The Lawn? Mower

So like any day it's been sunny this year I do my best to make the most of the beautiful weather on my lunch break. Today, I came home quickly made my food and headed to my favorite spot to eat lunch and get away from it all. I don't like to be seen or watched where I am either so I always try and sneak out to this spot. It's like an open hideaway no one sees unless they're looking.
Well the neighbor across the street decided to mow his lawn just as I wanted to sneak out. Fail. I couldn't risk being spotted so I waited. In the meantime I scarfed down my food and chose the right moment of him turning his back to make my leap of faith!
Success!
I watch this man for a little while. I love being invisible, by the way. Have I mentioned this? Well I do! He mows the grass by the side walk and in front of the house and then I see him mowing the same place he did by the sidewalk. He continues to keep mowing the sidewalk! Back and forth until he reaches the street! I'm thinking this guy is out of his mind! Like, "uhh last I knew the grass wasn't growing on the sidewalk..."
Then I realize.. Focusing on just him, I thought he was nuts, but I didn't pay attention to what he was actually trying to achieve.
He was using the air from the mower blades to push the grass shavings off the sidewalk. An effort usually exhausted for the appearance of the property and the convenience of others. He finished clearing the sidewalk, turned off the engine, and walked it back to his shed out back.
Nice old man, he was.

I think there is a lesson to be learned of this.. I this we view God in this way. We watch Him at work and at times, it is very clear what he is trying to accomplish. But when He is using the same tool or piece of equipment for a purpose we're not accustomed, we think He's fallen off His rocker. We say "God, what are you doing?! Have you lost your mind??" until we step back and stop looking at the obvious and allow ourselves to realize what is being accomplished. Something bigger than mowing the grass.

For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8, 9 NKJV)


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Oh tis life an endless and joyous adventure

Woop Woop it's posting time!
So a couple weeks ago, I kind of left you hanging... ermmm sorry about that. I'll get back to that if I feel I haven't written a book about other things in the meantime.

I've just reread alot of the posts I've done within the last 6 months and I feel my readers (assuming there are lots and lots and lots) are owed an explanations as to what all God has been doing.

First and foremost. Mrs B.
Miracle. I don't have any other word for it, but undoubtedly a miracle.
God had heard my cry and the cries of many others and healed my dear friend.

Kenya. I went. I can't really talk about it though. Not because I don't want to, but I don't really have the words in me to explain Kenya. But it was __________. I told you, I don't have any words for what Kenya was to me.

Pastor. I lost a dear friend in February. A mentor. A fighter. A man that made it very clear what sacrificing ourselves daily really was. Blessed is the only word I know that describes how I feel to have had him in my life.

Work. Lots of changes already this year, but I'm having fewer and fewer anxiety attacks!!! YAY!

Church drama. AMAZING!!! I went from a non-speaking role to getting a mic! But most importantly, I was blessed beyond comprehension to see God move first handedly.

Study. I. Love. My. Bible. Study. Group.
i.e. I love my friends here in PA :)

Mall of America. I went on a 30hr road trip with Matty over Christmas - SOOOO FUN!!

Gideons. I love that my dad is a Gideon.

Karate. Guess whos a brown belt now. I've been waiting for that moment for nearly 10 years. I cried. I absolutely loved it. It was worth the wait to feel the accomplishment I felt that night.

Rhode Island. This was BIG. Seeing as I'm a person who doesn't let people help me, who doesn't ask for help, let me tell you about humility! It was so awesome! I think being rescued from a chasm will remain in the top 3 amazing things I'll do this year!

BBCS field trip. Got to see my lil sister by surprise last night. SO AMAZING! God is good :) and I love her alot!

I turned 25 in Jan. An age I never saw myself being, but lemme tell ya, its not bad... weird... but not bad. And I made mini donuts hehe

Youth. I love my youth group. I love every single one of the kids that I have been so unbelievably blessed to have in my life. So so so blessed.

Road TRIP!!!
Going to Seattle next month. Then to San Fran. Then driving back across the country. Just saying :)

On that. I end this post. <3 and peace tonight people!

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Peter's Grace - Our 2nd Chance

This is what it's all about... This is what He did for us... All of us... Each and everyone of us... Especially the ones who didn't deserve it the most. But then again, we ALL didn't deserve it the most...

Matthew 26:69-75

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean." And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth." And again he denied it with an oath: "I do not know the man." After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you." Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately the rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly.

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Adventure? Yes, please!

Can you believe I'm writing twice in one week(ish)?!?
Well blink twice my friends and then a few more, it just happened!

I can't continue my day without sharing how GREAT our God is!

I don't even know how to explain or where to start, but He's just amazing (period)

First things first, I'm going to Seattle! CANNOT wait, always wanted to go. Got approval from one boss, yay. Then the second, yay. Then went to book, wouldn't work, boo!
Ticket was still cheap the next day so I waited and booked that night. $45 cheaper than the previous three weeks I watched it!

Woot! Woot!

Now drudgingly knowing I had to eventually book a return ticket, I waited. Those prices dropped too!

Round trip to Seattle is UNDER $300, my friends! And that is from MY airport, not the major ones that are all 2 hours away! Woot Woot again!

So I booked it the return trip [sad face], yesterday morning.

Then early afternoon, my lovely friend, Miss Lauren, ask if I hadn't already booked my return trip home. She had a proposal for an insane idea that I enjoyed very much!! And it would result in me NOT flying back to PA, which made me jump in gleeful elation inside (I couldn't do it on the outside because I feared Steph would think I was having a medical episode of some sort)!

We weigh our options back and forth and decide texting is getting us nowhere. Oh the beauty of trying to hold an important conversation via twittling little fingers.

[Need to stop here, must get back to work, will fill in more later...]

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