Learning to Sing
I realize I haven't posted in a couple weeks and I've been racking my brain for something to write about, but the truth is I've been doing well just to make it from one day to the next recently. So I guess I'll write about it.
The past several weeks have been kind of difficult for me. For the first time in my life I missed Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day, my brother's birthday, and cousin's birthday, all consecutively. Summers are always filled with a lot of family time for us and this summer, being married and living in Atlanta, it's nearly impossible to make it back to Charleston for just a weekend and no one can take as much time off as I feel I need. I get to see pictures of everyone else gathering and loving on one another, but only pictures. It's made me very homesick and after a really good visit to South Carolina one weekend it's become obvious that that is most definitely home for Michael and I. Just crossing the state line allowed us to breathe a bit easier.
Georgia is great, we've made some great friends and met even more wonderful and loving people who have made us feel more than welcome here. I just get very overwhelmed and bogged down by the pace of life, the busyness and monotony of it all. There's no room for spontaneity simply because of traffic and location. It's so much harder to get together here, or to find time to get away. Of course, moving home would not be a solution to this problem, it comes with its own obstacles and issues.
So, in attempts to counteract this gloominess that took root, I began praying, a lot, for peace and patience. Michael asked the staff at church to be praying for us, too, and their responses were, again, nothing short of overwhelming. They have all been so loving and generously providing encouraging words and ideas. Someone even gave us a new devotional we've been working through together. Needless to say, Michael was feeling the love at work, but I was really struggling. Then last week I received some very unexpected praise from both my boss and the CEO. I was reminded that I'm doing important work here, no matter what it is, and I need to be here to do it for now. Oswald Chambers advises "learning to sing in the ordinary days and ways," so that is what I've decided to do. I am choosing to be joyful and focus on the things that I like most about being here while I have the opportunity to enjoy them. It's not always easy, obviously, but the most worthwhile things never are.
The past several weeks have been kind of difficult for me. For the first time in my life I missed Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day, my brother's birthday, and cousin's birthday, all consecutively. Summers are always filled with a lot of family time for us and this summer, being married and living in Atlanta, it's nearly impossible to make it back to Charleston for just a weekend and no one can take as much time off as I feel I need. I get to see pictures of everyone else gathering and loving on one another, but only pictures. It's made me very homesick and after a really good visit to South Carolina one weekend it's become obvious that that is most definitely home for Michael and I. Just crossing the state line allowed us to breathe a bit easier.
Georgia is great, we've made some great friends and met even more wonderful and loving people who have made us feel more than welcome here. I just get very overwhelmed and bogged down by the pace of life, the busyness and monotony of it all. There's no room for spontaneity simply because of traffic and location. It's so much harder to get together here, or to find time to get away. Of course, moving home would not be a solution to this problem, it comes with its own obstacles and issues.
So, in attempts to counteract this gloominess that took root, I began praying, a lot, for peace and patience. Michael asked the staff at church to be praying for us, too, and their responses were, again, nothing short of overwhelming. They have all been so loving and generously providing encouraging words and ideas. Someone even gave us a new devotional we've been working through together. Needless to say, Michael was feeling the love at work, but I was really struggling. Then last week I received some very unexpected praise from both my boss and the CEO. I was reminded that I'm doing important work here, no matter what it is, and I need to be here to do it for now. Oswald Chambers advises "learning to sing in the ordinary days and ways," so that is what I've decided to do. I am choosing to be joyful and focus on the things that I like most about being here while I have the opportunity to enjoy them. It's not always easy, obviously, but the most worthwhile things never are.
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