A Little Note

Hello dear friends,

It has been a few days (a week or so) since I have popped in. I am sorry to admit I haven't visited many of you dear friends either. I do pray that I can soon. I am in a strange place in my life at the moment and I am trying to learn, grow, and gently accept once again a SHIFT in my SEASON of LIFE. 

I often feel that my seasons change as soon as I get used to one. I often fall back to the title of my blog. One Season to the Next! I know there is a reason the Lord put that on my heart to name my blog years ago as I seem to always flow from one "season" to the next often. :) 

Seasons of life are really fickle, aren't they?  I mean as soon as you feel you have it all together the rug is pulled and we are heading a different direction. This is life, I suppose. I know one thing it keeps it interesting. That is how I am choosing to look at it. :)

To fill you in, as mentioned a few posts back I needed a little "breakaroo" from blogging. I had faithfully written a post daily almost all of May, June, and July. I love blogging. I love visiting you all and I love posting, writing, and sharing my life. It is like writing a letter to good friends and hoping everyone reads the letter. :) I love visiting you all too. I feel like it is reading a letter you are writing to me. Your recipes, reading about your days, seeing your pictures and family moments are so special. I love the blogging community. I am glad to just be posting as I feel led to at this time.

I am so blessed by you all. Thank you all for your sweet congratulations for our daughter's engagement. It was wonderful. The pictures I am sharing are from our quick weekend trip to the beach for her SURPRISE PURPOSAL. It was HOT! VERY! We did have a nice time. I will be honest I am still dealing with pretty strong fatigue. I am entering week 9 of recovery after my hysterectomy and I am surprised at the fatigue and discomfort I do have occasionally still. 

I kind of pushed myself (which I know you all encouraged me not to) and it set me back a little bit. I really tried to pace myself, but even with light exercise and trying to do basic normal things my body just was not handling as I thought and truly is still not ready for "normal" life. 

In other news, there has been a lot of resting, catching up with some friends, reading, doing the basic homemaking duties and church. I am still not serving in full capacity at church yet. If you do not know I am a pastor's wife to a growing church plant. This season has been good for me to step back and with a bird's eye view and prayer evaluate my return of taking on ministry obligations. As a church planter you often have to serve in MANY "roles." It can become challenging as you are building and launching church growth.

In agreement with my husband and through prayer we have decided that I will not return to serving in some of the MANY areas that I was serving in. All of it had really begun to be too much and was not serving our home, family or even my health well. 

I am thankful but also it feels very strange and is very hard for me to let go of certain areas. I also know it is what must be done. I am learning to trust more in the Lord and remember He is in control. He can take care of these areas, and He will fill these roles. 

Moving on from that topic..... I am looking forward to the Fall. The heat has been brutal here. The last few days have been 105-108. It is so hot. My plants are all super crunchy no matter the watering. I am ready to take cooler walks, maybe a short simple hike (maybe) and I am ready to bake some yummy fall treats. 

Until then, I must embrace the heat and make the most of these "dog days" that are left. Seasons come and go. I will try to be content in this one. :)

Love you all, 

Chrissy T