Tag Archives: Life

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From the blog of Lydia Brownbeck:

A wise man told me, "Life is a testing ground, not a resting ground."

Life may not turn out the way we want it to...many times it may not turn out the way we expect it to.

We may lose that which we cherish, we may never get that which we want desperately.

Through it all, we are told to trust God...but trust in what?

Trusting that God will make it all turn out the way that we have it all planned is not trust.

Trusting that God is in control and will make it turn out according to His plan...that is trust.

God sees with eternity in mind...we can only see this life. HOW we trust God may end up nearly as important to our spiritual growth as THAT we trust God.

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Something can "matter" without "making a difference"

Having something "matter" is just an emotion...it means that you care.

The question then, becomes "do you care enough to act on the emotion?"

If so, then the the thing that "matters" also "makes a difference".

It matters to me that my daughter would be very upset if I had her cat put to sleep...but even though it matters, if the time comes, I cannot let that emotion of "matter" also "make a difference."

If there is no action, no change...then whatever it that "matters" does not "make a difference"...and there is little that "makes a difference"

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Tom is settling in well...but he's going to run out of cafeteria money before the end of the semester (when they moved him to the upper classmen dorm they took him off the unlimited eating plan, and gave him a card with $700 on it and a kitchen).  He's eating fruit and milk for breakfast (pretty healthy) and he says that the on-campus sushi place isn't half bad.

Amanda is half moved, half not.  She has a cough and wants to go to the doctor, so I reminded her that this is the last month she's going to have insurance.

I've crafted out and need to get back into the swing of taking a little while every day to knit or cross stitch while I listed to podcasts.  I feel better mentally when I have that time to spend doing just that with no other distractions.

A close friend of mine lost two friends and will be attending two funerals today, back to back.  I'll have dinner with her afterward (we go to a steak house that's low-carb friendly except for the wonderful rolls with honey-butter...so I'll save all my carbs for the end of the day)

Henry is staying with me.  I want another heartbeat in the house and a listening hear.  He doesn't talk back much and I have to feed him twice a day...but Amanda can't afford the food and insulin - and the place she's staying already has two cats and I'm not feeding them Iams.

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I'm home...need to unpack, but a lot of it can wait for a little while.  Cooler stuff needs to come in, laundry needs to be done.  I think I'm going to buy a big tub to put my sleeping bag (and bedtime gear) in so it stays together.

Tom's first day of classes are today.

I think he'll do fine...and he said that the "cute, blonde exchange student from Finland" was "looking at him".  He's been playing games, watching movies, going out for a "cigar and ice cream".  Making friends and getting to know people.

I have the window cling for my car...I'm a  university mom.