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Name: Abigail
Gender: Female
Interests: i love spending time with my husband; i love listening to music; i enjoy being outside, playing soccer; i love to draw and paint and write...and above all, i am interested in seeking God and following the Perfect Example: Jesus Christ...in spite of the (many) instances when i fail...
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12/12/2003
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| well despite the fact that i haven't really been enjoying xanga lately (especially in light of other more enjoyable 'social utility' websites), I find myself back here once again. in part because i am bored out of my mind, and in part because i really do enjoy writing my thoughts and don't utilize a journal near as much as i should. so, i am sitting in a little shop on Queen street in lancaster city. it's a furniture store, all hand-made furniture made out of old barn wood. today is my first day working here, and i love it. it's been quiet so far...one customer in 2 hours...but i still love it. i get to watch the people and cars hurry by. i get to watch some window shoppers glance in. and best of all, i get to sit here and text. and think. and read. and blog. i got a new book this weekend. Running With Scissors. i've heard good things about it...although now i can't really remember where. but i am excited to delve in, and it seems i will have sufficient time today...and this week. not that i have been too busy the past couple weeks. i recently quit my full-time job and i've been enjoying unemployment immensely. i've done housework, i've gotten together with friends (during the day!), i've taken early morning walks, i've cooked dinner for my husband, and i've even joined a morning bible study at church. Josiah and i recently flew to Ohio. he is being pursued by a church for the position of Director of Student Ministries. it kind of snuck up on us, but we were pleased to find out that he was one of two candidates they are considering. so, we flew out on a tuesday morning, had a whirlwind of meetings and meals, and returned to PA on a thursday afternoon. now we are waiting. but the cool thing is that we are feeling really great about the decision either way. if the Lord is leading us to this small town outside of Toledo, then we are ready to go and serve Him. but if not, we are also ready to stay in Lancaster for a bit longer. so, i think i'll go and read now. how exciting.
and if you're in the area, feel free to stop by. :) | | |
| um. so i'm not really liking xanga lately :(
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| the journey we are on has been a complete blessing in my life. especially in the last couple weeks. i always underestimate what great things God can do. He is absolutely blessing me and humbling me...
i am coming to realize that this season of life, albeit so unknown and freakin scary, is exactly what it should be: new, fresh, unplanned, different, special, stretching, hard, exciting, exhausting, and changing moment by moment.
and then i keep remembering that i hate change and that normally i would be freaking out right now. i don't have a plan. and even when i try to plan, it changes into something not even close to resembling what i had planned.
i looked at Josiah this weekend after church and said "i feel so BLESSED." i had been feeling this strange feeling, and i'd have moments when i drifted off into thought about the future and where God is taking us, and tears would well up in my eyes. a lot of it has to do with the amazing connections we are making at church and how much we are growing and learning, but it's mostly just that i have become very aware of God's constant blessing in my life.
Josiah and i are just under 3 weeks away from being married for a whole year. it's unbelievable to me. yet another blessing to my life.
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| we heard such relevant teaching in Sunday School yesterday. "Go until you get a No." I feel like this is the theme of our life right now. Josiah and I have been pursuing different paths lately, and sometimes the tendency is to hold back, to question, which, in turn, can lead to us missing out on opportunities and blessings.
but the message and discussion groups yesterday was such an encouragement: God puts desires in our hearts, and He wants to fulfill those desires. what a good reminder. it's so easy to second guess yourself when you're searching for God's will. and I think there's a healthy balance between questioning motives and stepping out in faith.
Josiah was recently presented with a job opportunity that seems like it would be a great fit. we are so excited about it, and yet, the feeling of doubt creeps into my mind at times.
so yesterday I was totally encouraged to GO until we feel that this opportunity is a No. we'll know if God is leading us down a different path, but until then, we can confidently pursue what our hearts desire.
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| so, Josiah and I have been attending LCBC for a couple months now (much to my dismay...at first). We went to a newcomer's class last week and met another newly married couple. They were really nice, and they encouraged us to come to the Sunday School class for young adults on Sunday morning. So, we went. Bright and early on Sunday. ok, it wasn't so early, but it sure was bright outside. 
anyway, we went to the class, broke up into small groups, and pretty much had an awesome time of discussion with some really cool people. After the class, the group leader introduced himself to us, and Josiah began telling him about his recent ministry search. We were then pleased (and a little surprised!) to hear this group leader tell us about a ministry opportunity that had just come to his office within the past week.
SO, the point of the story is...I felt totally convicted because I let myself get in the way. I didn't want to go to LCBC in the first place. I grew up in a church of 200 people and was totally resisting the possibility that a large, "mega-church" could be the best fit for us at this season of our life. We feel more connected at LCBC than we've felt at any other church we've attended in Lancaster county.
I'm so excited and thankful that God is so faithful and good to me when I doubt His plan and when I'm too stubborn to let change happen in my life. I'm so excited that God has brought so many possibilities to us within the past couple weeks. And I'm SO excited to see where He takes us in the coming months.
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