I Moved

Hey, Guys!

I have moved my blog to http://katebboyd.wordpress.com. I'm not super faithful at its upkeep, but I am planning to work on that. You can also find me at http://danielandkatieboyd.wordpress.com, it's the blog for my husband and I to update everyone on what's happening in our life together. Thanks, loves!

lovingly
K

blessed to be a blessing.

so, today walking out of the cafe on campus, i had one of those wind in the hair moments. and my hair is curled so my big hair flew behind me as went from those doors. i'm sure it was quite glamorous. unfortunately no one could comment because no one was around to see it, which is probably best because if someone was there i probably would have tripped and ruined all of the glamour [i prefer the british spelling here]. but that's just an aside to the real meat of this post.

i'm sitting in the library on my last official class day of the semester, and it makes me a little sad. i'm going to be leaving here this afternoon without the need to return until next fall. and even then just for sf because i'm taking two online courses. although i'm sure that i will find myself in the kind cubicles at the library throughout the summer and the semesters to come. this has really been a "rebuilding" year in my life, and i have dts to thank for a lot of that.

every time i step onto campus i can't help but be overwhelmed with the weight of its glory and just the idea that i get to be a part of it. i just can't conceive how God would choose to put me here for whatever thing He wants to prepare me for (since I don't have a clue what He wants me to do yet). i am so blessed to be here, and i know that i have squandered some of the opportunities that this place would afford me, but i'm learning.

if it were up to me (wallet-willing) i would be a student here forever, but i know that i don't have to be here to be a student of God. i am that every day. i am so blessed to have His Word, and i am so blessed to get to talk directly to my Creator and Master Planner (even if He is occasionally silent -- verbally to me). when you have pleasures and treasures like those, how can you not share them with the world. one thing one of my professors, dr. constable, said in class earlier this semester really struck me, "don't spend your life preparing to serve God and miss out on serving Him now."

that's really the biggest lesson that i've learned here. i've learned about theology and expositing and applying the Bible, but what i learned most is putting faith into action, and not waiting until you're finished here to be a part of God's ministry. the professors and the students here are extraordinary. i hardly dare to call myself a part of them because i'm just in awe of them. they are extraordinary in the way that they learn, live, and love. i have been blessed. thank you, dts.

i pray that i can be a blessing to God's people because of the blessings that i have received.

-lovingly-
k

UPdate.

soooo....

what can i say? i've been a busy gal these days. but here's a quick update.

school is only a few weeks from finishing [both good and bad]. i love it, but i definitely need a break.

as always, i'm stressing about what i wanna do when i grow up. recently i've thought more about teaching. i'm just not sure how good of a teacher i would be, and i'm not sure if i wanna go through all of that extra training if i suck at it. haha.

i'm trying to be a busy businesswoman these days with my own sparks of creativity. i have my own website now, www.katebboyd.com. I made a bold choice and already put my new last name in there. i'm still adjusting to all of that. take a look. if you need anything like that done, please call. i have a wedding to pay for, haha. i have business cards, so you know i'm legit.

i am now officially the head cheer coach for lucas christian academy. hallelujah for not having to deal with hp girls anymore, and i'm excited about getting to go back to my cheerleading roots and hopefully feed into these girls' lives. this is the opportunity i was kind of hoping for.

i also have a new blog site. it's for the serious person in me. that way i can be completely frivolous here without weighing you down with the heavy thoughts floating around in my brain. but i gave you the link just in case you want to be.

i go through phases of content with my job. it gives me lots of time to play around with programs and learn on my own different things, but i'm not in love with it. some days i'm great there, and some days not so much. lately it's been not so much. unfortunately, i don't know what i want to do, and if i could manage to do that part-time so i could still go to school [answer: no; plus the pay i get here is great]. so we'll see. this is probably just random discontent, but i'm working through it.

i've been in the mood to take pictures lately, but i haven't. i should do that.

i miss my people a lot. i know i need dallas people. it's just hard to connect in a big city, especially when you're painfully shy. but i have a good feeling about the church we've started attending, and i'm praying that we'll find connections here.

that's pretty much it. you know, nutshell, etc. i should get back to homework. there is soooo much to do.

all in all, i'm quite happy despite my down times. i just have to keep looking to God because He alone is my Sustainer and Provider. He can get me through it.

-lovingly-
k

worship while you work.

so, i was sitting at work doing my job... sort of... and it hit me. it was after i wrote my previous entry yesterday, and i was talking about my job and how i'm mostly satisfied and whatnot. and suddenly, something my old pastor said in a conversation once came back to me. we had been talking about worship, and how if you can worship even with music you don't like because of your sacrifice in worshipping despite the style your offer of worship is greater than it would be if you liked the style. and this thought struck me as i was surfing the internet for job opportunities that i may want in the future and such, and immediately i thought this. if i do my work that i don't always enjoy and do it to the best of my ability, isn't that glorifying to God even more so than if i was doing a job that i adored?

it's easy to do a good job at a job that you love and are good at, but when you're not the best at something or you just don't like doing something we don't always put in the effort to finish strongly. our lives and our work are all offers of worship to God and to do less than our best is kind of to tell Him that He is worthy of our best work through our hard times. And it just hit me hard. Yes, I could complain about how I don't like every single aspect of my job and how it's so hard to do a job that i just don't love, but that's not what counts. what counts is not the challenges i face, but how i handle those challenges. and i think i'm going to start handling them in a different way now because worship is more than something i do on sunday morning, it's how i live my life.

-lovingly-
k

here's to life!

i have so many things that i've thought about writing here for you, but i just haven't been able to sit down and write them. i have some kind of writers block, but really it's mostly laziness. once i actually sit down to write it's like a torrential downpour of words. maybe that's why i haven't. i'm afraid of what will come out. however, i have decided [once more] to carry my journal in my purse with me everywhere so that i have a place to jot down whatever comes to mind. anyhoo... if you're reading this, you probably don't care about my journaling habits. so here's what happening lately.

spring break was great. i wish i wasn't sick for the first couple of days, but overall it was very relaxing and lovely. i got about zero school work done. which just means i have a lot to work on this week, especially since my position paper for soteriology is due friday. yeah. call me procrastinator. i just feel no motivation to do those things. it's not like in college or high school where i didn't do them to the last minute because i could. i definitely should not put off these papers, and i start to feel a little bad that i don't put in my best effort, especially since it's seminary. i just keep trying to decide if staying in it right now is what i should do, or should i wait a little longer until i'm settled and such. part of me really wants a great writing job, and that's hard to do with a full or even a half-load there. so please pray for direction. i just don't know where i'm going with school right now, and it kinda drives me crazy.

however, wedding planning is finally coming together. we have the ceremony, reception, and rehearsal dinner locations. we finally have bridesmaid dresses chosen and tuxes picked out. daniel and i chose our wedding bands on saturday too. we've registered. we have a wedding website. my invitations are designed, i just have to change a couple of things and have them printed to send out in a couple of months. i have a dress that i absolutely love! and i have lots of decorating ideas that have to wait a little bit. the photographer is all set. it's finally starting to feel like less work, although i still stress. but that's just me. and basically, i'm so excited and can't wait to start our lives together. i can't believe it's just over 4 months away.

work is good. i go in and out of job satisfaction, but overall i really can't complain. i get to do good work for good people and get paid for it. and working at the church has really helped me narrow down my future goals. i've learned more of who i am and what i want to do. the gym is pretty good. all-stars is winding down which is nice. that means there are fewer attitudes to deal with. i really enjoy teaching my wednesday classes with the little ones, who sadly left me to play soccer for the next month or two, and the older beginner girls. i've really seen a change in attitude from a few of them, and while they're still quite crazy, it's really cool to see how far they've come in the month that i've been working with them. i also have another opportunity or two for jobs that are exciting, so i'm really praying about those now too. and at least once a week i check out job websites to see if there are any opportunities for me. my issue is the whole full-time student thing, and that they may interfere with some commitments i may be making soon. so if you can keep me in your prayers there too.

there is sooo much bouncing around in this head of mine that it's amazing that i get anything done ever really. and i tend to worry a lot, so that doesn't help either. but on the upside, i've had an amazing couple of weeks/weekends with my favorite people. so i have really gotten to see how blessed i am, and how important relationships are. and i get excited thinking about all the possibilities too. so here's to life! have a blessed day!

-lovingly-
k

p.s. i'll try to make my next post a little less self-involved. :)

because you know you want to know.

i'm kickin' it old school with my blog today. it's been a while since i've written, and there are so many random things to write down. so i'll write them as they come to me.

the wedding checklist is finally starting to wind down. the last big thing to get is the cake.

i've rediscovered my narrated bible. i like reading through it chronologically. i can connect with the story better.

i'm reading a little bit for pleasure rather than my school books. i'd forgotten what it felt like, so i rebelled a little.

i can't wait for february to be over so i can have some weekends again.

i've also rediscovered the library. free books. so amazing.

i'm reading a book by a.w. tozer for a bible study, and i highly recommend him.

i wish that i got naps. but i do get full night's sleep usually. so i shouldn't complain.

i miss people. especially my people. i need people.

why must we all grow up anyway? it's kinda cool, but mostly it's scary. can i get an AMEN?

i still have no clue what i wanna do after i'm done with school.

part of me still isn't sure that i'm even gonna finish grad school.

i hope it all turns out well.

i'm having to relearn how to communicate with God. somehow i'd forgotten, or it feels like i had. but it's all coming back to me now.

i'm determined to write more. i even bought a journal specifically for that purpose. actually i bought two. i've got ambition. haha.

i want it to be warm again. bring me 70 degree weather, please.

i've been emotional lately. and it's weird. really weird. but i generally keep it to myself.

i've been in a "catch up with people" mood lately. i'm working on it.

and in case you haven't been keeping track like i have, it's only 171 days until i get married!

wow.

that's it. in a nutshell.

-lovingly-
k.

staying sharp.

Proverbs 23:17
Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.

ah. so often i forget the value of community in my life. i like to think i can do it all on my own. but, alas, we are relational creatures made to be with each other. and the older i get, the more i realize my innate need for other people, and also the need for the right kind of people. i am blessed to have wonderful family & friends. and soon i hope to be in a wonderful church community that sharpens me as well. i can only hope to be a sharpener as others have sharpened me.

may our blades never grow dull.