faith

Currently

I haven’t done a “currently” post since January. I love looking back on these posts. So, here’s what’s currently going on in my life!

Current books The book of Romans and The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (Much to Jimmy’s dismay, haha). I have donated so many things I don’t use or wear and it’s literally so hard not to dig into Jimmy’s belongings. Yikes.

Current music Trust in You by Lauren Daigle.

Current guilty pleasure Painting. Canvas, walls, anything! I just tried my hand at watercolor on Tuesday. I became interested in it when my sister and I watercolored a Bible story with preschoolers at our church.

Watercolor

Current nail color Nothing right now, but I just removed very chipped teal the other day.

Current drink Starbucks Ethopia blend. It’s so smooth! Still going strong on my birthday and anniversary coffee.

Coffee Mug

Current food I’m loving eggs on top of potatoes. It’s weird, but surprisingly tasty. I guess I get pretty creative when I need to go to the store.

Current television show Anything that has to do with the Olympics.

Current wish list More time with my sweet husband. He’s super into the new Pokemon Go app, so he’s been taking walks with me and Lola so he can catch Pokemon. I’ll take whatever husband time I can get 😉

Walks with Jimmy

Current needs Nada!

Current indulgence Taking time to decorate our house. I received gift cards for TJ Maxx and Kirkland’s for my birthday, so I’ve been able to buy a few vases and art pieces.

Current blessing I’m feeling super blessed by God to have such a loving and supportive church family and immediate family. My mom and dad treated me to lunch on Tuesday because they were both on “my side” of Pittsburgh. It was lovely.

Family

Current excitement Helping plan Hannah’s birthday and graduation party in August. I’m so excited to celebrate my sister! I haven’t mentioned it yet, but she’s leaning towards studying nursing at Penn State. I think she will make an amazing nurse because she’s so caring and hard working.

What’s your current blessing, book, and indulgence?

Untangling the mess

I spent some time going through my clothes and jewelry last week to see what I really needed and wore, and what I could donate. I came across a necklace that was tangled and it made me think of my dad.

Whenever my mom, sister, or I would get jewelry tangled up, we would set it on my dad’s dresser and within a day or two it would be laying on the kitchen counter, magically be untangled. My dad is basically a necklace untangling pro.

Necklaces

I must have been feeling pretty introspective while going through my belongings because thinking about my dad untangling necklaces made me think about how God untangles messes in our lives.

I feel like constantly mess up things in my life. I make mistakes, big and small. I fail. I ruin opportunities and chances. I feel cowardly and lazy. Basically, I fall short of the mark on a daily basis.

And yet all of my mistakes, struggles, and failures have worked out for good in some way or another. So many of my struggles have connected me to others in deep, deep ways. Our messy, tangled up lives can be so beautiful when we look at them way God does. He sees me make mistake after mistake and continues to love me.

When I sit in the middle of a hurricane of fear, doubt, and inadequacy, God is right there with me. He assures me that everything I go through makes sense to Him, and that he’s going to untangle it.