So, living in Calgary spring is the much anticipated season...looking forward to it...brings the hope and joy for much warmer weather!
Reality...on the Calendar...Spring is here...if you look outside...Spring to those in Calgary looks like...piles of snow everywhere, gravel still on the roads, cold temperatures, winter jackets, heat on in the car and house, and a high consideration...of where I can move to that Spring has already hit...and the snow is gone!
It is rather...bizarre!
This last week, I woke up on Monday morning to temperatures of -10 degrees...the good thing is that ...there wasn't much signs of life outside to be killed off by the cold snap...but a rude awakening...rude.
The most bizarre moments...are the street cleaners are coming out...we had a dump of snow last week, most areas got about a foot of snow...just in time for us to get the postings that street cleaners where coming in a few days...nothing says Spring...like Street Cleaning...with piles of snow everywhere!
While, I digress and think about last year...being on a beach in Mombasa...to a year later...being in the Mountains with mounds and mounds of snow...I really am not missing out! I am blessed to see how God has been with me over the last year in the hard times, and in the good times. To see that I have not only been on a rollercoaster but God has been in control of that rollercoaster. I couldn't ask for a different life, I couldn't ask for different experiences, I don't see life and disappointments as a failure, but in ways that I turn to God and say 'bring it on' or what do you have for me next? I am ready and willing...
I have said this numerous times ...time and again how I ultimately know that God is in control of my life, through the good times and bad, I am truly blessed. I have learned lots, grown lots in God, and know that what does bring me down...makes me a stronger person in my relationship with God. I know who I am, I know who I need to be, and I am happy in who God made me to be.
So Spring is here, it may not look like it...but it is also a new season in life for me. I am truly blessed to being privileged to having this time to step into what God has for me next!
may you all remember that God got you to where you are...and be thankful and blessed that He has taken the time to be with you in this journey and adventure of life.