Friday, December 28, 2007

Boring Work

I was sitting on a window ledge in a crowded room this morning, waiting to be called up so I could get a new drivers license picture. The people around me was rather eclectic; frigidity 16 year olds sat next to wrinkled faces who maybe shouldn't have been driving in the first place.

A mom and her young son walked in to the room, took a number, then began to get comfortable even though the boy was fussy from the start.

As the woman took off her son's puffy winter coat, the four year old cried and wined. "I miss Dadddddyyy!" he exclaimed with tears rolling down his face. "I know you do," his mother quietly replied while wiping her son's waterworks away.

"I really just want to see Daddy!" he said again. The boy's mom grew more embarrassed at the scene her child was making; her eyes began scanning the room to see who was watching the two of them. But her son wouldn't quit.

"I miss Daddy, Mommy! Where is he? Is he at boring work?"
The woman half smiled and replied, "Yes, Daddy is at boring work today."
"Daddy is at boring work today Mommy?" the boy said again, only this time a little louder. His mother nodded, and many of the people around them let out a laugh, myself included.

This little incident in PennDot's crowded room this morning made me think about how many people really do see their daily agenda as "boring work" and only really enjoy life at night and on the weekends. Yet God calls us to delight ourselves in Him and glorify Him in all we do. I hope I can remember that when slow days come around and I'm tempted to see the tasks at hand as menial... ;)

Monday, December 24, 2007

Joy to the World, The Lord is come!


Hoping you all have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year,
Kristen.

Sunday, December 23, 2007

"With You"

"The heavens are telling the glory of God,
and day after day their praise offer up.
Through all of creation Your glory declares,
It can not replace you, it can not compare,
With You.

The world and it's riches, I've counted but loss
My riches to know You, my glory, Your cross.
What price could be dearer, no thing did You spare.
No suffering's sweet Lord like those that I share
With You.

Through kindness You've led me, with love You've pursued
With grace irresistible drawn me to You.
Though often my heart to it's own ways does tend,
No times could be dearer than those that I spend
With You."

~Dave Brown of Portico

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Processing Convictions

"Always make a practice of provoking your own mind to think out what it accepts easily. Our position is not ours until we make it ours by suffering." -Oswald Chambers

Being in a new environment in CA has presented me with many opportunities to sort through or "process" (a word I apparently use more than I realize :) a handful of different topics. I often find myself wondering, "Why do I believe this?" and "What does God's word say about that?"

It's really stretched me to search deeper into my God's truth and wrestle through things I have easily accepted before (like essentials in a church, missions, relationships, etc.) But coming out on the other side, becoming more confident in my convictions, is very rewarding.

2 Timothy 2:15 is so provoking...it says,
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

What a huge responsibility! God, please help me to see You and Your truth more clearly...

Saturday, December 15, 2007

All is Calm?! ... Really??

Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace, of comfort, of quiet reflection and joy. Or at least that's what the songs tell us. But we all know the reality of the season...

Isn't it wonderful that Christ came to bring peace in the middle of chaos? I love the line in 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' that says,

"The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight." Beautiful.

Well, no matter what your day brings today, I pray and hope that you feel the comfort of the Lord in the midst of it all.

Love,
Kristen.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Merry Christmas!

We took our lunch break today to do a Christmas staff photo shoot...
Please note the color cordination...this took lotsa time to plan, lol. ;)

Merry Christmas, from all of us to all of you!



Monday, December 10, 2007

Human Tetris Video

Hey all!

Check this out to laugh away your Monday blues...and for extra laughs, maybe even try it! ;)

~Kristen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_QL1kEmH4

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Back in CA

Well there you have it...your ingenious thoughts on why donuts have holes!
Y'all are pretty smart, I have to say!! I feel like I can't even compete with some of your ideas, but I will say that I'm surprised that no one mentioned the holes are there to save money on dough...hum...I guess we'll never know the real answer! ;)

On another note, thanks for your prayers for my trip back to CA. Everything went pretty smoothly, and I was back into the swing of things at the office the next day.

The weekend was rather eventful...
Saturday night was the annual "Fallbrook Christmas Parade" that ran down Main Street. God bless small towns, it was so much fun! My favorite part was when the llama-cart went towards the crowd of people...Good times. :)

On Sunday I went to a new church and really loved it! It felt so much like church at home, and I met some girls my age who want to help me get plugged in. Praise God for answered prayer. :)
And Sunday night I went to a Christmas concert that my roomie Sara was in. She did a fantastic job, and so did the rest of the musicians and choir. The cookies afterwards weren't half bad either. ;)

Well, our week is off to a good start, and Christmas excitment is in the air! Well, at least it is from some of us. ;) (We're working on David's Christmas cheer). And yesterday was Oreo day at Yogurt Palace, so all seems right in the world... :)

Hugs from CA,
Kristen.