All Wrote Out

Many have inquired in the past year about my sudden lack of writings from the heart…. my heart specifically. My details are “more basic” lately and my “thoughts are rushed.” I have a few theories that back this sudden drop in my spiritual insights, imaginative musings or emotional rants... and here they are…

1.) My job. I am so much more than blessed to have the job that I do. I have said it before and I will most likely say it again, me and Seth pretty much get paid to simply live life. We would be doing the work that we are doing whether we were getting paid or not or whether or not we had other jobs. We don’t have the struggle of working another job and having to do ministry in our free time and for that, we are always thankful. One of the highlights of this job is that my main job consists of doing something that I love to do, and that is to write. It’s one of the few things that I’m really good at that just comes natural to me. It is a semi-creative task that allows me to release at least some of my creative energy that always seems so built up these days. I write bulletins for the main branch and satellite branch, the church has a weekly article in the local newspapers that I write, I write any other articles of letters, and on occasion I help write various curriculums… if it goes with church work, and needs to be written, I write it. I just got put in charge of a fairly large project that I am excited about involving a church magazine, and I am currently in the brainstorming process with that. I am currently on a mission to expand my Photoshop skills and take my career here (and possibly in the future) more towards the graphic design and creative arts direction. I love the fact that my authority figures see the creativity in me and want to cultivate those passions and strengths and see me grow in succeed in those areas. So, I spend at least two full office days (out of four) writing at work and when I walk in the door at home, I am usually ready for a tall glass of green tea and something that does not involve a keyboard, mouse or computer screen.

2.) My Precious Seth. Few people may know or realize thins, but me and Seth are literally together probably 99% of the time. We work on Mondays and Tuesdays out at the main branch, which is a 30 minute drive… which we drive together. On Wednesdays and Thursdays we work at the Centralia Branch together which is less that a ½ mile from our house… so of course we ride… walk… or ride bikes. Our offices at both branches are down the hall from each other, but along with being the youth pastor, he also is the director of creative ministries AND he’s the drummer on my praise team. Other than our weekly office daily work, Tuesday nights through Thursday nights are full with small groups and praise team practice… and yes… we’re together at all of those as well. So… we work together… side by side… all day every day… and honestly, we love it. We share so much together that most couples probably don’t get a chance to, and we count that as a blessing. He’s always right there, so if something happens, I get to immediately vent, or brag, or share any thoughts or emotions with him. I get to share every moment and emotion and thought of my life with him as it happens, which I have noticed somewhere along the way has taken a toll on my blogging. This isn't a bad thing, it's awesome really... I just need to figure out how to balance it all out.

I am in a season of life that I appreciate, but am not quite accustomed to.

With all this being said… my eyes and fingers are ready for a rest… no creative blogging today… just a couple of excuses... but I'm workin on it! =)