So, I'm starting finally to slow down on the bookmaking binge, and hopefully some balance will come next. It's more of the 'creative seizure', really, and I'm glad to have them. But I'm always equally glad when the seizure passes and a routine can be established. Hopefully soon there will be billfolds, objects, etc rolling off the press in addition to the journals. And now that there's a name and logo in place, hopefully the website will be up and running soon.
I've found an excellent source of paper for the books, by the way, and it's been right under my nose all this time. Community Montessori has a recycling program, and I've been able to scavenge oodles and scads of excellent copy paper from the blue bins in each studio. Even the ladies at the front desk are keeping an eye out for good paper for me!
In other news, things are just not looking very good on the fundraising front. Kate is struggling to understand that just because Costa Rica and (especially) Peru are 'good' pursuits, they may not be the pursuits that God wants her to focus on this year. Maybe 'understand' is not the right word... she does understand it just fine... but dang, it sure is hard to like it. One of the hardest things about being a parent is to watch your child suffer disappointment. Oh, not like "But I wanted the blue one" type of disappointment. This is pretty big. It was for a purpose. I'm not trying to say that at this point God can't make it happen, but it's looking like maybe He will choose not to. We have to choose to be ok with that. It's hard for me; I can only try to imagine how hard it is for her. BUT.... we know that all things work together for good for those who love Him. She definitely loves Him. So if not CR and Peru, what might He have planned for her? Maybe he just wants her to take a break this summer. Lord know she could use that.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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You know, if she can really "get" that God is with her even (possibly especially) in her disappointment, that may well have more value to advancing the Kingdom than success would have.
We need more deep, sturdy Christians who understand how to grow through disappointment.
Someone will fill that slot; God is not going to let His mission go unfulfilled in CR or Peru.
gosh that's hard...i have a bunch of cans over here, just haven't got around to dropping them by. I also have gobs of yard sale stuff, also stalling about dropping them by. I will pray for kate.
Yikes, there is no easy answer to disappointment. As you know, it is one of the hardest things to swallow. But I learned that through Jake (and the disappointments we had before him), that on the other side of this greyness is something even more amazing than she could have dreamed. Maybe God needs her to rest in order to prepare her for the amazingness that is yet to come?? I can't wait to see!
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