It's Good to Be YOU

Honestly, I began this poem over two months ago on my flight home from Project Dance New York (already very much in an exhausted-but-still-overflowing-with-Jesus state of mind & heart).

The very napkin that inspired the poetry. Love how God speaks wherever & however He wants to.
And yes - that's my gum flattened nicely in the napkin which now resides in my current journal.

I later completed the poem over several afternoons at work as I was waiting to assist with various patients.

I love being able to go back & read something and see how it was really the Holy Spirit wanting to get His point(s) out to me. Hope that you are encouraged & reminded of the LORD's purpose for where He currently has you & will continue to lead you.

"IT'S GOOD TO BE YOU" is how the napkin read,

My tired eyes soon filled with tears as I slowly nod my head.

I fear that my next thoughts will be too cliche,

When I say we're unique in our own special ways.

But regardless my feelings I know that it's true,

Each day we can walk in good works that are new.

Too oft I grow weary of life's simple tasks,

Because I forgot in His glory to bask.

My soul craves this infusion of purpose and vision,

That I may obey always in joyful submission.

Since God isn't dead then neither am I!

All I need is His Word, not a big, flashy sign.

One day and one step is His steadfast lead,

Thank God for the grace of this promise to heed.

He's faithful, He's holy, He's just and He's true!

What's more, God's whole plan must involve me and you.

I plead with Him daily for new eyes to see,

All the people who don't know His gifts that are free.

I want to encourage, reach out, and speak up,

Lord, help me pour out from this over flown cup.

UNEMPLOYED

adjective
(of a person) without a paid job but available to work

AVAILABLE
adjective
(of a person) not otherwise occupied; free to do something

FOR FREEDOM Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. - Galatians 5:1



Maybe it's all in my head, and it's definitely been all of three days, but I'm enjoying/determined TO enjoy this brief season of not having a 40hr/wk commitment.
And let's be real - it's EASY to be lighthearted right now. I'd really like to have a 40hr/wk answer within the next two weeks. Just sayin'.

But there's SO MUCH immediately before me that I am now free to do!
--vacuum & clean the inside of my car
--update the books I'm selling on Amazon
--begin serious prep for Project Dance Atlanta this October
--write more poetry
--meet up with old & new friends
--take a yoga class that's NOT via Youtube
--read, read, and read some more
--clean the kitchen for my Abulous little sister
--work out not at 5:00am :) (I do it, but it's not my very favorite)
--find more ways to bring AWARENESS, RESCUE, and RESTORATION in my every day life

And drink as much coffee as I want to...but that's not really any different. :-)

I'm excited for this new season!!
New places, new people, new responsibilities...let the future begin!


And this is the sunrise from last Friday.
Because I'm sappy enough to take pictures of the beginning of endings.

Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original. - Galatians 5:25-26