On We Go

Have I told you that I am currently jobless? I'm going on week 4 of unemployment after Harambee. Each week has started with a very distinctive feeling on Monday that has carried through the entire week. The first week was VACATION! Of course there was a small undercurrent of anxiety only because it was so strange to go from working so hard everyday to then relaxing. Nonetheless, that week was highly enjoyable. Week two I was in power mode. I knew if I just diddled around home I would drive myself insane, so I planned something everyday and was always on the hunt for a job. Week three? An absolute crash and burn in the beginning. I didn't take the time to plan anything so when Monday came without a job and without a specified activity, all hell broke loose and the wrestle began. Over the course of the week I spent some quality time on my knees, sobbing, trying to understand the mind of my Savior when I wasn't in my bed weeping over His infinitness. I wholly related to David in Psalms when he says that my tears were my food both day and night. As the week marched on, as time always does, I became a little less "why" focused and a little more "what now".

So it's Monday of week 4 and I'm feeling a little take the bull by the horns attitude stirring. I'm also pretty infatuated with the coming Autumn season and wanting to clean away the mess that summer left on my home and do a little crafting to welcome my new love. So, here's to a positive, productive, cleaning and crafting week! Hope yours is as filled with excitement as mine is sure to be!

Apple Pie, Warm Spice, Perfect Temps

I am longing for fall. For rustling leaves of splendid colors. For scarfs, jackets, and flats. I'm longing for hayrides. For warm sweet scents to fill my home. For apple picking, warm colors, and cuddling in throws.

This week I had the divine tasting of Renae's Apple Pie, Starbucks Chai Tea Latte, and God's cool blessing in August. It makes my heart quicken thinking of the joys of fall. It makes me think of The Wellman House. Looking out from the porch, across the highway to my favorite back road canopied with towering trees, leaves chasing the tail end of my car, a stream winding, and pastures littered with animals contributing to the smell of fall.

I miss that little town. What it lacks in amenities though, it makes up in ambiance particularly in the fall, by the river, in the park looking out over the perfect scene with a train whistling in the background. It's pretty perfect.

But maybe this little city will offer it's own beauty this season. Maybe I'll be able to appreciate it more this year than last as a year does quite change perspective. Maybe I'll find some cozy coffee shop with fun little trinkets and sweet graphics. Or maybe I'll find an avenue with welcoming little store fronts and even better treasures. Maybe I'll go to that park and explore a bit. Find a little niche, bring a blanket and a book, dream a little.

Hmmm... maybe.

I Have A Hope

I have a hope
I have a future
I have a destiny
That is yet awaiting me
My life's not over
A new beginning's just begun
I have a hope
I have this hope

God has a plan
It's not to harm me
But it's to prosper me
And to hear me when I call
He intercedes for me
Working all things for my good
Though trials may come
We have this hope

I will yet praise Him
My great Redeemer
I will yet stand up
And give Him glory with my life
He takes my darkness
And He turns it into light
I will yet praise Him
My Lord my God

My God is for me
He's not against me
So tell me whom then shall I fear
He has prepared for me
Great work He'll help me to complete
I have a hope
I have this hope

Goodness and mercy
They're gonna follow me
And I'll forever dwell
In the house of my great King
No eyes has ever seen
All He's preparing there for me
Though trials may come
I have this hope

There's still hope for me today
For the God of Heaven loves me.

~Tommy Walker~