Life as of late

Wow does time fly by! I can't believe that Thanksgiving is just a couple weeks away... sadly I won't be going back to Colorado until Christmas, but I do have a couple days off, which is nice :)

Life has been crazy as of late. The last couple of weeks, the LWB company has been in Israel on a missions trip, and some of us trainees had the responsibility of running/teaching at the LWB school while they were gone, doing 2 performan

ces, and also trying to set these pieces of choreography on each other, with the goal of that getting done before they returned. All in addition to regular classes (we had guest teachers come - such a huge blessing!), and a semi-regular work schedule (ie, when we weren't teaching, we were working at our regular "day" job). So it was all slightly crazy. Very much a test in trusting the Lord with all of these things.

There were some highlights (like this lady possibly getting saved at one of the performances!?) and low(ish)lights (like turning into this selfish horrible person when I realized that my piece of choreography needed some major work, and trying to fight for time to rehearse, which was extremely limited - frustrating), but overall, things are beginning to calm down. Praise the Lord!

In the midst of all this, I've been thinking/reading a lot on the whole idea of being conformed to the image of Christ, being transformed as we look upon His glory. I always have a little bit of an inward battle with that, the whole letting the Holy Spirit work vs. taking responsibility/being disciplined to form good habits. Trying to trust the Lord with that one too. My pastor actually preached a sermon on the Fruit of the Spirit today which was really good; the main point he kept hitting on was being fully dependent on the Holy Spirit to lead us in every part of our lives. It was really what I needed to hear, that reminder that He is the one who will bring it to completion. For those of us who fall into legalism so quickly, it is such a relief to remember that.

Anyways, still here, still clinging to His grace, still being transformed and conformed as I wait on the Lord. Not super easy (ha, not easy at all!) but I wouldn't have it any other way. More of You, Jesus....