Vitamin C and Laughter

...is what I need right now. And actually I would just love to go play outside because it is absolutely GORGEOUS! However, apparently I am an adult now and working full time at a Title Company doesn't allow for much playtime. I guess I'll be content with looking out the window at what I could be enjoying :)

While I have thoroughly enjoyed a quieter College Station with less traffic, I am very ready for school to start again (without the school part for me *tear*) so that everyone will be back (aka the Wolfpack). I do not have a clue what I would do without those girls - we can't even spend a few days apart. I swear we cannot spend more than 5 minutes in a room (or on the phone, or via text, or chat) before we are rolling in laughter. And it always seems that at my most selfish moments they know exactly what to say...sometimes accompanied by some form of physical abuse, haha...just to say "Jess, stop taking life so seriously. We are happier in our lives!" I would definitely say we have learned to love and value every minute of our time together and appreciate the simple, chaotically blissful lives we have been so abundantly blessed with!!!

God works in mysterious ways...wow is that an understatement. It seems as if I am constantly being reminded of some tough dates coming in the near future. Then, at just the right moment I get a little wake up call...like completely losing my voice for the first time in my life. It's like for a whole day God just said "Jess, be QUIET. Listen to what I have to say to you and what I am saying to you through those around you." And then I was in bed for the better part of the next day because I just didn't feel good. So once again, "Jess, just be still." And through all of that, I learned a lot about grace and patience. How selfish of me to think I deserve anything in my timing! Especially when God has continually showed me how much greater His plan is than mine...

I am seriously considering going overseas to teach for about a year. I would be working for the Department of Defense teaching on an American military base, which is an adventure I really THINK I want. But how about we leave this one up to God. The last time He definitively told me to wait, I decided to try it on my own. Needless to say that did not work out so well. I think I will listen this time :) So lift up a prayer for me if you think about it!

"Jess, you think that was good? Watch this...."
-God