Brothers and Sisters, it has been awhile, and my blogging has well been extinct until today, so Hi, How are you?
More Importantly How am I?
I could say I was busy, but anyone can say that, I think the real reason for lack of blogging and communication was balance, or lack there of.
I think if I had one word to describe my entire semester out here in the treacherous land of the Ol'West I would say it is
BALANCE.
What is Balance?
For me it has been elusive. I have been pushing my self, pressing on for the name of discipline and perseverance, when God wanted me to simply rest, aka Be Still and Know that he is God. I have been learning this lesson in a number of different ways this semester.
1. Sleeping, A few weeks in a row I would push myself all week until I got to a point when I would just have to sleep, and I would sleep like 10-12 hours. 1 Week it actually made me sick, I came down with some flu thing and slept like 14 hours! Crazy but it was a clear sign to me that I need to learn how to rest. It seems kinda foolish, like come one do I really need to learn how to take a sabbath, Commandment number 4, But then I tried to rest one Sabbath day, and It was hard I literly had to sit and be like no don't get up stay here, sit and read or listen to worship or pray, seemed rediculcous but I felt much better afterward, and rested for my week of work ahead.
2. Eating, So I don't think I have made it know yet but I have been vegetarian this semester, Ok so I have broken it a few times, a few piecies of chicken here and there, and some fish at a diner I was invited to, but for the last two months I have been legit Veggie only, and switched to Rice milk, GOOD STUFF, anyways So In doing so I have found how important it is to have three consistant meals each day. I believe I have what is know as acid reflux disease, basically the entrance from my esophgous to my stomach stays open after I eat food causing alot of burping and indegestion, Im not really sure how long I have had this I just kinda lived with it and didn't notice, until many friends and family, were like you burp alot. So In my great wisdom I thought I will avoid all foods that make me burp or have indegestion. Also eat smaller meal portions and take medicine to help with indgestion. And Im prolly gona have to get checked out by a doc. So any ways that was long and random, but It has taught me to try and be balanced with even meals rather than a huge meal at the end of the day or something.
Ok now that I have bored you with my words, yeah Im just gona start another post to explain what and the world I have been doing the last couple months...
but enjoy this
Proverb: 15:17 Better a small meal of vegetables with love
than a fattened cafe with hatred
(I don't think this verse means we should all be vegetarians or anything, I mostly thought it was fun to use, I think it truly means to value love more than food or something like that, Or maybe don't settle with hatred in order to have a fattened cafe or full meal.
