Working...it's pretty fun right?
I am pretty grateful for the jobs I have right now...especially because now I don't have to fill out any more stupid applications! Whoo! Glad that's over! So I'm working as a banquet server and also as a custodian at the aquatic center. Yep, that's right! Two jobs!
Serving food...cleaning up after kids who have been swimming...someday I will have a job where I'm not cleaning up after people! Or perhaps not...I've always wanted to be a mom so I guess this is all in good practice (if that stage of life ever comes for me)!
So while life obviously goes in different ways than we sometimes expect, maybe there is some order in the chaos. That's what I keep telling myself anyways...
*Good Song: Poison and Wine by The Civil Wars
*Good Band: Mumford and Sons
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Detours
This morning I drove to a trail head to go for a run. The sun was shining and the views of the valley were breathtaking. After a nice run, I got back to my car and decided I was going to drive a different way to get home. I love driving that way so I was excited to see the familiar homes and scenery. Driving, driving, when all of a sudden around the corner, orange signs! "Road Closed" and "Detour" - arrow pointing left.
Okay so a detour. I can handle that. Well, the signs kept leading me away and there was even a sketchy part of the road that I was a little nervous about, a dip with heaps of loose rocks! I navigated it quite nicely and continued on my way. While the area was unfamiliar, I felt okay because I knew the detour signs would lead me back to the road that would lead me back to my apartment.
As I was driving, I realized that my life is like this! I've had this idea in my mind of how I think my life should be. When all of a sudden, the road ahead of me is closed and I'm on my way into unfamiliar circumstances. But the Lord has placed detour signs for me along the way. So even though I might be on a different road than what I had imagined, the fact is that as long as I follow those detour signs I will get back to where I'm ultimately heading - back to my Father in Heaven.
The detour was even kind of nice - I spotted some adorable little houses and had more time to appreciate the new surroundings. So it might have taken me a bit longer to get home and I didn't get to see all that I had expected, but nonetheless, it was a great adventure!
And in the end, I still ended up safe, back in my apartment!
*Good Song: Dancing Away With My Heart by Lady Antebellum
*Good Movie: The Avengers
Okay so a detour. I can handle that. Well, the signs kept leading me away and there was even a sketchy part of the road that I was a little nervous about, a dip with heaps of loose rocks! I navigated it quite nicely and continued on my way. While the area was unfamiliar, I felt okay because I knew the detour signs would lead me back to the road that would lead me back to my apartment.
As I was driving, I realized that my life is like this! I've had this idea in my mind of how I think my life should be. When all of a sudden, the road ahead of me is closed and I'm on my way into unfamiliar circumstances. But the Lord has placed detour signs for me along the way. So even though I might be on a different road than what I had imagined, the fact is that as long as I follow those detour signs I will get back to where I'm ultimately heading - back to my Father in Heaven.
The detour was even kind of nice - I spotted some adorable little houses and had more time to appreciate the new surroundings. So it might have taken me a bit longer to get home and I didn't get to see all that I had expected, but nonetheless, it was a great adventure!
And in the end, I still ended up safe, back in my apartment!
*Good Song: Dancing Away With My Heart by Lady Antebellum
*Good Movie: The Avengers
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