Amy's Oasis

A few minutes ago I looked in the mirror on my way to 1) the computer and 2) bed.  Everything about the way I look and feel right now has a story to tell about my life.  My oversized t-shirt, which happens to be my dad's Camp Tamarack 2004 t-shirt that I stole before I left. (I love (& miss) my dad . . . my family.)  The fact that it isn't washed.  (I'm too busy to do laundry. :P)  The washable marker stains adorning not one, but both of my arms.  (The masterpieces of two very busy and precious tots.) The tender spots on my face where Hendrick whacked a very hard tiger against it. (To get me to laugh and make funny faces, don't worry. :)) My sore shoulder muscles. (From hanging on for dear life on a tube on Saturday.) My sunburnt face. (From hanging out at the beach on the weekend and at the park today.)  The dry, rubbed skin on my nose where I have been blowing my nose for a very long time.  (My body's decided to do a spring cleaning on the dead cells hanging around.) The sparkle in my eye. (Which apparently tells the world that a certain special someone is never very far from my mind.)

My warmed heart, which speaks of a life full to overflowing with all the rich and fulfilling things that bring God glory and man happiness.

My blog seems to be slightly suffocating in the ever-tightening whirlwind of life.  It will soon be revived, though, and many more pictures and words will grace the page of Amy's Oasis.  (I think.)  The true Oasis never dies, no matter what happens, and the Living Water keeps flowing in the wilderness, even though it does not always spill to the publication of the web.

Life is busy suddenly, in the split second it took to go from PEI to Ontario.  I feel a little bewildered and stunned, not quite sure what hit me.  I have not even been here (as in the general vicinity of what I used to call "home") for a week and I am in a rat-race of life that PEI somehow manages to escape.  Going under the speed limit in PEI means that you are relaxed and enjoying the scenery and probably just going about your everyday life.  Going under the speed limit in Ontario means that you are harried and stressed and the freeway is CLOGGED and you are forced to have your foot constantly on the brake even though everything in you cries out for speed and acceleration to your destination . . . and you are probably just going about your everyday life.  To use the words of my beloved fiancee: "Why do we live in Ontario again?"  But no - God is incredibly good and provides all that we need for everything, which I praise Him for with an overflowing heart!  Every new situation brings a deeper awareness of His presence and a deeper love for Him!  What a blessing it is to have that peace that surpasses all understanding!

Can I just count a few blessings right now?

1)  A faithful, changless, limitless, tender, loving, just, all-wise, all-powerful, amazing, awesome God who I am priveleged to call my Savior and my Friend!

2) A wonderful fiancee who is becoming the very model of the first blessing and who will continue to become made in His likeness for eternity who I am incredibly honored to call my Beloved and Friend

3) Families who are loving, supportive and accepting - who I cannot thank God for enough

4) Friends whom I am honored to help and to be helped by, love and be loved by, hurt for, pray for, laugh with, grieve with

4) The opportunity to help out in different areas during this time of preparation

5) A wedding date which is fast approaching and which I long for more and more as it draws nearer

6) Memories of this past year which will last a lifetime

Etc, etc, etc .  . .

Praise you, Jesus!