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Name: Jenelle Micah
Birthday: 4/10/1987
Gender: Female
Interests: art, music, literature, food, travel
Occupation: artist
Industry: art
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Member Since:
5/4/2004
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| "all of a sudden i feel like my whole world has been completely flipped around..."
wow. it really has been awhile. and i find that upon my long-awaited return to the blogging world, i am aching to write about changes of ecclesiastical proportions in my life. i've seen change and been changed in so many ways since the summer began, my head is still spinning from its aftermath. God is awesome and has been doing so many awesome things in my life. one worth mentioning is mexico. God truly opens your eyes to see things you never thought you would once you are taken out of the bubble that is your comfortable life. i learned many life lessons in mexico that i will, from here on in, strive to live out and carry out.
i want to write about change, and about the changes in my life but i feel like there have been so many that i don't know where to begin. change is foreign territory to me, someone who so craves steadfastness and stability. but God taught me that i can't cling to what will always be comfortable. our God created seasons of change and expects us as His children to be able to adapt, not by our own strength, but clinging to His promises that although the seasons may change, He never will.
so here i am in what right now seems to be the biggest season of change in my life. i can measure the growth i've experienced as a christian by the fact that despite the difficulties that face me, i am at peace with the decisions i have made as of late, and i embrace the changes placed before me by a God who has a plan far better for me than any plan i could ever have for myself. God's voice has never been louder nor clearer, and i could not ask for anything more as His child.
summer '08. working it's way up to #1 at an astronomical speed.
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| i wake up everyday knowing more and more what i want to do with myself. and the answer is simple: it's music. i love design, and i love photography, and i love everything about this new job i'm in, with the cool people i get to be with and the exposure i'm given. but everything pales in comparison to the thought of sitting down at my piano, or with my guitar, writing music, recording albums, leading worship in small crowds or large concerts. a long time ago, i pictured doing this with "the band." but everyone has their own lives set before them, that i wouldn't be surprised if i ended up doing this alone. i expect that i will end up doing this alone.
falling leaves
caution to the summer's end
and i am left at a standstill
for one moment, let's pretend...
so keep me close
i'll always be with you
even when i'm far away
i'll always be right beside you... | | |
| how badly i want to be away from here right now...
if i am made for anything, surely this is it
if i am made for any great purpose, surely this is it... | | |
| today was beautiful. yay for 15+ weather. i've now cemented my route for the drive home from work, and i'm excited for even warmer weather, when the leaves start coming out again, making my drive down creditview a scenically breathtaking one. summer you are not that far away...
21. birthday week was great and ironically enough, i DO feel older this time around, but maybe that has less to do with the fact that i'm a year older, than it does with the fact that i'm now full-time :) it didn't hit me at first because i knew i'd be doing the same things i'd been doing since highschool; immersing myself in all things design-wise i love like typography and colour and illustration and layout. but throw in the words salary and benefits, and consequentially the long-term planning words like rrsps, and car, and all of a sudden i feel like i'm no longer a child :\ holy cow. this time last year, i was getting ready to shoot myself in the midst of finals, just like everyone else is doing right now. one-off showdowns with hector when i'm the middle of huge creative funks with big deadlines looming ahead. and now i'm filling out convocation forms, taking grad pics, discussing salaries and benefits, and getting ready to sign that offer letter. again, holy cow....
settling into routines. morning devos and after-work runs. and as this wave of peace washes over me, i can't help but think of a time when all of this didn't exist. today is a new day. i'm 21 and ready to grow up. still running the race. still looking towards that prize. i'm ready to grow up.
see you when i get there.
Can you take this silence like a pill so I can breathe again?
I've been trying to ignore the best part of you. | | |
| "You wake up
Another year is gone
You're twenty-one..."
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