Relocation, relocation, relocation… July 22, 2008

Hello there. Apologies once more for the blogging hiatus. I fear it may continue for a little while longer. I am a couple of weeks into my move to Cambridge and have been dashing back home and up and down the country at the weekends for various weddings. All this means that my brain has been far too busy and exhausted to settle to writing anything even as vaguely comprehensive as my usual offerings! I am due to move in a little more properly to my new abode in the coming week or so, and I hope that at that point I shall be able to blog a little more effectively once more.

 

In the meantime there is not a lot to say but that things seem to be going well so far. I have ceased getting lost on my way to work, my colleagues are friendly and the sun is shining! I have also nearly finished reading Captivating – the book I mentioned before – and it has given me much to think on. I still thoroughly recommend it to any Christian women – even if it doesn’t ring as true for you as it does for me, it makes some interesting points and has certainly got my brain ticking over, even now.

 

In the absence of anything useful or otherwise entertaining, I shall leave you now with a video clip, from Top Secret. I watched this with my sister years ago, laughed rather a lot, and then forgot about it. I’ve just been reminded and so delight in bringing you this brief clip:

 

Our God is an Awesome God July 7, 2008

I had my first day of work in Cambridge today and it was not too bad – many thanks to everyone who has prayed for me and continues to pray for me. My colleagues were friendly, it seems like a good company to work for, and we get to play Mario Cart during our lunch breaks! I’ll admit that yesterday I was having slight panic attacks as I was packing my things to come to Cambridge, and not just because the Wimbledon final was so incredibly tense! Which reminds me, before I go any further – yay Rafa!

Excellent. Well done Rafa! It was a good sporting day yesterday actually, what with Hamilton winning the British Grand Prix too. Anyway, where was I… Oh yes. I was panicking. I was just so worried and scared about the future I think, the new job, the new place, the new people… So once I finally got on the road to Cambridge, I started to pray. And as I did, I began to remember all the wonderful things God has done in my life over this last year. The incredible experiences I had in America. How much He taught me about Himself, and about myself. How much I can trust Him to carry me. I thought about all the awesome people I have met this year. And all the old friendships that have been rekindled. Of all the words and gestures of love and support there have been from the ridiculous number of wonderful people my heavenly father has placed into my life. Yes, there have been difficult times, tears, worries and heartache. That is all natural in this fallen world, and it isn’t easy. But my Lord has never let me down. He will never leave me. I am in the complete care and love of the greatest father there could ever be (and that’s no slight on my earthly Dad at all, who I love very much!).

 

By the time I arrived here I had calmed down completely. And whilst there were a few nerves this morning on my way to work, the panic has gone. God is great!