Winter survival!

Today it’s like 20 degrees celcius warmer then three days ago. We went from minus 10°C to plus 10°C. It’s one of the few big temperature rises I love, because now spring is coming.

Little Boy in the Blue Pyjamas

Hey little boy in the blue pyjamas,
Did you know that I’ve been watching you?
I saw you playing a lot outside,
Mostly just on your own.

Where you’ll lead me I will follow

It was some decision making time… And it was a hard one for me… Because I need to put my own desires behind Gods will and purpose for my life.

Maybe Gods will is the same as my desires, but He showed me through a few scriptures that I need to follow Him first…

His ways are far above my ways and his plans are far beyond my plans, like Isaiah 55:8-9 says. He sees the whole picture, where I just see maybe one or two years ahead… If I can fully see them anyway.

So yesterday was a day spend with God… Time in the forest and alone with God. A time to get a peace in my mind even though I still want to go the other way around, but it’s alright if it’s not happening. Following God is what I want to do first! And I’ll just wait how He will lead me…

Nothing without you

Today our sermon was about Jesus serving us. It was about psalm 23, which is very known of course. The Lord is my shepherd, He will lead me and guide me. And the pastor also spoke about John 13; where Jesus washes the feet of the disciples. Jesus wanted to learn us, by doing so, to lay of our dignity and learning to serve others no matter what.

There is always a song…

I still remember your face. You live in one of the most hopeless places on earth, in one of the biggest slums. I didn’t feel comfortable there at all, but it’s what you need to call home. I still remember the dress that you were wearing. It looked like it was supposed to be white and it had a lot of lace. I think it was actually a bit short on you, but I guess your mom didn’t had money to buy you a new dress.

Be who God meant you to be

God, You have promised me that You will use me to set the world on fire!
You have showed me amazing plans for my life. Thank you for showing me, and thank you for reminding me…
It was, and every once in a while still is, a hard way to learn and to become more and more who I am meant to be, but still I see God’s hand through all the suffering and pain in my life.
And now I’m just looking forward to what will happen next.

Bored vs over demanded

One of the challenges of ADHD is finding a balance of enough rest to cope with all the different sensory input combined with an over active brain, but also having enough excitement in life to prevent myself from getting bored.

Living in purpose

I like my job, I really do. I still think that becoming an OT was a good thing for me. But a few weeks ago I had to draw the conclusion that even though I like helping people as an occupational therapist, I still have the feeling that I’m walking in my purpose for God when I’m travelling abroad 

Not if, but when? Maybe at 9?

I know some countries always have dinner late at night, so probably for you it doesn’t sound weird. In the Netherlands normal people have dinner around 5.30 or 6 o’clock. And back in the days people had dinner even earlier. But for me it was 9 o’clock today. And I was happy about it, even though it may sound weird, because most people believe it’s not healthy to eat that late at night (which is probably true).

House of the Word, house for the word

Today I am sitting in this amazing bookshop. It really does look wonderful. They have a brasserie attached to it, where you have the opportunity to sit and just watch and be…. Something I need to do more often. And where I am right now writing this blog, I do have to say that their cappuccino can use some improvements, but the interior looks amazing!