But, this is the first of July...

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If you haven't yet heard of Foy Vance, you probably haven't been listening to Husband's Ipod play lists.  He is a singer-song writer, or Troubadour (just a great word...), from Dublin, who I first heard at Greenbelt a few years ago.  He writes beautiful music, but this song really was written for today. 

You can pull up the lyrics or listen really carefully to the video, but it is about starting over on the first of July.

We might not need to start over as dramatically as the song, but it is good reminder that the world is full of new starts; new years, new months, new weeks and new days.  And we can choose to take each new start to do with what we want.  Basically, don't wait to the first of January to feel like the year starts over again, because you can don the same on the first of July.

'Oh, I don't feel particularly good, no
But don't you worry about me I'll get by
That was the last day of June, oh
And this is the first of July.'

Freya May

Our last ever CU meeting...

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

- Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

This was the message that the speaker brought to us last night.  The talk was on prayer, and trust and, especially for those of us who are leaving this year, the future.

This talk really hit me, some of you will know that my future plans are all messy at the moment.  Dave and I are waiting to here where he is being placed, and until then we don't know which town we'll be living in, which makes house and job hunting difficult.  Additionally, I'm confused about the path God is planning for my life and career. 

And I am not the kind of person who is comfortable living in a world with no plans.  Half the time, I don't mind if they work out exactly, but the comfort of having a plan for my life is something I've come to rely on.

So, this talk, it encouraged me, but frightened me.  I know the Lord has plans for me, but I WISH he'd share them soon.  I'm out of my comfort zone.  I don't like it.  But there we go. I have to learn to be patient, wait on God, wait on his plans and trust that it will be reveled to me at the right time.  God, help me, please.

Freya May

What They Taught Me...

Although I haven't actually read Percy Jackson (shocker?), I really like these pics, I think they succinctly state what these important reads of our childhood (or late teenageness for Twilight) were about.

Freya May
xxx