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Mar 26

How House Hunting is Like Dating...I hope.

Last week I went to Tennessee to find a house. I had heard it’s good to make a list of things you are looking for, so you don’t get suckered into moving into a home you don’t like and have to go through the pain of moving again. I really hate moving, so I made a list.

I didn’t think these were unreasonable requirements. I just wanted a clean place that I could be healthy and happy in.

I was kind of excited about house hunting at first. I thought it would be fun to choose where to live. But then I started, and realized that most of the options out there were nothing like what I was looking for.

After House #15, I was getting really stressed. I started re-evaluating my priorities. I would definitely have to give up the cat, and also probably the woods, the porch, and the fireplace. I did find one house I could imagine myself living in, but the location was no good – 20 minutes away. If I wanted to be closer, I’d have to give up some of my other Must Haves. As the end of my trip approached, compromise appeared inevitable.

But then, the night before the last day of house hunting, we found it: The Ski Chalet.

Four bedrooms.

Walking distance from Southern.

Tons of kitchen counter space.

The cheapest rent I found.

And a fireplace, a huge porch, in the middle of the woods.

There were even cool things I didn’t know I wanted, like a spiral staircase.

And I can have a CAT!

Why was I so worried about finding the right house? I should have known God already had it picked out for me.

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Mar 10

Between the Lion and the Lamb


Why can’t writing research papers be as enjoyable as writing blogs?

I’ve been literally writing the paper I should be working on right now for months. I hate it. I’ll do anything to avoid it. I was just now trying to avoid it by packing for my Spring Break trip to Southern. Usually packing for Tennessee is fun, but as my “study bag” started to get fuller than my “clothes bag," my heart started to get heavier.

As I was pulling books off my shelf to pack, an old To Do list fluttered to the floor. I’m a big list maker, because I love crossing things off. Sometimes I even add things I've already done to my lists just so I have more things to cross off.

You may be able to see that only one thing was crossed off this list. But I’m sure it all got done.

I have a file saved on my desktop right now entitled “March Madness.” It outlines what I need to accomplish every day in the month of March. I thought breaking the big tasks up into daily bite-sized chunks would make me feel better, but no luck. Every time I look at it, I feel nothing but despair.

This old list reminded me of my last semester of undergrad. That semester I was trying to finish writing papers for my correspondence classes by an early April deadline. Writing them was sooo painful. And I felt guilty about being so undisciplined, about how I cannot make myself choose homework over sleep, even when I have to. And I felt stressed about getting everything done, but then I felt worried because I really should have been feeling even more stressed than I was, because I was on the verge of not graduating, for crying out loud.

Did someone push the repeat button on my life? If I want to graduate again, I have lions to slay before March goes out like a lamb. If I don’t finish these papers, if I don’t study hard for Comps, if I don’t do my regular homework, if I don’t send in all the Student Missionaries' paperwork, if I don’t find a place to live…

"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."

- Matthew 11:28-30
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