soul searching.

Today was absolutely beautiful and since I had the day off I got to spend a good portion of my afternoon sitting on the deck reading and journaling and just taking it all in. I love fall. You can wear jeans, a baseball tee and a zippy without getting hot. And even though my toes got a little chilly, I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!

In this transition of life, I've had a lot of down time to really think about life and contemplate what the Lord's doing in my life...but especially on my days off when I have nothing else planned, I have A LOT of time to think. And contemplate. So today I continued to realize how truly blessed I am. In all things. God is so good to me and not often enough do I thank him. I'm beginning to be more and more grateful for the way I was raised and how great my family is. Even though I don't like my current part-time job, it's a job and I've been given another one on top of that. I have a place to live. I had a cup of coffee to drink (more like a pot today). I don't know why, but today I felt especially thankful for all of these things and know that too often I take much of the things I'm given in life for granted. 

My other "deep" thought of the day was that I want to bring glory to God and enjoy life even in this time of transition and unrest when sometimes I don't really know how. Even though somedays I'm not sure how to do that I just want to live in the moment each day. I know I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be and I know there is so much more to come, so as I wait expectantly for where the Lord will bring me next I want to use this time to live with no distractions or restrictions.

On a completely other note however, tomorrow I am going to get my haircut...at least I say that I am (I've been saying it for a while now). I'm still contemplating if I want to keep it long and just put layers in or if I want to go short...I'll keep you posted. peace out all