Explanation of my blog name

Well I guess I'm a little late in entering the blogosphere, but it seems to be more efficient communication method than Facebook notes, so here goes.... I hope you enjoy the journey with me, and that this can become a source of accountability for me for those who choose to read occasionally.

My blog name comes from a Scripture that I cling to in order to keep perspective on my life. Psalm 16:5-6. "Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup. You have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places, surely I have a delightful inheritance".

Since I have come to Boston I seem to have aged very rapidly. I know that doesn't make sense at all, but, college students are always 18-22ish, and me, I get older every year. More times than I like to admit, I've been asked if I was a mom of a MIT student. That doesn't make me happy. Sure, my role here is a mom of sorts, yet I guess I shouldn't look like I could be there mom. It was just 5 years ago that I was in Kilgore, and no one ever asked if I was a student's mom.... so how could things change so much in that (short) time?

I love love love what I do... most days anyway. Am I the best at what I do... no way! yet my life changed so much as a college student, and I've been blessed to serve on several campuses and impact so many lives in even small ways. I can't imagine my life if I had done other things or made other choices along the way.

But I've been thinking about it alot lately.... why am I 37 and still living a life focused on the college campus? (yes I did have a wonderful 2 year interlude in the real world of Tokyo). Have I made choices, perhaps wrong ones, that have kept me spinning my wheels when I should have done something else? I really can't imagine what other road I should be traveling down.

I try really hard to not compare my life with other people. I spend time with my friends from high school and college who are so busy parenting their kids, I can wonder "why isn't my life normal like that? how did my life become so different from theirs?"
But then I remember that God truly has opened all the doors along my journey with him, preparing me for each step, burdening me and giving me a passion for each new adventure. The boundary lines HAVE fallen for me in pleasant places, and my delightful inheritance may not include meetings with the local PTA and little league, but it does include students and friends literally from coast (Seattle in 1992) to coast (Boston) and (many now) on the other side of the world.

do I want my life to include little league and PTA someday.. sure! do I wonder, as Pam Tillis sang a long time ago, if I've waited a little bit too long? absolutely! can I imagine which time in my life I want to "back up to" and take a different road so I wouldn't have experienced what I have experienced and all the precious people along the way... no way!

so, I also remember Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart". there have definitely been times when my hearts desires changed suddenly or rapidly that can only be attributed to God... .so I will keep looking to Him for my delight.

By the way, I put this post first so I can always have it here to come back to when I get so frustrated about unmet dreams or I'm asked AGAIN if I'm a college student mom.

May you remember that your lot is secure in Christ, and may you see that God's boundaries for your life are leading to a delightful inheritance.

Maybe tomorrow I'll rewrite my post about my fun day with my Japanese gals at the symphony that Facebook ate before I got it posted... sigh!