lift up your hands, all ye peoples

and praise the Lord for googleChat! it's almost space-agey to be able to talk with tim instantaneously from the other side of the world in africa! i will never cease to be amazed at the technological developments of this day & age. kudos to you, apple and google, you champions of the world.

in other recent developments, just yesterday i had a phone interview with a non-profit that i am really hoping to get on with. now i'm waiting to see if the director wants to meet with me. please, please, please.

i am ready to do some exploring. i want to find cool new hangouts, restaurants, cafes, and places i haven't been before. the good thing is, there's lots of that over here. look out, seattle, the feves are in town.

it takes a lot of effort for me to adjust to change. but this is comforting me, something i read this morning from 'jesus calling': that HE made each of us in a unique way, with unique dispositions and natures. we have each earned different life experiences and have individual, special giftings. things that are really hard for some people are simple to others of us, or things that are simple for others are really hard for others of us. things HE asks of us are like baby steps to some and like giant steps to others. HE knows our experiences and our nature and we don't need to act like our giant leaps of faith are really small baby steps, and we need to be careful not to judge others' difficult hesitations as things that would be easy for us. i can be satisfied to trust the One who knows my nature, knows what is easy and hard for me, and who understands the walk i've been on with HIM. i am not less than another because i am in a different place. it's just that- a different place.