An Update on me

This has been a long time coming and I'm not sure I can fully explain everything that 's being going on in my head in the past few months. I'm sorry for the inconsistency in my blogs but I've either been really busy or not really sure what to write. Several times on my way home from work I have constructed a blog in my head but it just never quite made it to the computer. So, I think I will just list a few realizations, epiphanies, if you will.



1. I have no idea what is ahead in my future. All I know is that I am where I am supposed to be. That was a sort of hard realization for me, someone who did not necessarily think that I would be coming back here for a long time after seminary. But, here I am! I don't have to know exactly what I'm going to be doing in 5, 10, 15 years. All I know is that I am called to serve God where ever I am and right now that is here. Amazingly, I am ok with that.



2. I LOVE my church. I feel like this is what the people of God are supposed to look like. It's hard sometimes being a part of a church plant, but I love it.



3. I'm learning what it feels like to be in love with Jesus. I went through a time when I did not know if that was something that I could ever feel. I read the book "Crazy Love" and it really did change my life. I know that sounds a little overly dramatic but it was just the right thing at the right time I think. I would encourage everyone to read it.

4. For some reason that I can't explain, I think that 2009 is going to be a great year. Now, I am usually very optimistic anyway but I'm just feeling very hopeful for the future. For some reason I LOVE my life right now. To be honest there is really nothing extraordinary about my life at all but I think my whole outlook has changed. I know that God is in control and as long as I am serving and glorifying him in all I do then I am right where I am supposed to be and I can't ask for more than that.

5. I can't say that life is easy and I have no stress. I'm pretty stressed all the time because of my job but I am trying hard to not let it get me down. In the past I totally let my job take over my life. It's still very overwhelming and gets me down sometimes but like I said earlier, my whole outlook has changed. My job is my ministry. As long as I do it to glorify God, that is all I can do.

I'm not sure if all that makes a whole lot of sense but those are just a few of the thoughts and conclusions that I've come to in the last few months. I'm sure there is soo much more I could say but I've realized so much since I have been back in Alabama that there is no way to put it all down in words.