Random thoughts...

        I wrote this on the train on Wednesday night but I had no way to post it. I hope you enjoy and I will be posting something about my trip, with some pictures, once I can!

 

          Today on the train going home, I saw two clouds. One was a vibrant, bright, and rich orange color, from the opposite sunset. Quite close to it was a dark, stormy, dreary cloud. They both had these pieces, ends if you will, that almost touched. It looked as if two fingers were reaching, stretching to touch. It reminded me of that beautiful painting on the Sistine Chapel in Italy; perhaps you know about what I’m speaking about. In this unforgettable painting on the ceiling, there is one scene that, I consider the most cherished and valued. God is extending His arm, His fingers trying to seize ours. The man, however, is not so eager: his arm is slightly up and reaching, but not as desperate; he doesn’t see it as precious, what he could have.

           I recalled from this simple illustration how the Lord desires to have a relationship with us as His children and also, of how many times we have neglected and ignored His pleas to become closer. The Lord continues to reach out to us even if we ignore Him and His calling. May we become more sensitive to His calling in our lives, and strive to accomplish what He desires us to. 

See you soon!

~Abby

Quickly

Just a quick update- vacation with the family is going great! I am so glad to be seeing old friends and making new ones! I am missing some others :( Having a wonderful time and I will be setting up my journailsm blog hopefully this week!!!
Just wanted to do a quick little update!
Longer posts later!
Abby

Update! - Growth & Upcoming Announcements!

So, I haven't been on here since May. It has been so crazy! I have started working on a lot of projects, started working on my Journalism degree. :) I am super excited for this new path! I would love to become a travel journalist! To begin on that journey, I'll be starting a journalism blog in the next few days to chronicle different trips that I take, places I go, people I meet, and just to practice my writing more. So I will post a link to that blog once I have it all set up and I begin to post on it.

I have been really absent from this site for a while. The summer was SUPER nuts! I went to camp for almost a month- that was great! I met a few interesting people and learned so much about myself and how I need God so much more! He has been so good to me lately. I feel so close to Him and I can't help but worship and praise Him with everything I do! I have been cleaning out my life of things that I know He doesn't want there anymore. It's a slow, long, and at times, hard, but I feel like I am becoming a stronger Christian and more confident in myself as I begin to find myself and who I am supposed to be in Christ.

My church had Vacation Bible School in August- that was a success! We have a few new people coming to church that I hungry for God to become real in their lives.

A woman in my church, Sis Pat. and I went this past Saturday to visit some of the kids from Bible School and some others that we have been missing from church. Driving around the town, we didn't talk to a lot of them, but we left them flyers and just prayed for them. We have a dear family in the church who is really going through a hard time. Financially, they are struggling, and they have a lot of other things going on in their lives. So right now, if you, my reader, don't mind, please say a quick prayer for them? It would be a blessing to them, and to me.

I think that's it. I'll be posting information on the new journalism blog as soon as I get it all set up.

God Bless,
Abby