Everything is changing and I am so thankful to God for the perspective He is giving me.
We moved to Fort Worth in August and have been doing our own thing for months. I've been struggling just to get stuff together for school and taking care of my husband but haven't made meaningful relationships at my church. I have, however, made some fantastic friends amongst the lovely teachers at CLPS!
This week, everything changed. I went to a meeting of the Hope Drama group, Studio 1750. It was really great and I met some lovely people. I filmed a short video with some fab Hope goers and helped set up photo ops at the Girls' Sock Hop tonight.
By the way, the Sock Hop was the most adorable thing I have seen in years, perhaps even in my whole life. Tons of elementary aged girls in poodle skirts, rolled jeans and scarves in their hair running about frantically, huddling in groups to socialize and doing the limbo with fervor.
What is it about the make up of woman that makes her glow when in a twirly skirt? God embedded that one deep.
I am reminded of a scene from "Runaway Bride" where Julia Roberts tries on a wedding dress and says her favorite part is how it swishes like a bell when she moves. Every girl relates to that.
I came home smiling and exhausted, ready to tackle nursery duty tomorrow at church.
The whole point of all of this is to express how much my attitude has changed towards our place here in Fort Worth. It really is all up to me and taking advantage of opportunities to serve and meet people through those opportunities.
Things are looking up and my soul is incredibly full.
Blessings!
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How encouraging! Not just to hear that things are changing for you, but also the hope that perhaps things might change for me. It's up me. What's that quote...something about I had the power all along or I had it in me all along?? Do you know what I'm talking about?
(Runaway Bride really is a cute one, isn't it))
Not sure of the quote you refer to, K, but God certainly has the power all along to do something in us! :-)
A, I am so thrilled (and just a bit jealous!) that the drama thing went so well! I'd love to see your stuff sometime! Thanks for being a great addition to our great clps staff! We love you and are privileged to have you! =)
What gracious blessings. I love you! Thanks for all the smiles!
Fantastic! I am glad you are encouraged.
And it's true. There's just something about a twirly skirt that makes a girl feel like a girl!
Peas on Earth, I think the quote I was refering to is from the Wizard of Oz, but I'm not sure. Like Amy said, "It really is all up to me and taking advantage of opportunities …". God has the power, but I believe that I need to be open to receive it and perhaps lately I haven't been. I can't speak for Amy, but at times (especially as of late) I look at my life and instead of seeing all of God's blessings I see a bunch of stuff I didn't ask for and perhaps didn't want. Instead of remembering that everything is for God's glory and trusting that it is for my good, I look around and see a bunch of stuff in the wrong color and size. If I listened to the Holy Spirit whispering and obeyed the instruction of "just try it on first" I would see that it looks and fits beautifully right now. HE knows what I need and want much better than I do and I’ve got to trust and remember that.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. (Isa 55:8)
K, check out this dialogue from the movie - is this what you're thinking of?
Dorothy: Oh, will you help me? Can you help me?
Glinda: You don't need to be helped any longer. You've always had the power to go back to Kansas.
Dorothy: I have?
Scarecrow: Then why didn't you tell her before?
Glinda: She wouldn't have believed me. She had to learn it for herself.
Scarecrow: What have you learned, Dorothy?
Dorothy: Well, I—I think that it, that it wasn't enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em — and it's that — if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right?
:-)
I think you're absolutely right that we have to be willing to seize the opportunities God places before us, and be obedient to do what he wants us to do. And saying no or ignoring those opportunities just produces misery borne of a fractured relationship with Him.
I have no idea what you are going through, but some of what you are saying makes me think of a book I recently read. You might like to check it out. It is called A New Kind of Normal by Carol Kent. Her basic premise is that sometimes circumstances occur in our lives or near us that change everything, and we have a choice to make: are we going to suffocate under the unfairness and self-pity that so easily comes to our human nature, or are we going to embrace the "new normal" that God has for our lives and learn to live it victoriously for His glory? It is a really good book! I would recommend it!
You are absolutely right that God knows what you need before and better than you do!! God bless you!
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