Meeting God in the Mundane

Well my journey continues, today was today. I would love to say that after a night of revelation and refocusing my life I have had the most amazing day ever, but I have not and honestly I think I am ok with that. God does not ask us to give things to him so that we can get this supernatural high. He desires a relationship with us and in order to be in that relationship we have to give up and allow God to lead. For me that means meeting God in my mundane moments, the word mundane is pretty interesting I had to look it up to make sure I was using it correctly J

mun·dane adjective
1. of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly

2. common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
3. of or pertaining to the world, universe, or earth.

After I read the meaning I was really blown away by the actual implications of the definition. I meant I need to seek God in my common and ordinary life dealing with day to day. But God really wants us to meet him where we are, in the mundane, this world/earth. We cannot travel to heaven to have tea with God; but we can seek him out allowing him to come to us and walk with us here where we are. So today in this mundane place and mundane situation I choose to seek God and rest, walk and be with Him, so that I may have a glimpse of the extraordinary, which is God.

More than a while

Well it has been a while since I actually just wrote out where I am and what I am doing so here it goes. The past 2 weeks have been really hard. JP and I have committed to stay where we are with hopes of changing the situation. At first I was confident in our decision, I had been making efforts to be a part of where we are and actually felt that there was purpose to our situation. Well that all changed last week, not our situation but my feelings towards it. I know God has a plan but the frustration of the complete unknown and the perpetual circle that is my life is something I fear I will never overcome. And trust me I know the answers; that God provides, He will never leave us, in Him we are strong, the list goes on. But my flesh taunts me. My tiredness clouds my judgment and my lack of involvement only proves my fear to be true. I know that after two years I should be able to withstand the thought of 1 more but when I try my eyes water and my stomach tightens because we say 1 more year but I don’t believe it is just 1 anymore, especially since that was the decision last year.

Looking forward I have decided that God has something to teach me as he usually does. Though I cannot understand what the curriculum is I do my best to learn. With this step I have decided to focus on God and me not on me and the church. I have recently been so focused on my part, my contribution, how I fit in, and I I I, That I (there it is again) began to get lost in a selfish attempt to make a place for myself rather than allowing God to use me and guide me in the ways he desired and saw fit. So today I start over, with Joy as my focus

“2Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5If anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who give generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”

James 1:2-8

Because even though this life brings trials and tears I know that my God, the one who will sustain me is in control and for that I am so thankful.

A few things I missed for January:

Started financial peace with my sister D

I turned 26 and the next day it snowed and was soo cold

Had a wonderful Holiday weekend where very little got accomplished, had the elders lunch and met Allen’s Bride to be Rebecca.

Had a lovely date night with my hubby for my birthday!! YUM

Had a triple birthday party with my 2 nieces at donates and then spent the rest of the day Crafting with D as we worked on my mother’s birthday presents.

Happy Anniversary Mom and Rich

Work out begins…agian

So we are home, adjusted and now ready to get a little healthier :) We began our workout with sit ups today. Yuck! We did sit ups not crunches, they are harder than they look...hey they are. It is a lot of fun being able to work out with my hubby even if working out is not all that fun.

Bridge Open house

First Sunday back and we had a low key open house. It was pretty neat to watch the students catch up, and freak out because it had been so long since they had last seen each other (ok it had been 2 weeks) they are a little dramatic but it is what it is. It just reminds me how we should value the Body of Christ and love the family.

Lunch with Momma Lynn and Goodwill

Finally back at our home...it has been so long. Nothing is quite like a nice Queen sized bed that is actually SOFT!! I slept very well, Josh attempted to keep me up but I napped a bit and then headed to bed around 2AM. But I was not out of bed until after 10AM so that is pretty good. We went to lunch with Josh Mother. (Friday's YUM: I had a Birthday coupon) Then headed to the goodwill where we found tons of goodies!! It was nice to be back in the swing of things but part of my heart is on the other side of the world in a busy but simple city. I miss it I really do. Friends I am praying for you.

Dinner with the folks

Olive Garden Oh how I have missed you!!! Really need I say more? After two nights at my parents house we all went out to dinner, including my little sister and her bf. It was nice to have a night out together we really do not get to do it very often. After dinner we visited a few stores to browse a bit and then headed home to our own bed...

3AM and Back to Work

We have arrived and I am still on Asia Time. Our flight landed and we headed home (6 hour drive to Dayton and then 2 hour drive to Mom's) We stopped for dinner and then continued on our way, until we hit a tire...yes hit. Which gave us a flat tire, so in the very cold weather we huddled together as the boys changed the tire. Now a bit delayed we continued. We stopped by to pickup the truck and then switched and got my car, dropped off V and finally arrived at my mothers at 3AM. Slept a tad and then was up at 6Am for work oh thank goodness I only have 2 days left.