from faucet to fountain

The winds of change are strong and steady in my life as they have been I feel since I met the Lord, really.  At times they have consisted of new jobs, new countries, new friends, and new experiences. Only this month, I have gotten a second job, told that job was going to close down, had very few hours at my cafe job and now about to be given a full time job there. I went from being a brunette, (the darkest color I had ever been in my life) back to a blonde, my hair that I was determined to grow out chopped back into a sassy bob-ish look. I went from thinking that I would be moving back in with my dad and feeling like I was recessing in my life to looking at being a roommate with a girl that I wasn't sure of to being landed in the middle of renting out a basement apartment and getting to pick out what colors I wanted my bathroom.  I went from a deeply broken and aching heart to feeling like the life is being pumped back inside of me and the essence of who He has made me to...

Ever had a season change so quickly that it surprised you? You step outside all bundled up prepared to face the harsh biting cold that seeps through your clothes only to be met by a warmth that makes you immediately want to strip off all your outer layers? My life has suddenly changed seasons and I am quickly becoming aware of the thought processes, the habits that are making me as uncomfortable as wearing a thick wool coat accompanied by a beanie and scarf on a day that is relatively warm. I don't want to drag snow into spring, I don't want to be roaming around looking for things that are dead and gone while new life is bursting open around and in me. I am in the process of thawing out but I am quickly livening to it and loving every minute of it. I know that there is a season for everything and if winter wasn't so deep and dark, spring wouldn't be nearly as appreciated or even noticed. I know that some things have to die and be cut back and pruned to ever bear the...