I'm reading this sweet book....

It's called "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" by Donald Miller. I guess I've been kind of on a Donald Miller kick lately. I read "Through Painted Deserts" (which totally made me want to go on another road trip), over Thanksgiving and now I'm more than half-way through A Million Miles. In this book Don is looking at his life, his story, and he decides he needs a little bit of a re-write.

Sometimes I feel like Donald Miller is writing directly to me. I know, that sounds kinda cheesy, but really! Sometimes he's describing a scenario or a feeling and all I can think is, "Whoa. How'd he know?". Sometimes I feel like he's right up there in my head.

So naturally, as I've been reading this I've been thinking..what's my story? Am I living a story that I'd want others to read about or watch? Sometimes, ya, sure. Sometimes, not so much.

I guess it all goes back to that wisdom thing. I want my story to be a story that has wisdom. I want a story I can share with others. I don't want to look back years from now and want a rewrite.

The cool thing about being a Christian is that we don't have to write our stories alone. We have a writer, and we can choose whether or not to listen to him. And if we do, it's guaranteed our story will turn out much, much better than if we tried to write it all on our own.

I'm sure lots of you have read it. If not, I'd say pick it up. Even if you don't agree with everything Donald Miller says, I'm sure you'll find a grain or two of truth :) Plus, he does a WAY better job getting his point across about this stuff then I do! Haha.


Peace and Love.

Adventures in Oakville

For the past month and a half I have been living in Oakville. Some might not call that an adventure, but it's been new, it's been different, and it's been full of challenges. So to me, that in itself is part of what makes an adventure just that.

It might sound a little silly, but to me, in some ways moving to Oakville was possibly almost as scary as moving to Korea. When I went away to University I went with a friend. When I moved away to teach English, I went with several friends. When I decided to do the intensive ECE program at Sheridan, well, that was just me. But God has been good. I found a little basement apartment, I got offered a job part-time nannying, and I've even made a friend or two in my program. I think God also knew I needed some friends nearby, so instead of this program being way the heck out in the middle of nowhere it's kind of central to where a lot of my friends live.

I'm not going to say that every moment of the past month and half has been easy. That would be a lie. But I AM thankful for the little blessings God gives me every day. I'm also thankful for his continuing faithfulness in my life. And I'm thankful that he knows what he's doing, even if I don't always understand it.

Recently I've been going to Harvest Bible Chapel when I'm in Oakville. I've got to say that I'm really enjoying it. This week's sermon was on wisdom and was centered on Proverbs 2. I think my favourite point of the sermon was that when we seek after God's wisdom he also reveals his direction. Guess I needed to hear that this morning. We also closed off the service with the song posted below. It's a little long, but it's great. So have a listen if you've got some time. :)




I won't be overwhelmed.
Peace.