August 24, 2008 at 7:08 pm (Randomness)
Well, the kiddos start school in two short little days. That means a lot of changes in our house. My oldest will be starting third grade, my middle son will be entering Kindergarten, and my youngest will be lost without his two older brothers to play with all day. I will be going back to work as a substitute teacher which means I will be getting paid again. (YAY!!) Along with a paycheck, I will be able to feed my habits of crafting and reading. I have recently started a book club on my True Friends forum. I am also an over the top Twilight fan (Stephenie Meyer)…and The Host by Stephenie Meyer was awesome as well! The Twilight movie comes out in December….you know where I’ll be when that happens. I am trying to accomplish finishing several big projects by Christmas…none of which I have started yet. LOL And I thought I would try my hand at designing some original patterns in my spare time (haha) and post them here for the taking. I will be starting a “crafts” category on this blog to fulfill that purpose.
Sorry I haven’t written in a while. I’ve been in a funk waiting for work to start back. I don’t want to spend less time with my kids and will miss them when they go back to school…but there is something about a paycheck…
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August 6, 2008 at 1:26 pm (Randomness)
Tags: comfort, faith, hope, light at the end of the tunnel, peace, spirituality
Do you ever wonder about that light at the end of the tunnel? I know you have heard the old cliche expression and the quaint comeback that the light is a train. I have to say, I am tired of being run over by the locomotives on this track I’m on. If I could find an emergency escape exit in this tunnel I would use it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, the engineer who designed my tunnel didn’t provide me with an escape route.
So, what does that mean for me? That I have to continue to travel toward this oncoming train with no hope of avoiding it? That I continue to hope against hope that the light is a little bit of sunshine blessings that will rain down on me instead of a train? Well, I haven’t been very optimistic about my options lately. I know in my head that this is a dry spell and that dry spells come and go and that I will survive this as I have other difficulties in my life. I know this in my head but apparently, I am ruled by my heart. So how do you convince your heart of something your head knows when your heart is dead set against listening?
I don’t know.
I am finding myself falling on my face before God and pleading for His mercy on my life. I know that I cannot do anything without His strength. I know that He has a plan for me and that His plan is perfect. I know that He will sustain me until He calls me home. Maybe instead of praying for mercy and blessings, I should be praying for His comfort. My soul is tired, my resolve is weakening, but my hope carries on. My hope is in the Lord, and He will not fail. I must find a way to accept the comfort only He can offer. I must trust in the Lord completely – my struggles are not too big for Him to handle.
So, dear reader, if you wouldn’t mind, please pray for me that my spirit would be refreshed and that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and know that it is not a train, but the Son.
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