Day 27

What I did:

As you can see, I played around on this site yesterday and added a few applications. (Move your mouse around on the fish...they will follow you, and if you click your mouse in the box, it drops food for them.)

Ok, now to be serious...I messaged a new friend of mine on Facebook and asked her if she would be my "accountability partner". That was something that got me out of my comfort zone a little bit because I have about three people I really confide in about anything. I realized that while I'm not quite ready to spearhead a group to share this journey with, I do need to reach out and find someone who would like to ask me to share with them in their own personal endeavors, and vice versa. My friend wrote back and said she would really like to do this with me and we exchanged phone numbers.

I also got a little bit done around the house and took some time to go sit in the grass on a blanket with my little one just to talk. She pretty much does all the talking :) All in all, it was a normal, if somewhat lazy day.

What I learned:

I keep to myself as a rule, though I do love to write, and that's not always beneficial for me (the keeping to myself part). I feel that God really wants to move me forward to a new level of service and maturity but in order to do that, I have to really explore some changes that may not be what I'm used to. I messaged Kathy because she has shared some of her struggles (and victories) with some of the same things I am struggling with. I know she could use a friend, as well.

I had heard on the radio that we as Christians should carry the baton, so to speak, in our own leg of this relay race called life. Part of that is sharing what we know about Christ and the Bible. I loved what the speaker said next; "If you don't know much, find someone who knows less than you and share all you do know, then find someone who knows more than you and learn all that they know."

There is a reason we are on this earth with others. It's not so we can find a place to be alone all the time. Part of the reason I have chosen to be somewhat isolated is because I have not felt that I have much to offer. I realized yesterday that I have been given such a great opportunity to help others just by receiving the gift of my foster family, and my foster parents helped to equip me with the joy of running my part of the race by teaching me what they had learned. To whom much is given, much is required. I can't just stop running...those who have gone before have finished their leg of the race. There are others who are still waiting for me to successfully hand them the baton so they can begin their own journey and then go on to pass what they've learned to the next person.

My desire is to learn more about loving God and loving others. That's a step in the right direction!

Until tomorrow~~~Elizabeth