Contemplations…

So, If you have been keeping up with my blog, you know that I am now blogging from a new location. I am looking out on the northernmost waters of the Chesapeake Bay at Sandy Cove Bible Conference Center. I made the long trip up from Nashville on Friday, and more importantly, so did my car… PRAISE GOD!!!

I moved all of my seasonal belongings that fit into my car into my new home, a motel room with a single bed and a nightstand. (I am hoping to expand the amount of furniture to include a dresser and maybe a desk, if I am well-behaved.) It has running water, and is close to everything. Room and Board are included in my pay, so it is a blessing to have a “free” place to stay. Although, I told a friend that I felt like Will Ferrell in Elf when I laid in that tiny single bed.

It is weird to be back here. I have been gone for about 10 years, which is a significant amount of time. There are some familiar faces. There are some familiar faces that don’t find mine familiar, which can be humbling, but who said humility is a bad thing. The most common occurance is that when I walk around the grounds and go along as a please, as if I own the place, people keep questioning me… “can we help you? do you need help getting somewhere? do you know where you are going? are you new here?” I haven’t figured out how to answer these questions. I am not “new” here, but I haven’t been here in a long time. Add to the confusion, I am starting in a position that will not be my job for the summer… haha… I am the king of confusing, eh?

The overwhelming realization that I am facing this morning is, what do you do with your time? Obviously, I have internet access (i.e. this post) and I have a television that gets a few channels in fuzzy… but not in my room… what I have the most of is… time… pictures and words do a terrible injustice to how beautiful this place is… and I have already found “my spot” for where I like to read, and it is pretty incredible… but, I would encourage you to conduct a little experiment in your own life and get away from the noise in your life… don’t turn on the tv, radio, computer, for a few hours and figure out what it is that you do with your time… right now, I know that I need to be listening, so I have spent a good amount of my time reading, and walking and praying… sounds corny, but, it has been one of the healthiest choices I have ever made….

I have been woodshedding an idea that I will write about more as the summer goes on, but this is the first in a series of questions/challenges that feeds into the big picture of the thought I am developing. (how was that for vague? ha)

For those of you who literally prayed me into the parking lot here, I can’t thank you enough…. Be blessed… and Rock on!