Hmm how relevant!

Oh yeah and suddenly my blog title seems so much more applicable to me! x

I'm a mis-foot!

Hey

I had a bit of a comedy moment on saturday that I neglected to share in my all too sentimental blog earlier.

I was at work (Starbucks - *ahem*) and was asked to get a coffee container/giant flask out of our electrical cupboard. It was mayhem in there to say the least but I managed it in the end! However in said process I got my foot stuck - quite a lot and in the bid to give it freedom ... a box of books for our community collection thingy fell on my foot. It now hurts - a lot! No swelling, no bruising but a distinct amount of pain and being me, I can't face the prospect of a) slowing down enough for it to mend and b) going to doctor to get told 'it's just a sprain' and be looked at in a begrudging fashion. I'm gunning for the humorous idea that a wee small bone may be a bit sad to at least make it all worth the while.

Needless to say, I am currently attempting to not look an idiot as I invent a new form of shuffle to combat the pain ... yeah!

Goodnight all,

Lizi x

5 days Katie 5 days

It's 5 days until my gorgeous housemate Katie's big day over in Texas. I can't believe it to be honest. That she will be married so soon but also that I'm not able to be there due to the boredom of financial restrictions etc. I hate money! So what do I desire for my lovely housie of old?

I saw the photos of her in her wedding shoot and man - beauty is beyond the description of her appearance. I am so proud of her - to be taking this awesome step of faith in the knowledge that they are combining their lives in front of their Lord and family and friends. It is massively exciting and I am so pleased for her but it's so strange to think that she's not here anymore. Jeremiah is one very very lucky man!!

In a bid to sound too corny I want to let her know what memories I have of those months in Oxford we had together:

Sitting on my bed chatting until 2am (regularly)

Spending time worshipping at St. Aldates together

Celebrating my birthday at the Aldates ball and my party

Enjoying many meals together on the sofas, on my bed and the freakish realisation that my cooking skills are all too similar to my mother's!

Winding Jeremiah up on skype

Having thanksgiving with the ACU kids

Having the fall semester kids over to ours for a party

Going to the cinema, singing in the car park, eating Ben and Jerrys and the rest that night

Celebrating the achievement of getting essays in on time

Taking care of me whilst the world was spinning and my stomach tried to die

Going to Suffolk and just goofing and chilling

Oh I can't remember them all ...

So on the morning of your wedding when you know in your heart of hearts it's what you're meant to be doing but you have those excitable nerves within you think of me - being harsh in love and 'blunt beyond necessity' and then you'll remember all the things you are truly aware of in your heart.

So as you approach the biggest day of your life Katie, I'm sorry I'm not there - come get married again over here for me! As I fall asleep on saturday I'll be wishing there was a webcam staring right at you and Jeremiah so we over here could be a part of it. It's going to be amazing - I expect to see thousands of photos.

Love lots,

Lizi x

Blogging is back

Hey

I'm back on the blogging highway again having started numerous of these and never quite got anywhere after a couple of posts. I'm aiming this time to substitute my ever failing journal for the blog that is in front of me and so easily accessible through my beautiful imac.

I've spent the last few days in a state of anger - a few things have gone wrong. A number of friends have been hurt and a few people have been 'difficult' and I have got to this point where I feel I need to find that inner peace. It's not easy when you realise how much you are desperately trying to run away from the one who knows you best and forge your own path 'for safety's sake'. I trust that God is in control of everything but sometimes I wonder why he lets stuff happen and I get pretty mad. That's when I try and run. My friend and I use a scale of stress 1-10 simple and effective. When things start to hit a 7 that's when I try to leg it.

Lately however I've been inspired by another woman who loves God, Angie. I have been reading her blog find myself praying for her situation in abundance and it's given me the desire to stop passing things off to one side. I feel challenged to get the perspective God wants to show me for my life and how to turn to Him in all of these situations that arise - not to run screaming but to learn to walk with Him, holding his hand, side by side - and if I can let you in on a secret - it's glorious. Some days impossible but yet still glorious!

I followed a wise woman's suggestion of not letting go of this hand, to embrace and let myself be guided and to never EVER let go. God guides us through pain and anguish but also through the most joyful things in creation. It's a difficult day when you realise that there are so many imperfections in your life, but the day you realise who took them all away so they count for nothing is phenomenal. A day almost 3 years ago now shall never be forgot - it's the day I came to see the true life I belong to.

I'll tell you more another day. For now I'm here...

Lizi x