What is the mystique of New Year’s Day? Why do we mark this as the time we will finally be more healthy, giving, loving, spiritual, whatever? If tomorrow we will essentially be the same biologically, financially, intellectually, etc, why do we put so much attention on one specific day that is nothing more than the [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘God stuff’
December 30, 2008
2008 Rewind (AKA Why I’m Glad It’s Almost Over)
It’s been kind of a rough year for Chez Crazy. God has been faithful and I’m sure it’s all been “for my good” (a la Romans 8:28), but in many ways I’m glad to be saying goodbye to this year. Let’s recap:
January
Got the news that I was being laid-off from my dream job as part-time [...]
October 3, 2008
Repeating Hang-Ups
On Wednesday I took what I somewhat teasingly refer to as a Mental Health Day. Jadyn had a doctor’s appointment that morning, so I decided to take the day off to spend with her, rather than slaving away processing transcripts and withdrawal requests for the local community college population.
At the appointment, the doctor gushed with [...]
August 23, 2008
Round and round
Secondary infertility is usually defined as the inability to conceive or carry a pregnancy to term after successfully and naturally conceiving one or more children. It sounds pretty cut and dried – straight-forward and easy to understand. It’s much more complicated when you’re living through it.
When you go through infertility without having had any [...]
July 20, 2008
Wounds
I am beginning to understand that there aren’t really many new wounds. Just old wounds that keep getting reopened. If the original wound hasn’t healed, the pain is easily refreshed.
Ouch.
July 6, 2008
What we’re made for…
While in PA for my youth group reunion, I had a very interesting talk with my friend Matt. We were commenting how fast all of our kids are growing up – how some people we knew as teenagers had children who were in their teens. It was so shocking to see how fast time seemed [...]
April 10, 2008
Mysterious Ways
Sometimes it tickles me how God chooses to talk to me.
I have been watching way too much daytime TV while I am scouring employment websites for job leads. Today I happened upon an episode of Scrubs that was actually about how God is in charge and things “happen for a reason”. One of the characters [...]
March 20, 2008
OK…
So I’m not so bad. And I recognize that a big part of what I’m struggling with is believing lies about myself. It’s true that I need to hear what God thinks of me. And I need to hear this without the filter of others. I need to hear it directly from Him, because people [...]
February 27, 2008
Illness
I’m sick.
Sick of acting like I’m ok.Sick of acting like everything is fine.Sick of feeling rejected and alone.Sick of feeling angry every time I walk into my church.Sick of hiding what is really going on inside my heart.Sick of masking the pain that goes deeper than I understand.
A few months ago, before my life seemed [...]
January 17, 2008
Twister
Sometimes life hits like a whirlwind. The past 6 months have been like this. The most recent development is that due to the budget constraints of my employer I find myself needing a job. To be honest, I’m scared. I know, I know. I’m supposed to “have faith” and “trust God” and all of that. [...]
