I tend to be nomadic in my life so my car is my sanctuary. Probably my need for control also explains why I look around my car and all I see is a mess of stuff every where. There's full and empty pop cans and bottles, books, papers, clothes and other stuff. It's pretty much an explosion of the things that I do and how I try to avoid things. I try to keep my life so full of stuff that I can avoid dealing with things that are truly important. Or there's also my other favorite technique of putting stuff in the backseat so I can get to it later and then I bury it with more crap and garbage. So as I spent time cleaning out my car over the last couple of days. Still have work to do on the car and that's very much like my life. It's not the most fun thing in the world to do to clean up your life. It's often something that you do and then it's very easy to trash again. Maybe someday my car will get clean. I know my life will never be the shining pretty thing that dreams are made of but I know it can be a little less messy and that is what I strive for.
Happy New Year's Eve! 2024 is almost gone as I type this. And it's been ... a year. To whomever may be reading this know this: I'm glad you made it through 2024. You're you and you're here. That's enough. Whether you met your goal/goals or not, you survived. You're still breathing - even if it's hard to do sometimes. I'm proud of you. Keep going. Even if all you can manage is the next minute. Keep going. Here is my updates and reflection on 2024. The biggest thing for me has been my move and new ministry in Wisconsin. I said goodbye to two lovely rural Nebraska churches in February and started my new ministry in Wisconsin March 1. It was funny that I was actually attending a UCCB meeting in Ohio when I officially met my new conference minister in person on March 1. God has a sense of humor. This past 9 months has been learning about the systems of the church and the community and trying to find my place. I haven't been perfect in this, but I...
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