Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. And we have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God."
On Saturday I will be loading a U-Haul trailer with most of my earthly belongings and moving to Georgia. I am excited, stressed, joyful, sad, worn out, and just about any other feeling/ emotion you can have, right now!
For a while now I have felt that I was at a crossroads in my life. "Which way now Lord?" I was praying for change, if that was what I needed, and also for an all around new growing opportunity. Then 'it just so happened' that a job came available when my sister works in Georgia. I applied, did a couple of interviews, and they hired me! So I am moving!
I am reeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllly going to miss everyone in Alabama, especially my sweet nephew, Drake. But every change in life is difficult and I am joyful knowing that the Almighty is on my side and I don't have to be afraid of anything!
So please pray for me and my family in our journey to Georgia and their return home to Alabama. Pray also for mine and my family's adjustment to this new life!
The Lord bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you and give you peace!
So sorry we missed you last night. We really wanted to be there to see you before you left. You'll just have to come back and visit soon! Hope you get settled in soon and enjoy it!
Where you here this morning?! I didn't even see you! Happy you're here! Have fun settling in and starting your new job! We should all meet for lunch...I work right around the corner from you! :)
Hey Stacy!! I didn't even know you were on here, until I visited Meg's blog! Seeing as you ditched us at MV, I'm glad we still have a way to keep in touch...although, it looks like you post as often as I do... :)
It was cool, but it didn't do a thing for the way it looked ;)
also...
I went to the Pompeii exhibt at the Birmingham Museum of Art. It was interesting to see all of the things that the people choose to take with them as they ran for their lives. It was a wealthly city, but very corrupt. One of the films before the tour discussed how the people worshiped pagan gods and were constantly trying to appease them, but all their worship was in vain. If they had only worshiped the only true and living God and believed Him, maybe things would have been different.
All in all it was very sobering to see the destruction of a city and its people. It reminded me of the destruction of Isreal and Judah, which we are studying right now in the teacher's class. A verse that really struck me in this current study is Lamentations 1:9-
"Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she did not consider her future; therefore she has fallen astonishingly; she has no comforter. 'See, O Lord, my affliction, for the enemy has magnified himself!'"
Contrast this with Proverbs 3-
(some random phrases)
'my son do not forget my teaching' / 'peace they will add to you' / 'Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding'
May we always carefully consider our futures and trust in the Lord with all our hearts!
I remember you cutting Mom's hair. I actually thought about that when Dion was about to cut mine. You got to laughing (for what reason is anybody's guess) and went "up-hill" instead of straight across. I also remember that Mom got REALLY mad and I had to fix it because you were laughing to hard to continue. YOU SO CRAZY!!! I LOVE MY CRAZY SISTER!!!
hey stacy i went tothe Pompeii exhibit too. I thought that it was fantastic and really creepy at the same time. i will have to talk to you about when i see you. TTYL
So tonight I decided to make little pumpkin chocolate cakes for my fellow associates at work, you know a boost the morale, show a little kindness deal. Something that I forgot to factor in was that, after a very long day at work and not taking a lunch break, I was tired and not in a very kind mood. I will not go into all the details, but after slinging (accidentally!) half a container of ground ginger all over the kitchen and myself (me wearing my black Pleo t-shirt) not forgetting to snort a little up my nose, I nearly gave up the whole thing! However, I contained myself (unlike the ginger! ha!) and completed the lovely little cakes. They are lovely and quite tasty, I hope they'll do the trick!
Are you for real? Ooooh. Can I claim time with you? Maybe I can get Nathan to watch the boys and you and I can go out and have lunch - or anything, really. Girl time would be great!!
love you!
I missed the "ginger" ordeal but you seemed pretty calm about it later. You are doing a nice thing and I'm sure it will be appreciated. I wish I were off next week too but if you get together with friends for lunch how about eating somewhere in Mtn. Brook..... hint hint.
Yes, I'm feeling much better now. I'm still coughing some, depending on the weather, but it isn't bad. I marked up 2 John today. It was fun and I think it helped me get the message into my head.
So, I've always known that I am blessed... but today it really hit me how much I have to be thankful for and how much I take for granted. The biggest blessing is being a child of God and related, having parents who love the Lord and taught me to love the Lord. Parents who are still together and love each other is yet another. Having two great sisters who are my friends and many other friends I call my sisters.
What great blessings! I need to work harder to show the Lord my thankfulness and spread these blessings around!
