the beginning.

the beginning.
  
well, other than being the beginning of a blog, i guess this isn't really the beginning. it's really somewhere in between a beginning and an end of a bigger story.
 
(random sidenote - as i'm typing and thinking and every once & awhile talking outloud, i'm having flashbacks to doogie howser. anyone else feel like that when the blog at a computer desk? i just need the theme song playing in the background...)

so...i like stories. and i'm hoping that this blog will be a place to share some stories and thoughts with whoever would like to hear them.

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i've been thinking a lot about seasons lately. i sort of mean that in regards to the seasons we experience throughout a year: summer, autumn, winter and spring. being that i live in minnesota, i can say that i actually do get to experience each of those seasons. some we enjoy more than others. (i have my biases, too. have me choose between summer and winter and i'll definitely choose summer pretty much any day.) each have very unique characteristics about them. (colors, temperatures, and even smells.) sometimes they seem last for months (like winter!) or a week (like summers in duluth). 
i appreciate the creation of the outdoors and these different seasons. but more so (much much much more so), i appreciate and love the Creator behind it all. God is so good. always.


He is good in every season we experience throughout the year. and He is good in every season of life we experience and walk through. i've been thinking about these kinds of seasons most and God's working in them throughout my life.
  
some seasons have totally ended. others i thought had ended but perhaps i was wrong. some seasons are in transition as i type. others i am waiting and hoping to experience in the future. and there are probably many seasons i cannot foresee and have no clue what they entail. and that's okay. if i knew all that was coming (whether joys and laughs or pain and tears) i'd probably freak out. plus, then the surprise would be ruined. which reminds me of a particular Christmas on which i learned a good lesson about patience and waiting. that story will come later.
  
for now, time to hang out with God and then get some sleep. 
i'll end with part of a psalm i spent a lot of time in today. 
psalm 37:3-7

"Trust in the LORD and do good;
       dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

 Delight yourself in the LORD
       and he will give you the desires of your heart.

 Commit your way to the LORD;
       trust in him and he will do this:

 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
       the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him"