Quiet Times.

I had decided recently to start reading through the Gospels again trying to see everything through fresh eyes. I just started Matthew and I am at the part where Jesus is calling the first disciples when something pops at me. They just followed him. We so often ask God what His plan or purpose for us is and what He wants us doing, but what if all He wants if for us to, at first, simply follow Him? Maybe He wants us to get out of the all that we know life we are living and before asking questions or trying to see ahead, maybe He just wants us to follow. The rest will come. He has so much He wants us to see, but we can't see it if we stay in our comfortableness just asking questions and trying to pack for the trip. Just go. The rest will come.

Tight Spaces.

The last few years I have felt my personal space shrink smaller and smaller. I went form my own small apartment to a room to call my own to only a car to call my own. Life got smaller and smaller, but I grew even in the small space. I learned how attached we as humans get to objects and learned how to let go. I learned how to go from a quiet home to sharing houses with many different people. I learned how precious peace and quiet becomes when you normally live in noise. And I learned a lot about myself. I learned I am far from mature in patience. I learned I have far to go in the loving the hard to love people that come into my life. God doesn't have to shout out the areas I need to grow in, He simply shows them to me with a gentle glance. So, I have a long ways to go but life is good because I continue to grow and Jesus never leaves me.