Brown Eyed and Purple Haired

Have you ever just needed a change? I mean REALLY needed a change? That's how I've been feeling lately. I'm so antsy, just staying in one place for so long. And that's not just concerning my location. I've been at school now for almost two months, so not really that long. But I certainly feel like I have been here longer. I feel as though I'm stuck and can't seem to find a way to move. 


I complain about my job, but what's truly wrong with it? I should feel lucky, I mean I'm a college student with a job within walking distance of where I live. I don't have to pay the majority of taxes due to the work-study nature. And I work in an open environment with people that I genuinely care for. And to top it all off, I'm good at the job. So why is it that I find myself constantly complaining and dreading when it comes time to go to work?


I have a problem with being content where I am. I love my friends, but I have good ones elsewhere that I want to be with. I love my family, but I have family in a different state that I want to see too. I love the view, but I have a view somewhere else that's a different kind of pretty. I like my classes, but I wish I was working on my career. I'm enjoying being single, but I wish I had someone to love. This could go on and on and on, but I'll stop here.


I think my point's been made. I need to focus on one thing at a time and allow God to work through the situation I'm in now. Otherwise, I do things that randomly dye my hair purple and chop off the a-line.


Proverbs 19:23 "The fear of the LORD leads to life: then one rests content, untouched by trouble."
Philippians 4:11 "Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content."

"Where words fail, music speaks"

this music is really inspiring to me (and I chose the video with the clips because I happen to LOVE this move :)

Pride and Prejudice -  A Postcard to Henry Purcell

Blessed

I went from living in a place with this....

To one with this view...

I sure am blessed by God's beauty.

Relationship Thoughts

This is something I wrote a little while ago.. But it's a good way to get started.

A friend of mine asked me: "How would you define what a relationship is and what is the point of having one?" She was asking specifically about marriage-type relationship, though I did expand...

I would say that having a relationship is God's way of completing us. No one is perfect and, granted, no earthly relationship is perfect either. But, I do believe that God has someone out there for us. Someone who's personality is complimentary to our own. Life is a constant balance in every way. God created relationship between a man and a woman to complete the balance. This line of logic also applies to why humans need friends. Even a monk in a monastery isn't alone searching for God, he is surrounded by others doing the same.

I recognize that there are people in the world who are introverts or that even go extreme and become hermits. But I would pose the question: “are people truly happy when they are alone?” Yes, having alone time is important, even Jesus knew His limits and knew when to go off by Himself and be rejuvenated. I do not believe that we, as humans, are meant to be alone.

So, as I’m writing I’m beginning to think about Paul’s words to the Corinthians, that it’s better to be single. And though I want to be married someday, I think that he has some very solid reasons for saying that. With that, I believe that it is something that is chosen by God. He ultimately knows who can handle being married and who cannot. I don’t think you’re a bad person, or Christian, for staying single or for getting married. Though I would add that even if you are someone called to the single life, God will still place people in your life so that you are not alone.