Every Day

Went to visit CCYork this weekend, and we sang a new song (new to me anyway!) and I was really struck by the lyrics and I can only hope that I'll be changed, even as I look upon Your face.  A new favorite worship song.

Every Day
Every day, I see more of Your beauty
Every day, I know more of my frailty, Lord
And I can only hope that I'll be changed,
Even as I look upon Your face

For the eyes of my heart,
They are on You forever, they are on You forever
Yes, the eyes of my heart,
They are on You forever, they are on You forever

Every day, I see more of Your greatness
Every day, I know more of my weakness, Lord
And I can only hope that I'll be changed
Even as I look upon Your face

morning.

Those of you who know me well know that I am SO NOT a morning person.  I love my sleep, and I will sleep forever without some engagement to get me out of bed in the morning.  The one thing that makes me sad about not being a morning person is that I miss the quietness and beauty of the sun rising.  Now, here in the north of England, the sun comes out later during the winter...but its so cloudy you're lucky if you can see it at all.  The dark gray of night just changes to light gray during the day. 

Yesterday morning, however, I was blessed by what I saw on the way to catch my moring bus.  The sky was clear(ish), and through the quietly swirling mist and fog I could see the colors of the sun rising to start the day.  His mercies are indeed new, every morning.

time for an update

I think its just about time to update this thing, don't you?  I've been meaning to for a while now, just have never gotten around to it.

I've been back in England for two weeks now, I can't believe its been that long since I was home!  I had a great visit, it was so nice spending time with my family--seeing people I've missed and eating food I've missed!

This is Mr Lego, pretending he doesn't care that I'm leaving.  When he saw my suitcase come out, he refused to look at me or sit next to me.  Silly doggie.

I arrived back on the 30th of January, and immediately set off messing up my sleep cycle completely.  The whole first week back I don't think I managed to fall asleep before 2am, due partly to jet-lag, but also just not being able to turn my brain off, relax, and get comfortable!  Around the same time I was blessed with a cold that still has me coughing and my throat still a bit sore.  Every morning for the past few day's I've woken up feeling a little better than the day before, so I hope and pray that it is on the way out.  It has just decided to take its sweet time about it.

I will be "moving house" (as they say here in the UK) in a few weeks.  While moving is never fun, I am excited about it, as my new abode is only a few minutes walk from church, and is much closer to town and other people I know.  I will, however, be losing my roommate.  This is not so good.  Just pray that I find a hobby or something that helps me get out of the house. I've been quite the hermit lately.

In  news on the OM front, Christmas and thank-you e-cards at om.org have done really well, and I am quite pleased.  It is such a unique tool to get people involved in missions--whether calling them to go, or just bringing them to the site to read the stories and pray for our workers.

That's all for now folks, until next time!