So, I'm happy today. :) I'm blessed with love in my family, home, job, and heart! I LOVE my husband, dog (Rue) and cat (Halston)! I love my job (Trader Joe's)! <-- Which is a KILLER job... hard work... but very rewarding and the Lord teaches me lots through there. The biggest lesson that I am learning is the value of hard-work... about not being lazy... and about working so that I have to give to those in need.
God continues to teach me about His will and the way it has played out over the course of the past...well... at least 6000 years. :) I love the Bible. I dabbled in the Koran, and the Jewish Bible (which is essentially the Old Testament). I love the Apocrapha- especially the books of Ecclesiasticus and Wisdom so far. I have learned about Jehovah's Witnesses. Going to their meeting confirmed for me that I am "anointed" and they, for some reason, don't all look at this as available to them. They think only a few are "anointed". We are in the midst of looking into Mormonism... very interesting and foreign. All I know is that we don't and can't know it all and that we must continue to seek the face of God... desiring to KNOW and WORSHIP Him. If we seek Him, He will be found of us. I don't know if there is a time or place that we "arrive", but I DO know that if we don't rest on our laurels and continue pursuing the knowledge and understanding of the Most High, begging for wisdom and discernment while remaining humble and obedient- we will have the walk of our life during the course of ... this life! :)
I'm attributing it to God (I guess I'm not 100% about whether it's Him prompting me or my flesh), but I have grown an interest in sustainable and organic farming. Something in me was piqued after watching some food documentaries that my brother turned me onto (Food Inc., and FRESH), and I became very interested in Joel Salatin, an organic farmer who has a heart for appreciating nature as it was designed and healing the land back into its natural state. This interest has grown over the last year or so...especially in the last few months... I attend an organic field crop tour in Nash County next week, I've been to a dairy farm, and I watch food documentaries voraciously. I ordered Joel Salatin's DVD about PolyFace Farm ($60!) and have begun joining Meetup groups about sustainable and organic farming, gardening, living.
I THINK that my (God's?!) purpose in this is for me to learn it and then pass it on to my current and future friends in Uganda. I have $10,000 from the 401K that I took out which I intended to donate to Frank Tibagendeka in Uganda and now am torn between him and Veronika, but I...we (Tyrone and I) are waiting on God to make it obvious to us. He will. :))... anyway, I thought about using that money to buy them land and then show the locals how they can use it in a sustainable manner.
God's will be done. :)
That's all. I just need to focus on Him... put my trust in God through Christ. I need to continue to seek the Truth. I need to fill my heart, mind and soul with scripture and LOVE and Light. I need to TRUST God and be PATIENT. (Patience is a big one that God is working on with me.)
Tyrone is a wonderful example to me. A blessed husband. A thoughtful and hard worker. Loves me and our family with everything (through Jesus Christ. He loves God first, me second, and everything else comes after that. Ahhhhh. God, THANK YOU!!!).
I guess I'll wrap this up with a happy video that I LOVE this week!
