Sunday, May 1, 2011

A Slightly Different Kind of List

1. I know it's been a while. Over the last two months I've started blog entries, but haven't been able to really find the words to say what has really been happening around here. So much has gone on. Good and bad. Blessings, all of it, no matter how hard.

2. How amazing to be in a community of wives who serve each other in the smallest and biggest of ways! I am so glad for my friends.

3. I miss my husband SO much. I don't know if I've ever missed someone in such a way before. And how amazing is he? So amazing as to be lifting me up and encouraging me from half a world away. He's practicing his spiritual leadership and I am so glad for a husband who can pick up where I leave off.

4. In all of this, I've seen how God is answering prayers and teaching me. Things had to happen this way. I've felt many emotions, but I've always felt a sense of peace too.

5. Last week I visited my brother, Greg, and his wife, Kim, in Rhode Island. We went to Boston, Cape Cod, and of course, around where they live, Newport. It was so nice to be in civilization. (I needed a break from Jacksonville) and see New England. The one downside is that Spring is fog season up there. So even though we drove down the coast of Cape Cod and walked the shore of the bay by the Newport Bridge, I couldn't see a thing. I knew it was supposed to be beautiful. The bridges, the cape, all of it. But I couldn't see past the fog. As we drove over the bridge, I could only see the part of the bridge we were on. Not behind us, not ahead of us. That's how I feel right now. In a fog. I can't go backwards. I can only go forwards. But I can only see the part of the bridge I'm on. I have to Trust God to help me to the next step, because when the fog lifts it will be beautiful. I know He's made it that way. I know He wants me to depend more on Him. To be fully dependent on Him. And I know that's why He's made things happen this way.

6. Adam is deployed, so he couldn't enjoy Boston with me. Greg insisted that I bring Adam with me next time.


7. I might consider becoming a Sox fan after an amazing tour of Fenway Park.



8. I'm saving the tour for when Adam is with me, but I did see the Mayflower and Plymouth Rock.




9. I threw responsibilities to the wayside and tried to enjoy the end of Spring Break by visiting Beaufort, NC. It just so happened that the wild horses and dolphins were enjoying a day there too.


10. I've always loved the ocean. So vast and deep and blue. It always puts things in perspective. I'm but a powerless speck of a human when compared to the power of the sea. It reminds me of God's omniscience, omnipresence, power, and peace. It puts me in my place and I relinquish the control I never really had. Oh, how happy I am to live near the sea.


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