind) that my Nonna, sister, and step-mom would be with me at one in the future. Nonna's in her 80's but I know (in Jesus' Name!!!) she's got a whole lot of life in her :)
I discovered a new spot: Giles Baths.
It's a section of Coogee beach separated by rocks,
which makes it kind of grotto-esque,
without being sketchy.
Psalm 1:3 says
"That person (who delights in the law of the Lord) is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit
in season
and whose leave does not wither -- whatever they do prospers."
What encourages me is the metaphor of a tree. This sounds too simple to say, but whatever, if something isn't dying then it's living, which means it's growing. I'm not in a fruit producing season, at least not one that I recognize. But I'm also not in a "dead" season. Which leaves me with my only option of being in a growing season.
Sometimes being here at this type of college can seem a little more grey than black & white. A little more unsure of where I am than definite growth or definite backsliding. So I'm currently taking comfort in the idea that I am a tree in a growing season that is working on producing fruit.
Does that make sense?
Like, an apple tree doesn't make apples all year long. But when it's not making apples, it's in the process of growing them.
I think I'm in that season.
Self propelling into the next stage is kind of fun. Satisfying to know that you can be your own cheering squad to form new and better devotional habits. Self-encouraging isn't something a lot of us are used to.
I'm content, but looking forward to the more that is to come.
Briefly, but worth mentioning:
Campaign Confidence - I'm towards the middle of the page. After the babe in the red dress :)
Campaign Video - A short video they put together of the day.
There was more, but in an attempt to save my post it deleted itself and quite frankly I'm mentally exhausted.
Thank you for your prayers.
I miss you. and love you.
