Get Fuzzy

Maybe its just me, but I LOVE Get Fuzzy comics!! This one made my week!

Back to Real Life

I have been back in Canada for over a month already. It was a pretty easy transition, but a little daunting to think of all the things I take part in each week and everything I am committed to. When you are in the middle of it all, you don't feel overwhelmed...but when you have been away from everything its kind of crazy when you realize all the things you fill your time with.

South Africa is almost a dream, another world. A world where you don't work for money, you don't pay bills or worry about making supper. Here in real life I have a permanent part-time job as an EMT, volunteer on the Fire Dept., with the youth group and the youth worship band. I go to 2 bible studies during the week, coffee house on Saturday nights and church on Sundays. I have bills bills and more bills to pay, a car (with a loan), two cats and two plants to look after. I also take piano lessons which requires practice during the week. AND I try to get out of town on my days off....

Why do I commit to so much.

I enjoy being busy.

I found this in my journal from South Africa:

THINGS I USED TO TAKE FOR GRANTED

-sitting down at a table for meals
-phone and internet
-time to myself
-real coffee & Tim Hortons
-sleep
-family and friends
-being able to use the washroom whenever
-my car
-eating food in peace and quiet and not having to rush or feed others while eating
-life in Canada
-my computer
-not having to fight with kids to eat and drink

Most of these things are now a part of my regular day to day life again. Some things, like sitting down at a table to eat, are so easy to take for granted. I need to remember how blessed I am here in Canada, we all do, and we need to keep our eyes wide open for ways to be a blessing to others.

In bible school, one of my classes was on Missions. The prof of that class told us every day that we are BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING. I have never really understood what that means or how to apply that in my life until now. I am Blessed and I want to be a Blessing. That is my prayer.