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my life is a constant transition…..
my life is in constant transition and i've been told that it will never stop. every once in awhile you feel like you've 'arrived'. but you haven't. don't be fooled. you're just on to the next thing. i've been back in Belfast for about a month now. i had the best time being home in Canada, which i find shocking because i honestly didn't expect it to be. but it was awesome, so awesome that i almost didn't come back, but a lack of purpose and God's direction brought me back, oh and all you lovely people! (i really wish everyone i loved would be in one place, or that flights would be cheaper so i could go home more often) the first few days back were great, except that a few key people in my Belfast life were in Spain, or Africa or just away, so i was a bit lonely for a while there. thankfully some people that i am still getting to know really came through and it made transitioning back easier. i naively didn't think that i would have to transition back to life here, but everything and nothing changed while i as gone. now that i've accepted all this transitioning and have a support system of people when i need it i'm 'on to the next thing'. ........
Tags: Christianity, Faith, Finances, Life
The everything
Why do we have such hang-ups about talking money? One thing is certain – Jesus didn’t! Jesus talks about money more times than anything else – except the Kingdom of God. There are more references to money in Jesus’ teaching than there is to Heaven and hell combined. Over half the parables Jesus tells are actually about money and stewardship. There are 2350 verses on money in the Scriptures: 1 in every 6 verses in the Gospels has to do with stewardship.
Spiritual bandaids
I generally consider myself to be quite a laidback, fairly contented kind of person. But sometimes, I get a little frustrated with where I am at in life. This kind of feeling usually comes about as a result of some work-related issue or incident. You know those days, when work just feels like it is going on forever, and you cannot remember what on earth possessed you to select this career, and you feel like you are just treading water, waiting for something dramatic and exciting to happen, but secretly worrying that it never will. Days like that, all my positive, laidback feelings fly out the window and I can find myself having a little moan. I realise it is not a very mature response. But sometimes it is as much as I can manage. And I can guarantee you that as soon as I start to moan, some nice well-meaning Christian (often my mother) will chirp up with those over-quoted words from Jeremiah 29: “God has good plans for you, Emma, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future”. Yes, I know. I read that verse too. And it is ruining my moan.
Tags: Faith, Finances, Life, Made me think, Suffering
Lessons learned
I have learned a lot of stuff in the 11 years I have been in a relationship with God. I have un-learned a lot of stuff as well. I have learned stuff that has been an exciting privilege to learn, and I have learned stuff that has not been so much fun. Mostly, the stuff I have learned about God has been pretty exciting, and the stuff I have learned about myself is the stuff I might have preferred not to know! If you can indulge me long enough, I thought I would share one or two of the things I have learned and un-learned over the last decade. They are not intended to be hugely inspiring; just some thoughts and ideas that I have picked up along the way.
Pipe dreams & stewardship
I saw a thing of absolute beauty a couple of days ago. Let me give you the background. I change my car pretty regularly. Not because I want to keep up with the latest model, but because the cars I drive are usually so old and decrepit that they have a very short life span. The longest I have ever owned a single car for was 14 months. That was a little blue VW Golf that I had a couple of years ago. We became quite attached, and I was a little sad when it finally ended its long decline and went to the great scrap yard in the sky.
Tags: Car, Finances, Life, Made me think