Peace... the result of Trust

God has been blessing me with overwhelming peace this week. Oswald Chambers was helpful this week as well and pointed my attention to Matthew 6:25-34. I do trust Jesus and I am waiting on Him.

I trusted Him in one situation and received results that very night! This job situation is in his hands but is taking longer. It is good to know that I have done my part and can 'chill' until I get the answer.

Meanwhile, I have been enjoying the snow days. (But why couldn't we have it for Christmas?) I actually got out and shoveled for awhile yesterday. Then soon after Jo and I went back inside our landlord finally came and used a snow blower. Oh well, we gave him a good start. Fun stuff. I did take some pictures but I forgot my sd card drive at home and can't get them on here right now.

25For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
27And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
28And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
29yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
31Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'
32For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

a resolute resolution

resolute ~ firm or determined; unwavering
resolution ~ a formal expression of opinion or intention made

My one and only resolute resolution this year involves my character. I did not make a list of things to accomplish that would be forgotten about a month or less later. Instead I am trying my best to work daily on one aspect of my life. I know something that I need to change or at least improve in is my self-discipline.

Unfortunately, even having only one goal to work on doesn't make it any easier. Self-discipline is something that touches EVERY part of life! I'm working to improve discipline in the area of time management which involves sleeping habits, devotional/spiritual habits, social habits, etc. you see how it just keeps going on and on! I am also being more aware of my health and using more discipline in eating. But, no, I did not promise to lose any certain number of poundage :)

That's all I have for now.

pix

Am I the only one who fights with blogger about posting pictures? It does NOT like me for some reason!!! Any tips?

My life has not been very complicated lately. I have enjoyed some extra rest. Most of my time has been filled with a few random errands, reading books, and hanging at the public library on the computer. I am enjoying this time very much, realizing that it will probably not last too much longer. I am sure I will wish for days like these very shortly!

I do have a job interview on Wednesday morning and I am very hopeful about that! Well, with that said, here are a few pictures. I will keep you updated on the job status. And I apologize for the sparse blogging habits. You would think that having more time on my hands would increase the blogging, but I have been uninspired or something like that. (I guess when I am not doing much there isn't much to blog about)


Christmas party

ice skating

yummy Christmas pies

catching up

It has been a super long time since I have blogged! I have either been too busy or not "in the bloggin' mood". I will try to do a quick catch-up :)

I got home December 16 and that night was the Christmas program at my home church. My siblings were involved and did a tremendous job! (did I already post about that? I forget)

I worked for awhile making rocking chairs.

Christmas was a very nice time! Our whole family was able to be together! And even the recently adopted family-- my new brother-in-law.

I stayed up extremely late (well actually early!) New Years' Eve playing games with a good friend and lots of new friends! And spent time with these nice people again later in the week at a Christmas gift auction. It was definitely lots of fun!

There was also a night of ice skating at some point, not sure if that has hit the blog already or not. If not, well now it has :) I would also like to say that I am improving! I was on my own two feet skating around in the middle and didn't fall! Fun times!!

I have moved into an apt. with two of my good friends and am working on getting a job. I will update on that subject as I can.

Also had a fun belated Christmas party this past weekend! I do actually have some pictures from it... we'll see if I can get them on here at some point.

I feel as though this entire post is so very annoying, long, confusing, and broken up... I am considering not posting. But since I just spent the time typing it out maybe I will. Bless you, if you are still reading at this point!

I am in the library and have less than 10 minutes left on my computer time... so here is a promise to blog more! If you want any details about the aforementioned topics leave me a comment.

I also have a separate post in my head that I would like to write about in the near future... regarding my New Year's Resolution :)

But goodbye for now!