JUMBLED THOUGHTS

While rooting around in my closet the other day I caught sight of my "colder weather clothes" and I couldn't help but lose a few seconds of my day staring wistfully at them and imagining myself all bundled up in their cozy glory . . . and then I snapped back to reality as a drop of sweat rolled down my back due to the 90+ degree heat. Ah, Colorado summer. Perhaps a little too hot for my liking.

Speaking of summer, it seems as though I unintentionally took a summer vacation of sorts from putting my thoughts and words here. I can assure you that I was thinking and speaking (for the most part) outside of this medium but I just needed some time to 'be' in the midst of life's current adventure.

I find it ironic that last year I reflected on Augusts of years' past , and questioned what August of this year might hold. Did I foresee that I would, yet again, be looking for work? And/or be considering venturing into uncharted territories? Most certainly not. Is that where I do find myself currently? Most certainly.

"Well I keep on coming to this place
That I don't know quite how to face
So I lay down my life in hopes to die
That somehow I might rise

Yes I will rise
Out of these ashes rise
From this trouble I have found
And this rubble on the ground
I will rise
Cause He who is in me
Is greater than I will ever be
And I will rise."

~ Rise, by Shawn McDonald

I will rise. I may be back in a place that I've experienced a few times before, but I've changed. Who I am, how I see things, what I perceive my "path" to be, how I trust He who is in me, they've all changed. And I will rise because of them.

August 2012, I'll be ready for whatever tricks you might have up your sleeve . . .