Basic Math

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Equals . . . .

 Can you guess?

Believe

“You ever heard of______Church_?”

“No, I haven’t.”

“It’s a really nice church . . . I mean, really nice! If you don’t go early, you’ll be sitting outside. It’s nice.”

“What is the teaching like?”

“Well . . . I just go to hear the word—you know? . . . --- the teaching like? . . . so there’s a pastor . . . and it’s Catholic . . . and . . . I don’t really know what you mean by ‘what’s the teaching like?’.”

“When people say a church is ‘nice,’ some people are referring to the physical location/building. Others are referring to the programs the church offers . . . .”

“Oh . . . like I don’t really know. I really should go to church more. . . I mean . . . I need to go . . . but I think I need to grow up a little first . . . you know what I mean?”

“No, I don’t actually”

“I know I should go . . . but I always have excuses . . . like I do something Saturday night . . . and so I sleep in on Sunday. But I don’t really want to go just to go. I want to go because I want to hear the word . . . so it means I still have to put more effort into it. You know . . . like I need to mature a little first.”



What I wanted to say—but didn’t—was: “then you really don’t believe it.”

You live your convictions. If you don’t live it, you don’t believe it.

I'm Alive!!!

I may have disappeared from cyberspace. . . . but I am still putting fog on a mirror.  Life for me this past year has been full of changes. . . and the balance of commitments and priorities leaves me little time to blog.

Since I last posted:

• Changes at work (reorganization, transfers, training. . . etc) = LOTS of overtime required to keep up with the influx of new business--10 hour days anyone? 
• I recently transferred to another department, which means a new schedule and job training.  I like the people I'm working with, and I'm excited to have a bit more time in the morning (I can sleep-in 'till 5:30am YAY!!). 
• I was approached by my new manager who told me he wants me to write the "desktop procedures" for the department!!  These procedures will eventually be expanded into the department training manuals--which he wants me to do as well.  I've been wanting to do this for awhile now--but my former department had no interest in it at the time--so this opportunity comes as an unexpected blessing!

• Night classes (have I mentioned I dislike math?)  I'm taking an evening Accounting class for job enrichment, and to complete my Administrative Assistant Certificate.  Accounting homework is super time consuming and very frustrating. . . when I find the time and mental capacity to tackle it.  However, I've kept my head above water by creating "cheat sheets," ie graphic versions of the formulas used in accounting equations.




These are the two basic themes of my life right now.  Not much excitement here!

Despite the ever-present busyness and exhaustion, God has been good.  Each day He reminds me of His gracious and sovereign control over my life.  He daily dispenses grace and strength to ride through the fatigue or frustration.  Even though my days have been fuller and busier than ever before, I have been able to rest in Him.  I'm a doer. . . I want to achieve, to control my environment, to make things happen. . . .so I would normally become very stressed and irritable in situations like my current one.  But something totally foreign to me--something completely outside of me, detached from me--has settled over my soul.  A peace. . . a stability. . . a sense of quietude, contentment, rest.  Only God can perform such wonders in the lives and hearts of His children.

I'll leave you with a little something I saw on my way home from work today.


It's an Old Fashioned Ice-cream truck!!