A part-time gardener
and full-time Philadelphia cream cheese eater;
The choir girl in cut offs and high tops
who loves JESUS and indie music.
A couch connoisseur
and an unashamed devourer of all things chocolate. Known to applaud at the end of every Mel Gibson movie and buy every item on the Marshalls clearance racks.
An unapologetic romantic who will most likely get along very well with your mom.


Hello. These are musings of a juvenile thinker.

5.18.2011

the gardener

I found myself sweeping dust off the floor of a little red tool shed in the middle of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania this morning and wondering if this was gonna be my new "normal." To which i came up with the conclusion that my life is strange and wonderful. And i don't know what normal is. Is it normal to fly to a foreign country to pursue something so wildly impossible (such as a masters degree) because you have virtually no means to support yourself financially and won't even have a place to stay or have family around for love and support? I'm guessing it's not. But i just got appointed by a Christian non-profit organization called NETwork to be their volunteer Garden Director. And it's things like this that blows my mind. Because it's such a huge privilege to serve. And when you're floating around in a completely new environment where you're awkward and not sure how to act or talk or even dress, it makes the truth about GOD's sovereignty so much more real. Often times i would imagine myself being on the sidelines watching GOD orchestrate my world. I have no words to describe my amazement at the Lord's desire for me to be of use to himself. I mean, who am I anyway? 
Held by GOD is who I am. And wherever HE desires to set me down and plant me, I will grow :)

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