the past six months of my life (from about may to about now) have been strange
they have been strange partly because of a major change in the day to day look of my life (going from both working full time and going to school full time to simply being a full time grad student) and partly because of the change in people in my life.
key people have been both coming into and leaving my life in a strange way.
my old friend aaron (who i really consider to be my brother) came back into my life after a period away. my dear friend jen moved to pheonix, making my heart long for phoenix at many points. my dear friends val, amy, and sarah moved on from grove city college (where i could drive two hours and have the company of three of the godliest women i know) and have gotten married and moved far away. my heart often longs for them. anne is far away still. shawn is home from iraq. neil has come into my life. d and may and carly and i have an increasingly hard time connecting. as do aaron and alex and i. i have found a close friend and godly counsel in my roomate tonya.
people make a difference. different people around makes a different sort of life.
and so many people have moved to new places for specific purposes, and continue to ask me what my next step will be (despite the fact that my next step will probably not come for more than a year from now). and i don't know what it will be, and depending on who asks, i may give very different answers.
i don't know what my next step will be. i don't know when my turn to leave akron will come. i don't know when i want it to.
but i am not unssatisfied with the will of God, and i don't ask for something different.
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Hillary,
Thanks for sharing that stuff.
People do make a huge difference in your life. It is always strange to think of yourself at different places in your life versus where you are now.
But those are the things that change us. The people around us are who we bounce our ideas against, who we experience life with, who we laugh and cry with.
I am thankful you are not unsatisfied with the will of God. The strange and unknown futures we do have are totally under control.
I'm here now, suckers! Ha.
Reflection and meditation on where we've been, can be a wonderful way to appreciate what God is doing in our life, & to better understand where He's moving us.
Grace and peace be with you.
Good afternoon,
God has a wonderful way of causing us to reflect on our lives from His point of view (or at least I believe it to be), when we are in relationship with Him.
Nice personal testament to expressing having contentment in the Lord.
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