Do you ever feel like you are climbing mountain that you have yet to summit?
I do.
Have you ever hiked up a mountain?
I have.
Mountains are challenges. No doubt about it. But the reward that you receive at the top usually involves overlooking some majestic valley! In a word it's breathtaking!
Sometimes mountains are self-inflicted, like debt. Sometimes the Lord puts them in front of us so that we can learn and grow as we climb up closer to Him, on the mountaintop. No matter what the cause for the mountain the effort that it takes to move upward forces our eyes in that direction; Psalm 121:1,2 ~ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
That's definitely what I've been having to do as I've been coming through the month of March. February is a great month to get paid in! Before I continue let me explain that I only get paid once a month. That's just the way that my employer has it set up, which is nice because I always know exactly what I have to spend and makes for easy budgeting, but not nice in the way that I know that's all I get, but I digress. Basically it's a nice month to get paid in because it's a short month, which psychologically has the capability to make me feel like they have a little more money at the end of the month and that payday is right around the corner. But then comes March, which is 31 days long:( , which makes it feel like FOREVER until the next payday.
Today was payday, and so I made my first of many BIG payments on my CC. It's not a huge dent, but it's a dent none the less. The first of many dents I also might add.
In the spirit of encouragement, for those of you out there facing your own mountains, here is a lovely video put together by Abigail Miller's husband. It's from her song called "The Mountaintop". If you're intersted in owning her music for yourself check out this link, Abigail Miller music. I own 2 of her CD's and it's great music to meditate on! I hope you enjoy the video as well.
P.S. In the interest of full disclosure I actually didn't watch the video until I posted it to my blog, so I had no idea that they used Psalm 121 at the end of the video as well :) I love the way God works.
There's a new website added to my sidebar lists, GoodBite.com
I found out about it reading Gluten Free Girls blog. It already looks yummy. Basically it is a round table setup, of foodies and food bloggers, that share recipes, how to make them, and the like. Already GFG has posted a chickpea spinache salad recipe, and there is a sausage lentil soup receipe as well, they both look amazing. It's not strictly GF, but the fact that a GF blogger was asked to be a part of the website is encouraging.
I hope you all get a chance to take a look. I know I'll be going there frequently.
Every flower must grow through dirt. ~ Anonymous ~ I have some friends who embarking on a new endeavor in the world of gardening, and so I'm posting a little something in the hopes that people will want to catch on to what they are doing. My friend Alyssa (A of AK Creations) some time back became inspired to start garden, vertical style, after reading about it in a book. Fortunately enough she happens to work for another set of friends of mine that have the ability to support this decision. The happenings at A Knot in Thyme are never short on fun and ispiration and the Rawls family that runs the Holly & Lavender Farm have a great spirit that sets the place apart from others. It's a team effort there and they really enjoy what they do. Anyway, I can't really tell Alyssa's story for her because it's her vision and she tells it better than I do. However, I do know that she was inspried to start the blog to show others how to do it, as she learns herself, since when she did look online for information there was none to be found. So my fellow readers I would like to invite you to follow Alyssa along on her adventure at The Vertical Garden. Like Albert Eistein said: Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom. Continue to labour freely Alyssa:)
I was sent this website by a coworker the other day.
These two guys, local to Whidbey Island, are going on a journey of epic proportions. Over the next two years they are are going to ride their bikes around the world in order to raise money, and awareness, for an orphanage in India (the Servi Domini Orphanage). I'll be looking forward to seeing how their journey, and fund raising, progress.
Since this blog post will be good and buried in a short enough time I'm posting their website to my sidebar as well so that people can read it as they want.
I myself have only ridden a bike for recreation, but I definitely give them props for following their passion (the same for anyone else out their who has found their passion and is embracing it).
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