Rain.

This last weekend I traveled to Seattle to visit a dear friend. Overall, it was a very refreshing trip, from the conversation to the sights to the weather. My friend, Addie, and I got to catch up on each others lives, which was wonderful because we had not seen each other in a year. Along with that, we also drove quite a bit around western Washington. This time of year it is splendid. With all the rain and snow from the winter, everything is so alive and fresh. We drove to the beach and to Skagit Valley for the Tulip Festival. The spacious land is the perfect setting for all the growth that takes place there. And along with all of this, there was the rain. It was not a constant rain, but nice showers just making the land evermore grand. This trip was all that a weekend visit with a friend should be.

Drawing

Today, I drew this. I am no artist, but doing creative things is relaxing for me. So, this morning, I began drawing and kept on until I was done. And for me, this drawing is impressive. I am most impressed that I kept going until it was finished. In my own little way, I feel accomplished. 

Contentment

I went to church today after having not gone for around a year. It was good. For the past several weeks, I've been feeling a change in me. An awakening. And for the first time probably since bible college, I 'm desiring a more intimate relationship with God. One would never believe the struggle I went through these past few years to get back on track with the Lord, but He has His own ways to bring us back to Him. In all my trying, the Lord was just waiting for me to stop and look to Him. He is the one who does the work, and all too often I forget to trust Him. To just rest in Him and what He has done for me, for all of us. So, now I'm feeling hopeful that I'm entering into a new stage of my life and walk with God. Man, our timing is so different than God's. He brought it all about in His time.

Some verses from the sermon today:

But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,  not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,  that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

-Titus 3:4-7

Home

What comes to mind when you think of a home? For me, it is a cosy (Love this spelling.)  place, bright and warm. I don't need a big place and really just want a sunny place to read and nice kitchen to make edible delights. Which leads me to what I should have posted some time ago. Tumbleweed Tiny Houses.  My sister and I stumbled upon this site several months ago and fell in love. This house in particular has my heart.

          Ah, the B-53, Twas made for me!

Forgive the poetic outburst; seeing this house just really gets me dreaming. I can just picture it now... hardwood floors, big windows with fluttery curtains, my books put away in bookshelves around the living room, the smell of chicken alfredo from the kitchen, my garden out the back door... perfection. To me at least. What is that homey perfection to you? Is it a loft in the city? Or a cabin in the mountains? Or just where you are now?

dream on

These past few days have been interesting, like a glimpse into the future... in a boring/domestic way. My parents have been out of town, and I have had such a good time doing dishes and cleaning up after myself. Crazy, huh? But I think there just comes a point where you need to live life in your way. I would really love to have my own place, but first things first! (Responsibility... AKA, the infamous car payment...) I have decided this will be my last year living under my parents roof. Not because I dislike them or anything like that, but because I'm a grown up for crying out loud! lol... There is only so much growing I can do living this cushy life. I want to get out and experience the world! Even if it is the world of only a few miles away. Plus, I'm dying to have my own garden... But that is another subject all together! I'd better not get started down that track. Suffice it to say that I look forward to the fast approaching day (although it may not always seem that way) when I will enter into, what I consider, full-on adulthood. For now, I'll dream.