Bugs, Mugs and Hugs!

Three things plaguing me at the moment- bugs that decide you face is a great place to hang out when you are trying to sleep, mugs that go missing throughout the year and fail to be found ever again, and hugs- or rather the lack there of.

Today was a beautiful day. The intense heat would make you think the earth has gone crazy and thought itself stuck in summer! But the beautiful flowers, melodious chirping birds and bellowing breezes let you know that it is still spring... its just having some fun of the celsious kind.

Lately, I have been finding that quite often - when I want to deepen the conversation with the person I'm talking to - I revert to the trusty old:

"What has God been teaching you recently?".

There are a two reasons I really like asking this question: One, it asks for honesty and deeper relationships, Two, I helps me get a picture of where the person is at and how I can pray for them. But there is another good thing about asking this question I have recently discovered... it forces me to think about what God has been teaching me!
( In otherwords what i have learnt it: If you ask a question, expect it to get asked back and be ready!)

Jump!

Life is an obcticle course. Thats my new analogy.
You know the feeling, I'm sure of it. You feel like you have gotton the best of the obstacle- beaten the record, feel great! and then you realise there is another one in front of you!
It makes me feel down thinking about it. But I have to look at it properly- everytime I learn a really good lesson that equips me for future obstacles, and each one helps train me to focus on God.
I dont think I want them to stop you know, I guess the initial pain at the beginning is hard to get past. But thats why I don't need to rely on my strength, I can rely on God's.
One of my favourite passages at the moment is Psalm 18:30-32. One line in it that really helps me is- "It is God who arms me with strength". Its hard to remember that the strength I do have comes from God! If your part of the stream is dry you need to get closer to the source to find more right? If I feel my strength is running low I need to get closer to where its coming from- God- and only then can it get greator.

I was going to continue writing, but I have to scoot off on an adventure! (I will fill you in because its a secret for now) Please pray for me and my stress levels and learning how to deal with it when I get stressed, and this adventure I'm off on that I make the most of it (and drive safe! :P)

Over and Out,
Little One.