Hello! It has been great to read all of your posts. I have loved learning a little more about each of you.
Our question of the week is "What is your favorite movie?" Of course this stems from me having watched the Oscars last night. I watched because I had actually seen one of the nominated Best Movies-Slumdog Millionare. I loved that movie. It stayed with me for a few days afterward. It showed very well a saying I keep on my wall at work "Every happening is a parable by which God speaks to us. The art of life is to get the message." I believe that everything that we encounter as a challenge or opportunity is God saying first this and then I will build on that and then that and so on and so on. I can rest in the fact that I know I will never be complete until I am with Him so I can keep working and serving and obeying Him. I don't know if Danny Boyle, the director of Slumdog Millionare, intended that for his movie but it shows how God can work everything together for His good. :)
I realized in reading your posts that all of you shared so much about yourselves and that is not something I am really good at. Oh I like to talk that is for sure but to tell all about my world is not what I usually do. But if I want to be known I guess I had better make the leap.
First of all, I have been married for 13 years to Steve. I can write a whole post about him so I will save all I can say about him. The same goes for my kids but I think they could fill a book. There are 4 of them-Brady-11, Isaac-10, Libby-6, Jett-4. They keep me honest and they keep me humble.
I am a nurse and I work at Blank Children's Hospital. I worked for several years in the Peds ER but now I go around the state and educate healthcare providers about taking care of sick kids. I love my job. Each of us in our department recently took a test of sorts to determine our strengths and I have to tell you I was a little suprised by mine. I was looking over my personal printout today and just kept thinking, "These aren't strengths, this how God made me, or this is because of my faith." Anyway I will try to explain. I apparently have 5 strengths emerged from this exercise. My first strength was Adaptability. It means that I don't get ruffled in rapidly changing circumstances. I also read it can make me appear aloof or I don't care. They say to call it "productive flexibility." I call it "God is in control and I will be ok." The second is Ideation. I love new ideas, hence this blog. I just feel like this is when I am in close relationship with the Father the Spirit is able to work more in me and on me and I am open to new things. The second is Input. Well, I relate this to my hunger for the Scripture. I am seeking God's input through His word and I want to know it to my core. I love looking at the original Greek and Hebrew as well because sometimes this helps me understand it a bit more. In the spirit of full disclosure, I also love to Google everything and I love CNN. I love information. Sometimes I am just trying to connect the dots and see where God is working in everything. Strategic is supposedly another strength although I have a hard time embracing this. Most of the time I feel like I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off. The one thing I read about this that's true is that I need alone time. I can tell in my attitude when I just need to block off an extended period of time with Jesus and just rest in Him. I take the time to read, journal, pray, whatever. The last one is Communication. I guess based on this lengthy post no one should be suprised. What God is working in me right now is what I share about my personal life. I am, in some ways, an open book but there are somethings I keep very close. Where I am right now is thinking about my story and how to share that so that God and only God gets the glory for bringing me to where I am.
Well, I think that's enough for today. Ok ladies. Your turn. Start with what's your favorite movie? Then if there's anything else to share, feel free.
Blessings to you,
joy
Monday, February 23, 2009
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