Lessons from fog...

It is foggy outside... it seems as though we are living in a cloud, where it seems that we have an island amidst white nothingness. Alone amongst the trees and fog, it seems so calm and peaceful.. but what can it teach us?
Sadly, the concept of fog seems to carry over to how many of us live our lives each day- in a fog, oblivious to those around us, their needs and hurts, and what we could do to make the light of Christ a little brighter for them.
We tend to see only the immediate, with those things a little farther into the future a little foggy in our view. What? Think about what's going on in our lives that will affect the future? Why? Now is what's going on, we tell ourselves, ignoring the glaring truth that what we do today will affect what happens tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that....
The illusion that we are islands by ourselves and independent of anyone else, can lead us to do foolish things, and ignore the consequences it may have on someone else. Not asking for help when we really need it, for instance. Letting ourselves become convinced that we are the only person in the entire world that has ever dealt with "this"...
Not seeing the people living around us can cause us to completely miss the ministry opportunity we could have to show Christ to those who need him, and show his Love to those who are hurting. It can cause us to fail to see the blessings God is holding out for us, if only we would take them.

More lessons to follow... :-)
hmm.. what next... Lessons from sunshine?

boo...

It's RAINING! Foggy and wet, and RAINING, in Crestline CA. Weird. Strange. But True.

Changes...

And now for a bit of news pertaining to school...

I'm leaving UWEC. I will really miss all of my friends here, but I feel like it's not God's will for me to stay. There is no program there for me, and there is a massage therapy program at the WITC in Rice Lake, that I am intending to take... and also perhaps get my associate's degree in nursing.
I will really have to make sure that I come and visit you lovely people at UWEC sometimes.. and I still will be praying for you all.
Your sister in Christ,
Danette

hi...

Pray for me this week... I've had several issues come up in my life that I've had to deal with- one of the biggest of which, being that I need to learn to show more grace to others- I've been working really hard, and expecting everyone else to do everything I do, and expecting them to always measure up to my expectations... and it's been wrong.. all it's done is cause strife... so please pray that I will remember to show outwardly to others all of the grace and compassion that Christ gave to me to give them.

And thank God that he gave me Eric today- because he was a real blessing today, to have around amidst the conflict.

Still growing and changing...
Danette

yay...

I've been at camp for a little over half the summer... and I love it. I wish I never had to leave. It's gloriously fun....
not to mention I have a pursuer here, who does spontaneous and very nice things... he just sent me an email with four words in it... "I love you. Eric." and a second ago he walked in where I have been cleaning in the coffee shop, and handed me a small bright pink flower. :-)
and he will randomly lean over and whisper to me, "You're beautiful." It means a LOT to me to be told I am beautiful by someone other than my family...


Well- that's all I can write for today.

~Danette

isolated...

The internet was/is down for the past few days, and since my phone cards have died, it left me kind of isolated from my email and my blog... but oh well.. Here I am again.
It is beautiful here. I will have to get a picture of what center camp looks like at night. But for now, here are some pictures of people... see if you can figure out who....

the choices are:
Carrie Jo; Eric; Me; Lucretia.






(hint... Carrie Jo is trying to hide her face. Eric snapped the picture at the perfect moment to still get to see her pretty smiling face.)

Well.. That's enough new information for you, for now, anyway...


~Danette