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| There wasn't much of a sermon this weekend at church as it was baptism and communion weekend. But God kind of spoke to me about hope, and He used the hymn "In Christ Alone", particularly the verses I have below...
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
‘Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand
I was reminded that He alone is my source of hope; not my beloved, not TVC, not DFW, not family, not friends. None of these things are worth holding onto so tightly. Only Christ alone can satisfy, can comfort, can save me from myself. God is not limited to my immediate circumstances or surrounding. He was, He is, He will be. He has complete control over the entire universe. This includes my own uncertain future. He will not abandon me. He will be with me, and it will be for His glory, and for my good. Nothing I can do will change His love for me, or His plan for my life.
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| If I were into the whole xanga title thing, I'd call this one "Adventures in the Airport."
I went to see D this past weekend, but what an adventure! I'll back up to last week. I had a project deadline... my boss has officially left for military duty, and he is the only one who could sign off on this project. So I did some serious crunch time and got the project (mostly) done by the time he left Thursday, and in the process managed to put in 40 hours by Thursday afternoon.
Since I was already planning on leaving early Friday to go see my honey, I decided that since I'd have 40+ hours by Friday at lunch that I would go ahead and try to get standby on an earlier flight. Little did I know what a silly idea that was! I had no way of knowing, but there had been a canceled flight earlier that day, so the airline was doing its best to roll those passengers on standby for other flights out, including the flight I had intended to catch. To complicate that, things were still snowballing from the previous day's hideous storms. Needless to say, trying to get on an earlier flight was definitely a bad idea that day. I ended up spending the whole afternoon in the airport. Good thing I brought a book! In case you were worried, I did still have a seat on my original flight later in the afternoon, which of course was also delayed and changed gates several times.
Sunday was also an adventure. My flight was delayed by an hour and a half, but neither D nor myself thought to check before we headed to the airport. Due to an unfortunate mis-communication, he was not able to sit with me for an extra hour. Turns out that flight had a mechanical problem at it's origin, and then weather problems at its destination before it arrived at my location. This put me in at midnight and since I parked my car rather than arranging for a ride, I didn't get home till about 1am. I actually did have to get someone to come take me from the terminal to the parking lot as the tram ceases regular scheduling at midnight. ::sigh:: It is rather unfortunate being at the mercy of a despised airline.
Travel woes aside, I had a marvelous time with D this weekend. The weather was cool and refreshing, a nice change from the ridiculous heat and humidity we have been experiencing here. We got some wedding things done, and had time to just relax. We ran out of time to fly his kite, but there will be plenty of opportunity later on. I miss him terribly, and saying goodbye is just no fun at all. We're still praying through some tough decisions, which makes it that much harder. | | |
| Icanhazquilt! D's stepmom, grandma, and aunt are all quilters, and things like graduations and marriages get a quilt.  I'm super excited!
This is the general color scheme I think we're going with, if not these fabrics in particular.
I think the black will off-set the brightness of the blues quite nicely, and the white will be a good neutral.
Woo!
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| I went to the dentist yesterday, and for the first time in years, I had NO cavities! PTL! (hee hee yes, I just said that.  ) It was still not an amazing experience though. Despite his quick cleaning, he pretty much tore up my gums. I didn't brush my teeth last night because it hurt too much. (It was ok... I only ate a smoothie for dinner and it mostly bypassed my teeth, hehe). My jaw and gums still hurt today, which made me go very slowly brushing this morning. Methinks I'll be eating something mushy for lunch.
This week's wedding to-do:
- call cake lady (who hasn't called me back)
- call florist - Caser, remember the place we got Bethany's flowers from? She has a store in Lewisville!
- decide on ceremony start time, set program
- find someone who can do my hair early enough on a Sunday for an afternoon wedding | | |
| Reason #287 to get married: someone to check the closets for intruders.
I came home yesterday to find my apartment was a few degrees warmer than I had left it. I'm about 99% sure that I didn't touch the thermostat at all yesterday... I haven't touched it in weeks. So that left me with the conclusion that someone had been in my apartment and messed with my thermostat. The door was locked when I got home, leading me to believe someone came and left. I'm hoping to goodness that it was apartment management and not a thief or rapist. I checked all my closets and anywhere else someone could have hidden and everything looked ok. (I was on the phone with mom so she could have called 911 for me if there was a problem.) Nothing else seemed out of place... all my electronics were still there, although who'd want to steal a Mac, right?  And really, why adjust the thermostat, of all things to touch. Maybe they replaced the air filter and needed the AC to not run for a few minutes?
It would have been nice to have D there, if for no other reason than to have a physical body next to me reassuring me that it's probably ok. Here's hoping everything is fine when I head to lunch shortly...
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