Learning and Leaning

Thursday: "3 Gifts in His Word"

1. Been reading Genesis, thankful for His creation and power!
2. "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses..." so thankful for this!
2. Promises, promises, promises!!

Friday: "a gift at 11am, 2pm and 6pm"

11am: The sun was shining and it was already 50 degrees!!

2pm: At exactly 2pm I was making my boss's king size bed, a task I do every Friday and one I usually grumble about. But yesterday something was different, remember that song from Sunday school? "I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart today!" Well, I can't explain it, but yesterday He filled me with His joy, I was even having fun making the bed, only by His grace! :)

6pm: I was driving home from work, with the windows down, singing along to one of my new favorites on the radio! What a fun end to the week! :)

Today: just some random blessings from today-

French press coffee
Lots of time to conquer my to do list
Laughs with a friend

Sometimes in the midst of a joyful day or week, loneliness bites, I've decided "bites" is the most accurate action word for it. That's what it feels like, it comes out of nowhere and the pain is particularly awful in the beginning. Lately my prayer has been, "God teach me how to go to you for ALL of my needs, teach me how to full the void of loneliness with Your love alone!" I don't want to be lonely, but more importantly, I don't want to hurt my Savior by choosing to focus on loneliness when He is offering me eternal comfort! He wont let me hurt alone.
Learning, learning, learning, and while I'm learning, I get to lean on His everlasting arms! So thankful for a patient Teacher!