There's nothing quite like walking by the lake on a calm summers night. Daniel and I are in Waskesiu for a few days just to get away for a bit and to celebrate our first anniversary, can't believe it's been a year! We enjoyed a lovely meal at Hawood Inn and just got back from a relaxing evening walk. This is definitely my idea of camping.... at the hotel!!
It's sad to think how quickly summer is slipping away, realizing that I need to savour every moment because I know I'll have to pull out those parkas way too soon. Summer has been going well for us, enjoying our holidays but not overly thrilled to get back into the swing of things on Monday. Daniel's work at the paper is going well, Watrous just celebrated their centennial so he was busy taking pictures for that. He's pretty excited about the TSN/Kraft celebration tour that is coming to town, he's on the planning committee and will be busy getting stuff planned and organized for the live shoot at the end of August. As for me, I'm at the at the clinic full-time for the summer which has been nice, I'll be starting at Home Hardware again come fall when they won't need me as much at the clinic. It's been amazing to see how God has provided for us this past year, I am grateful for where He has brought us and the opportunities that He has given.
The past few weeks our pastor has been going through the beatitudes at church, the message from last week has had me thinking and re-evaluating my life. This week the verse was, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled." Now obviously I don't know what true hunger is, I have never been anywhere near starvation nor have I ever had to worry about that. However I do know that when I feel that growl in my stomach I won't be satisfied until I fill it, sometimes I don't really care what goes in as long as I feel full. It got me thinking about how diligently I strive to live a life that glorifies God, do I really hunger and thirst with my whole being for that? I also think that often I strive for happiness rather than growing in my relationship with Christ, and I look to people and things to provide that happiness when really I will never be fulfilled. It is only God and God alone who can satisfy my most inner self and no matter how much I think I know what I need to be filled, I really don't. I'm praying that I will be able to look to my heavenly father for that fulfillment and not rely on my own selfish desires. It's a challenge that I don't expect to ever fully conquer but something that I need to work towards daily in my relationship with Him.
