Weekend Ponderings...

What an awesome, yet exhausting wknd! For starters, I had quite the adventure with the cold weather that we’ve been having. Well… what I really mean to say is that I, being the genius that I am, made the wise decision to go grocery shopping before my night out, which meant that all of my groceries (6 hrs later) were frozen….including fruits!...haha, I’m so bright! The sad part is that I knew in advance that my food was likely to freeze, but I had no other choice. I needed groceries, and I knew that the stores would be closed by the time I was ready to head back to Prov. Meh….it gave me something to laugh about!

*side note: I don’t really know what it is, or what has really changed…but my life just seems all that much better this semester. It’s AMAZING! Don’t get me wrong, I still have a lot of the same stresses in my life, but for some reason they just don’t seem to be getting to me (or at least not yet ;) ). Perhaps it’s the fact that I’ll be done school and graduating in 67 days… I haven’t a worry in the world as to what I’ll be doing when I’m done here, rather I’m quite excited about all the ‘changes’ that are around the corner…all the unknown. There’s a sense of freedom in the air…a desire to make my independence real (beyond school, etc..). I’m READY for change! (haha….never would have been saying that some time ago). Probably the biggest change in my life since Christmas though, has been a renewed relationship with God, which in turn has left me with NO choice but to lift all of my worries and concerns up to God. Whoever thought that it would be so simple!?!....perhaps not the approach, but the solution!

Friday night was awesome! I had the opportunity to watch a dear friend of mine debut her CD, and to become reacquainted with both old and new friends (I really couldn’t ask for anything more). Even though I only met her a few years ago, she’s so very inspirational! (both in her spiritual life, and how she pursues the passions God has given her). Seeing her heart swell, listening to the words God has given her, and seeing her make her dream a reality….such an AWESOME feeling! I’m sooooo proud of her! She’s also inspirational b/c her life is a testimony of what God can do; how God can turn someone’s dream into a reality. …words can’t even describe what an awesome night it was!

On another note, I still find myself in awe (perhaps partly confused) by all of the people I keep running into. MB IS small…and NO one can deny it! I can’t but help to wonder why!?!...Why me!?!...why am I being blessed by sooo many people? People I haven’t seen in months, years….who were acquaintances, friends…and sometimes more. I can’t say that any of the ‘reunions’ I’ve had thus far have been negative. For the most part, they’ve been only encouraging, insightful….positive. But why? Why now? …sometimes I find myself lost in the questions, other times I just find myself lost in the moment…lost in the opportunity.

Nothing but Smiles and zzzzzzz’s J