I was driving home from school (which, by the way, today was a fabulous day!!) and it was just soooo refreshing to see all the buds on the trees and flowers. I wanted to go out and take pictures, but there was no time :(...maybe another day soon!
This time of year makes me think of becoming a Christian, and how your branches were bare before from your season of winter (which could be any length of time) but now you are budding with new possibilities and have a scent that everyone around you notices. The winter blues have passed, and the spring brings with it birds chirping and the warm sunshine - full of hope and joy.
"The beauty of the earth, the beauty of the sky, the order of the stars, the sun, the moon...their very loveliness is their confession of God: for who made these lovely mutable things, but He who is Himself unchangeable beauty?" - Augustine
Speaking of being full of hope and joy, that is how I feel right now. It's like my attitude has had a complete makeover, or done a 180 in the past 3 days. I have so many good things happening, and coming up, that it's got me on some sort of cloud 9 - of which I can only thank God for all that is happening in my life. But the funny thing is, it's not just me! So many people are coming to me, telling me their good news and it just brings an overwhelming sense of joy to me to hear their stories. In fact, I just replied to an e-mail containing 'good news' and some tears came to my face as I tried to express things in words responding to their news. Ahhhh, how encouraging.
As for my life, there are SO many things to be looking forward to.
17 days til "Stars on Ice" with my sister (hehe, had to add that in for you to see)
18 days til I'm a full-fledged teacher
26 days til Camp Orientation
31 days til I leave for my Czech Republic Mission Trip
44 days til my trip to Charlottetown, PEI to see DM for a week (!)
60 days til I babysit my cousins for 5 days in Newmarket
65 days til my graduation date
66 days til I go to camp for the summer!!
Man, that is a lot to occur in just 2 months. I can't believe it. I am so blessed. It's hard to even sum up for you how blessed I feel right now.
"God blesses the people who patiently endure testing. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." - James 1:12
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