micah.

say hello to my new friend, micah.

 

1 step closer to being less musically challenged! learning guitar has really challenged my ability to pick up something actually DIFFICULT that takes real effort to learn, all on my own, with no one pushing me to do it. It’s also been interesting trying to see my body function on beat, seeing as I could never play with the metronome in piano, nor could I clap at the same time as everyone else while singing during service.

 

the days are flying past, it’s actually SNOWING (real snow!) in vancouver for once! Seriously, can’t believe it. Makes it seem that much more like Christmas :)

coward

am I.

thanksgiving.

I am finally, fully realizing how much I have been given which I do not deserve. Why have I been given such amazing friends who take care of me and love me when in return all I have done is hurt them and lie to them? Why have I been given such a loving family who has provided for me without demanding anything in return, when all I have done is rebelled, ignored, and rejected them? Why have I been given an excellent paying job when I have not studied as hard as others have, or am not as qualified as others may be?

This is because the Lord is good and He provides; with every blessing He gives me I should become a blessing onto others. I should not boast of what I have but of who is God – the one who provides. I should be reminded of what I am called to do in His name, not for my glory but for His. I can only appreciate this world because I have been given the greatest gift of life – an eternity spent with my Father in heaven. I will live and not complain, because there is always someone who is worse off, and because I have been given the chance to live.

a little bit of everything

I’ve spent the last month settling in, it’s taken a lot longer this year because I’m so far from everything, and work just drains me of all the energy I have. I’m a granny: I sleep early, don’t go out on weekends, and am lame in general. I feel like everytime I go back somewhere, whether it be returning home (calgary) or coming back to my ‘new’ home (vancouver), I grow a little more. I see things differently, through new eyes.

I am constantly being reminded of the future, what I am to do with life, and how to treat people with the love and care that I’ve been shown. To put effort into those that have not been as blessed as I have been, and to be a blessing onto them. I feel like I did when I returned from Panama, lucky to have so much and aware of how with so little, people still have something that we don’t. The feeling’s returning now that I hang out with people again, and notice how things that were so important before, aren’t anymore.