The Been Briefing

awww... how cute...

see.. it's not just jody and me. :) thank you, lauren. i couldn't resist.. it was just too good.

i want to honor my friend karen! she is a college friend (christa's roommate - see 2 previous postings). i admire and honor karen for her servant's heart. she is currently serving catholic campus ministries at william & mary and working on her master's. karen's heart beats for people and serving them in very practical ways. i would also like to comment that this quiet, unassuming girl always pulls out the most ridiculous behaviors.... like, "so christa, where's karen? i haven't seen her in a few days." - "oh, she's gone on a cruise to portugal." - "WHAT?! and she didn't tell us?!" - and "hey, where's karen this weekend?" - "uhh, she went to help the katrina victims this weekend." -"UHHHH... wow. when did she decide to do THAT?!" so yeah, karen's pretty amazing. i love her. praise God for people like karen who love Him and serve people in practical ways.

and now i just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the passing of one month and the beginning of another! i was reading in ecclesiastes, where it says, "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven... He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts..." (ecclesiastes 3:1,11a), and i have been thinking about this season in my life. it has a purpose - an eternal purpose. year 2 for me in korea. meeting jody. agreeing to marry him. preparing for marriage in practical and personal ways. this bout of laryngitis. preparing for the wedding. preparing to go to europe in september. preparing to return to korea for another year. having few clear answers. only the promise that the Lord is going to take care of us and sustain us. not just desiring to, but actively seeking to make decisions that are pleasing to God as we lay a foundation for serving Him wherever He wants.

i praise God amidst these challenges. i pray He is molding me and making me more like His Son through this season.

“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." (matthew 6,31-34)