The past few weeks have been nothing short of a whirlwind. So I think I'll just turn what could be a novel of thoughts into a few simple truths I've learned and been reminded of...
- When you forget your wallet and are almost out of gas, some nice gas station attendant might just give you free gas. Swallow that pride and just ask.
- Backing up your computer is more important than you think...you never know when it will decide to rebel and go on strike with that little pinwheel icon of death, causing you to nearly take up the fetal position in a corner of the office, frozen with fear of losing years' worth of precious files.
- But with computer problems comes a sweet opportunity to see those in your community love you in unique and totally unearned ways...like teaching you how to take your hard drive out of your Mac and transferring files from it yourself (nerd alert).
- No matter what time I go to bed, it's impossible to sleep in. Post-grad life is here.
- Just when your mood is quickly headed south, thinking life is rough going to work early on a rainy Sunday morning, God floods the halls (literally) with an abundance of water and then people...and makes you dance in the rain.
- I still despise the grocery store...the only way you'll get me to go is by the offer of free samples and reminding me of how much eating out cost me last week.
- Chai shakes and chocolate chai lattes might need to have their own category in my budget...yes, an addiction is forming. It's a great thing that the nearest Starbucks is more than 5 miles from my house.
- So there's this little festival called Austin City Limits.......... it's an adventure to say the least.
- Paddleboarding is therapeutic. And a great business. If this whole ministry thing doesn't work out, you might just be visiting the newest paddleboard shack on Town Lake, owned by me.
- God keeps His craziest kids closest (explains a lot of why I'm working in a church). I can't take credit for this line, but it has quickly become my mantra during some of the most humbling moments.
- I will always fight power, approval, control, and comfort idols. The days that I forget this are the days that I typically lose that fight. Thankful that His mercies are new every morning.
- The enemy always speaks in half-truths. Yes, we are messed up, flawed little people running around like we know what to do (what he loves to remind us of), BUT GOD has/does/and will always intervene with His gracious love displayed first in His gospel. Always remember the end to that story!
- We are His poem (Ephesians 2:10). Uniquely and perfectly designed for His plan for us. Motivational foundation.
- Ministry will be the hardest, but one of the best things I will ever do.
- Austin Stone worship conference. Awesome to witness and be a part of.
- Support raising is an opportunity unlike any other. Game changer. My decisions and my finances will be forever impacted by this perspective shift.
- I will put in similar inputs (of time, effort, planning) into this job, but I am not always promised the outputs...that's a difficult one for me.
- Each and every moment has the potential to be one of teaching and development. And it doesn't typically happen to be in the ways I would expect.
- I place my value in my work and what I produce...A LOT. In ways I didn't know until I was faced with a lack of output. Turns out, there's more to this life that we're meant to live.
- To be broken means an opportunity to see Him put me back together.
- Overwhelmed with life (emotions, people, difficulties, happiness) = development.
- Circumstantial events always reveal deeper sin in my heart. This is a good thing.
- There is a direct correlation between my time in the Word and my temptation to sin.
- Being able to accurately see and feel God's grace for us is going to be a lifelong prayer.
Jesus is better.
And we will spend the rest of our lives being convinced of this.
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