I have been thinking a lot lately. I regularly ponder the future, but awkwardly enough, lately, I have been pondering the present mixed in with the past. The glory of the dream for the future hasn't vanished, but I've realized, that I can hardly deal with the present sometimes as I am so consumed in the future. When I say present, I mean the immediate future, come this summer, instead of the normal 2-10 years future. My application for my mission trip to Germany was accepted, and the lovely fundraising continues as God proves himself once again.

My mum noted through everything lately, that God was trying to show me that no matter how much I plan, I need to learn how to cope with my plans going to shambles. I have realized this in the smallest instances. In baking cookies I burned one batch. While I still had 8 dozen good, I became caught off guard and wanted to quit because of 6 or 7 ruined cookies. My mum mentioned this, because for my trip she said things aren't going to go exactly the way I will expect them. EXPECTATIONS get the best of me. My sister mentioned the same thing as my mum on a different occasion. I suppose God really is trying to teach me all of this! One step at a time. :)

A quote I found the other day read: time is the vest teacher, except that it kills all of its students.

-Miss ORganic Lady.