October 11, 2008
October 10, 2008
Dallas
I really have enjoyed being here in Dallas for the past weekish. I have visited some of my closest friends, and been ministered to as I have needed it. I visited Miss Grace's (where I used to live in college), DBU, worship night, I saw Edna and some friends there -I really enjoy that place and the ministry the Lord is doing there :) it is one of the Sweetest, I went to church with my family and saw oldies there which was really really sweet!, met my neighbors, taught my sister Shannon how to ride a bike, went to the Fair with my sistas, I saw one of my good friends Claire, and saw Katie sing, saw Miss Veronica at the Spa, old friend Glovis, went to Defensive Driving school for my speeding ticket on the way to College Station back in Sept., packed, cleaned out my closest -I really am enjoying everything so so much now. All for Preparation to GO to Az!
Update!
He!!o
It has been a while. :) I am no longer in SA, San Antonio.
And this is my story:
I got back from India at the beginning of August, expecting to go to Arizona, but not really sure the details of when. Well, the time has come! I spent 2 months in SA. While I was there I experienced some loneliness, boredom, and capoeira. I had to find things to do to keep myself busy. I packed for only 2 weeks to go down there, so I had to go shopping and get all new things. I started working there part-time in my grandmother's building. The ladies there were really nice and I enjoyed their company much. However, I missed the friendships that I had. I searched for opportunities to meet people, and even joined match.com(-yikes!), a gym, which I didn't mind working out a lot at, parks, a martial arts class, yoga, and zumba. I found myself at Starbucks a lot, shopping centers, and the movies (which is odd for me...)I hoped to find people I might be able to hang out with, but most of all I wanted a group of people that could minister to me and that were growing in the Lord. I searched for churches and found a few that were advertising on Facebook(:P) I visited two, three, fourish. The first one was a new one that I thought I could help start. Things went slow and I surely needed something more. The next one was a brand new college group that met on Monday nights. I really enjoyed this one and was getting involved more with their activities. Still, I wait for heaven when things will be perfect though :) I visited a really big one -by the way there are tons of huge churches out there, not to mention, Pastor Hagee and Max Lucado's churches. And, I stopped by a Messianic Jewish Synagogue, but it was Sunday, and although they have Hebrew class on Sunday, the congregation meets on Saturday, Shabbat, the Sabbath. I did spot another synagogue close to where I was working that I probably would of enjoyed joining. Well, needless to say, that was search for friends. I learned that 1) it takes TIMMMEEEE to make and keep strong friendships and relationships. However, I do believe in instant bonds two people can have. This didn't really happen for me.
San Antonio is a great place and many of the people and institutions there that are spiritually minded. Personally, I believe it is left over from the Native Americans that lived there. It is like their spirit is still in the air and trees. I could feel it! and loved it! :) It was like I could smell it :).
I had a hard time in San Antonio. The Lord revealed a few things to me, and started me on a few journeys through healing -and at first, that is not always the most exciting thing when you realize how messed up you are! I read two books by Joyce Meyer: Battlefield of the Mind, and Managing Your Emotions, and of course, study of the Word, which I absolutely love. The Bible really is like a plate of food to be eatin, and I love to gobble it up. But, we must be careful because sometimes there are foods on there that we aren't use to, or that may be too big for us to chew, or some other flavor that we don't understand yet. But as we grow as Christians, the Lord matures us and teaches us how to eat such meals!!! The Word is NOURISHING, too!!! :)
So, now I am in Dallas. I left SA over a week ago, it was a Wednesday. That day I had been really excited because I had an interview to go to the next day, Thursday. (yay!) But, there was something greater weighing on my heart that I was going to have to choose to either deal with and answer, or ignore and bear it... That Wednesday morning I was writing an email to my girlfriend about preparing for the second interview with this office and explained to her how much I was going to miss out on not going to Arizona if I took the job... AZ has been a desire of mine since birth. I have only visited it once since I was born there, and didn't really think about going back, but maybe only when I retired or something. Well, maybe retirement has come early for me :) because here I go. I answer the call now, early, and go. I AM COMPLETELY STEPPING OUT IN FAITH, and that is what I have to do in order to get there. There are many many details that I do not know how are going to be played out, all I know is the step in front of me, and then after that I ask the Lord, "what/where next?" !!! It really is such a Joy for me to live This way. I love love love Living in the Lord and under His command, without it, I suffocate. ah!! and by choice, i was allowing that to happen to myself while in sa. So now, after I wrote that email to my friend, I almost got frightened realizing that my chance to go was almost up. So, literally, that evening, I packed my belongings in my car and just started driving straight north to my mothers and canceled the interview. I planned to go up to Dtown anyway that weekend to take my sisters to the Fair, but I decided that if I was going to make it to Arizona, then I better START THE ACTION NOW! :) And so I did, and it has felt oh so good for me to be in motion for Arizona, finally. :)
I planned to go out there anyway, like I said. I told my mom and my aunt that I would go until my mother could go back to take care of my aunt and her property. Of service I wanted to be, and I still do want to fulfill that. For life, I want to be of service to others, helping them in whatever way is best for them. amen!
Instructions for true Life:
1) Listen to His command,
2) FEAR HIM, because He is oh oh oh so Worthy of it...
and 3) Obey ->> this is where your Love for Him in acted out, shown, and proven, and where you are REWARDED by His Joy and Grace in your life -He LLLOOOVVEEESSSS to do this!! ->> This is where Relationship with Him comes in, and what He WANNTTSS.
It has been a while. :) I am no longer in SA, San Antonio.
And this is my story:
I got back from India at the beginning of August, expecting to go to Arizona, but not really sure the details of when. Well, the time has come! I spent 2 months in SA. While I was there I experienced some loneliness, boredom, and capoeira. I had to find things to do to keep myself busy. I packed for only 2 weeks to go down there, so I had to go shopping and get all new things. I started working there part-time in my grandmother's building. The ladies there were really nice and I enjoyed their company much. However, I missed the friendships that I had. I searched for opportunities to meet people, and even joined match.com(-yikes!), a gym, which I didn't mind working out a lot at, parks, a martial arts class, yoga, and zumba. I found myself at Starbucks a lot, shopping centers, and the movies (which is odd for me...)I hoped to find people I might be able to hang out with, but most of all I wanted a group of people that could minister to me and that were growing in the Lord. I searched for churches and found a few that were advertising on Facebook(:P) I visited two, three, fourish. The first one was a new one that I thought I could help start. Things went slow and I surely needed something more. The next one was a brand new college group that met on Monday nights. I really enjoyed this one and was getting involved more with their activities. Still, I wait for heaven when things will be perfect though :) I visited a really big one -by the way there are tons of huge churches out there, not to mention, Pastor Hagee and Max Lucado's churches. And, I stopped by a Messianic Jewish Synagogue, but it was Sunday, and although they have Hebrew class on Sunday, the congregation meets on Saturday, Shabbat, the Sabbath. I did spot another synagogue close to where I was working that I probably would of enjoyed joining. Well, needless to say, that was search for friends. I learned that 1) it takes TIMMMEEEE to make and keep strong friendships and relationships. However, I do believe in instant bonds two people can have. This didn't really happen for me.
San Antonio is a great place and many of the people and institutions there that are spiritually minded. Personally, I believe it is left over from the Native Americans that lived there. It is like their spirit is still in the air and trees. I could feel it! and loved it! :) It was like I could smell it :).
I had a hard time in San Antonio. The Lord revealed a few things to me, and started me on a few journeys through healing -and at first, that is not always the most exciting thing when you realize how messed up you are! I read two books by Joyce Meyer: Battlefield of the Mind, and Managing Your Emotions, and of course, study of the Word, which I absolutely love. The Bible really is like a plate of food to be eatin, and I love to gobble it up. But, we must be careful because sometimes there are foods on there that we aren't use to, or that may be too big for us to chew, or some other flavor that we don't understand yet. But as we grow as Christians, the Lord matures us and teaches us how to eat such meals!!! The Word is NOURISHING, too!!! :)
So, now I am in Dallas. I left SA over a week ago, it was a Wednesday. That day I had been really excited because I had an interview to go to the next day, Thursday. (yay!) But, there was something greater weighing on my heart that I was going to have to choose to either deal with and answer, or ignore and bear it... That Wednesday morning I was writing an email to my girlfriend about preparing for the second interview with this office and explained to her how much I was going to miss out on not going to Arizona if I took the job... AZ has been a desire of mine since birth. I have only visited it once since I was born there, and didn't really think about going back, but maybe only when I retired or something. Well, maybe retirement has come early for me :) because here I go. I answer the call now, early, and go. I AM COMPLETELY STEPPING OUT IN FAITH, and that is what I have to do in order to get there. There are many many details that I do not know how are going to be played out, all I know is the step in front of me, and then after that I ask the Lord, "what/where next?" !!! It really is such a Joy for me to live This way. I love love love Living in the Lord and under His command, without it, I suffocate. ah!! and by choice, i was allowing that to happen to myself while in sa. So now, after I wrote that email to my friend, I almost got frightened realizing that my chance to go was almost up. So, literally, that evening, I packed my belongings in my car and just started driving straight north to my mothers and canceled the interview. I planned to go up to Dtown anyway that weekend to take my sisters to the Fair, but I decided that if I was going to make it to Arizona, then I better START THE ACTION NOW! :) And so I did, and it has felt oh so good for me to be in motion for Arizona, finally. :)
I planned to go out there anyway, like I said. I told my mom and my aunt that I would go until my mother could go back to take care of my aunt and her property. Of service I wanted to be, and I still do want to fulfill that. For life, I want to be of service to others, helping them in whatever way is best for them. amen!
Instructions for true Life:
1) Listen to His command,
2) FEAR HIM, because He is oh oh oh so Worthy of it...
and 3) Obey ->> this is where your Love for Him in acted out, shown, and proven, and where you are REWARDED by His Joy and Grace in your life -He LLLOOOVVEEESSSS to do this!! ->> This is where Relationship with Him comes in, and what He WANNTTSS.
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