I wandered around the Irish Fest today. It was nice but sort of lonely. I wasn't there with anyone special and so mostly I was alone. I ran into all kinds of people I knew and spent time with them all, but they where all with other people and I was not apart of their group. I could have been but I really didn't want to. I am funny sometimes. I want company but at the same time I do not want it.
I did some people watching today. I found it interesting to watch the way peoples reaction to the pouring rain and lighting. I helped get the culture pavilion ready for the rain and to hold up some lattice. Some people ran to their cars and left for the day. Most headed for the tents and took cover and enjoyed the fest. Some danced in the rain. The rain did not dampen the spirit of most of the people. As soon as the rain stopped the tents empty and the lines at the food tents grew. Everyone had a great time.
I came home feeling a bit blue and a bit tired. I didn't sleep last night. The fact that it is nearly 11 and I am typing not sleeping makes me think it may not be tonight either.
I was about to log off the computer when one of the teens asked me if he could ask me a question. He wanted me to know if he could give my SN to his friend.I groaned inwardly how can I help someone else when I feel so blue myself. An hour later I was winding down a chat with a sad girl who is grieving the loss of her father. With tomorrow being Father's Day she is feeling that loss even more. That grief is showing it's self in a friend of hers moving to another country.
We talked about what she saw as the cause of her sadness then I led her to face what is really making her sad. Then we talked about how God can use her loss for good and we talked aboutRomans 8:28
Then we talked about life being a puzzle and we are on the table and can only see the pieces near by while God is above us looking at the whole picture. We talked about the boundaries and how we can chose to live out side them but it's best to stay within and that the answer to what those boundaries are being in the bible. We talked about how we build our puzzle piece by piece based on what we can see and that God helps us build our puzzle based on the perfect picture he can see, of the picture that he has designed for us. We talked about how some times God takes a piece and puts it in his pocket to keep it safe while we learn. Then he gives us the piece back and we put it in place closer to where God intends it to be. Some where down the line he will take that piece again and we will learn some more and put it closer still to where it belongs.
She felt better tired but better when we where done talking. Truth be told so do I. When I told my teen yes give her my name I figured God would take care of the chat, and he did. I was a help because I let God use me even though I didn't want to. That is the key to a servants heart, to be willing, God will make you able.
I did some people watching today. I found it interesting to watch the way peoples reaction to the pouring rain and lighting. I helped get the culture pavilion ready for the rain and to hold up some lattice. Some people ran to their cars and left for the day. Most headed for the tents and took cover and enjoyed the fest. Some danced in the rain. The rain did not dampen the spirit of most of the people. As soon as the rain stopped the tents empty and the lines at the food tents grew. Everyone had a great time.
I came home feeling a bit blue and a bit tired. I didn't sleep last night. The fact that it is nearly 11 and I am typing not sleeping makes me think it may not be tonight either.
I was about to log off the computer when one of the teens asked me if he could ask me a question. He wanted me to know if he could give my SN to his friend.I groaned inwardly how can I help someone else when I feel so blue myself. An hour later I was winding down a chat with a sad girl who is grieving the loss of her father. With tomorrow being Father's Day she is feeling that loss even more. That grief is showing it's self in a friend of hers moving to another country.
We talked about what she saw as the cause of her sadness then I led her to face what is really making her sad. Then we talked about how God can use her loss for good and we talked aboutRomans 8:28
Then we talked about life being a puzzle and we are on the table and can only see the pieces near by while God is above us looking at the whole picture. We talked about the boundaries and how we can chose to live out side them but it's best to stay within and that the answer to what those boundaries are being in the bible. We talked about how we build our puzzle piece by piece based on what we can see and that God helps us build our puzzle based on the perfect picture he can see, of the picture that he has designed for us. We talked about how some times God takes a piece and puts it in his pocket to keep it safe while we learn. Then he gives us the piece back and we put it in place closer to where God intends it to be. Some where down the line he will take that piece again and we will learn some more and put it closer still to where it belongs.
She felt better tired but better when we where done talking. Truth be told so do I. When I told my teen yes give her my name I figured God would take care of the chat, and he did. I was a help because I let God use me even though I didn't want to. That is the key to a servants heart, to be willing, God will make you able.
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