|
jwagg
|
read my profile
sign my guestbook
Name: Jess
Gender: Female
Interests: I love all kinds of music from rock to broadway show tunes to jazz to r&b to country. I also LOVe theatre, going to shows AND being in them. Shopping is definitely a favorite if I have money, and I like to go running, and spend tons of time with friends, talking, playing games, hanging out...whatever! I'm pretty easily amused and easy to please.
Occupation: Administrative Assistant
Message: message me
AIM:  blessme2002
Member Since:
11/10/2005
|
|
| ...I would be preparing to fly home from Colorado with my family tomorrow after a week-long vacation with our family out there.
In a rather unpredicatable world, a blizzard in Colorado would delay our flight, and have my family and I preparing to fly to Colorado tonight to spend a little under a week with our family out there.
In an insane, ridiculous world, our flight would be cancelled for a SECOND time, and we would be randomly searching online for flights to California, hotels in Columbus, concerts in Chicago, SOMEWHERE to go to get away for a vacation!!!
Which world is the Waggoner family living in? I don't think you're debating over that one....
God certainly works in MYSTERIOUS ways sometimes...good thing HE knows what He's doing!!
| | |
| Ethan, a good friend of mine challenged me recently with his thoughts on trusting the Lord. We were talking about times when we don't understand what God is doing, or why He is working in a certain way. What he said was, I get excited when God changes my plans because I know He has a better plan than mine was. That hit me hard. Rather than arguing, complaining or getting mad, I ought to be pumped up when God changes things, because He's obviously doing something so much better!
One small case in point- All of my mom's family lives out in Colorado, and we don't get to see them very often. This year, for the first time in about 3, we planned to go out to the fabulous Colorado to spend Christmas with them. NOT ONLY THAT, but we planned to FLY out there. This is a first for the Waggoner family, due to the size of our family and our bank account. Needless to say, we've all been quite pumped about our trip. But along comes the Blizzard of 2006, and we're still sitting in Brownsburg, Indiana. Our flights were cancelled, and can't be re-scheduled till the 28th! So, we have a week to hang out (or for me to go back and work a few days), and THEN we'll make it out there (we hope).
This is NOT what I'd call a tragedy, and there are actually some really good points to this whole situation that I won't go into. But as I was driving home last night finding out about our transformed Christmas plans, I found myself fighting anger and irritation and disappointment. And the reason for these feelings?? The fact that I didn't get to be in control. That God was doing something different without consulting ME! Ridiculous. And Ethan's words played through my head vividly.
So, I'm deciding to rejoice that God has a bigger and better plan for our family. It's gonna be a great Christmas. | | |
| I LOVE 'em! I'm getting the spirit :) It's the week of Thanksgiving and it's supposed to snow today. Lights are going up everywhere...it's beatiful. Now, I'm not trying to by-pass Thanksgiving- I'm going to enjoy it and relish that time, but I just like the transition in general. It's just the season to spend with your family and friends, to dress up and go out, hear good music, eat yummy food...I like it.
Life is transitioning for me I think. The last week or so I've spent a good amount of time around some new friends- several of them married and in that "adult" phase of life. It has been so fun to spend time with them- and I'm getting great cooking, cleaning, decorating advice! I have some time to start applying them now :)
I have to say yet again that I just LOVE doing K-Town. It has become so central to my Sundays, and I can't imagine not being a part of it!! We've got our little family and we work together to minister for Christ. I love it :)
| | |
| Yeah I'm really tired. I can't even function because I'm just wiped out. I need a nap
| | |
| I'm lovin this weekend. I had a blast helping Ethan and Hannah Bolvi turn their parents' basement into a home theatre last night. We worked till after 4 in the morning cutting, sanding, sawing, painting...WITH a wonderful hottub break thrown in the middle of that :) Good times with good friends!
And NOW Rebekah Mae is visiting for the weekend! WHAT a wonderful blessing- I love that girl so much. We have amazing talks and are just on the LEVEL with each other. It's so refreshing to spend time with her :) With Becky comes Tony too, and he's just great too- awesome friends.
So tonight I'm revelling in the joy of good community with fellow believers. People whom you love and who love you too. It's amazing. Now I'm off to support another good friend- Isaac Judd- his senior recital- yeah yeah! | | |
|