I Want to Be Belle

Southwest Missouri is experiencing a "Snowpocalyse" of Biblical proportions, and I am kind of distracted with relaxation and roommate time.

My roommates and I spent the majority of the day discussing different personality types from Meyer-Briggs. I am a ENFJ (Extrovert, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judgement). I am the "teacher" or "giver". The personality test nailed me. The title of the career chapter was even "The PR Specialist". I guess I am in the right field. ;)

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Essentially, I enjoy people, am a global learner, having things in their place, making decisions based on my emotions, and going with my gut. I am a good communicator but sometimes overlook my needs and can be irrational.Some famous people who have my personality type are Barack Obama (Ironically, my beau's type is the same as Michelle Obama), Abraham Lincoln, and Oprah Winfrey.

We also started doing Disney Princess Personality tests. I know, but it is a Snow Day!

I want to be Belle.

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She's full of life, love, adventure, hope, dreams, intelligence, and beauty. Most info I find say she is a INFJ, but who really knows.

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I love how she finds such pure joy in reading. I love to learn, but I admit I wish that I had more of a hunger for reading like her.

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And we share for a love for adventure. I want so more than this provincial life. I am starting to get really excited about study abroad in Ecuador this summer...and all the adventures in between.

Do you have a favorite Disney princess? Or what is your Meyer-Briggs Personality Profile?

-Beth

Deliver Me

I like to plan.

Actually, I obsessively plan every detail of my life.

I have a to-do list with easy things that I can

check off just to check off.

When my plans fail,

I quickly fashion an altenative.

I usually become attached to that alternative,

even if the orginal plan reopens.

Sometimes God likes to force me

to ask Him.

A couple of weeks ago this happened.

I made the pluge to study abroad in Ecuador,

and the trip was full.

I was devastated,

but I did not even let me mind fully comprehend it

because I was already fashioning the alternative.

The next day, a spot opened.

All of a sudden, I didn't know what to do.

Crazy, right?

If your plans get turned upside down twice,

they are right side up,

but it still makes you dizzy.

The night I broke down.

Listening to Bethany Dillon's sweet voice

I melted before the Lord.

I cried,

I prayed,

I knelt in front of my Christmas tree.

I finally decided that going to Ecuador was

in fact both my plan and God's plan.

Sometimes God wants us to reexamine a decision with Him.

My stomach is still in knots.

It is scary to live somewhere unknown for 4 weeks.

It will be an adventure,

but it will not be easy.

Making decisions can be messy.

Sometimes we need God to deliver us from our prideful plans.

-Beth