you fail sometimes

Failure. I will admit that more often than not, I fear failing. There are times when I play out situations in my head, and if I fear I will fail, I'll not go through with them in real life. Then come the times when you have no choice. You have things on your list that you need to do. Things like getting a cell phone, setting up a bank account, getting a visa.

This picture has nothing to do with this post
I just liked it!

Those things are exactly what I have had to do since being here in Berlin. They seem like small simple things, but I think at times it's the small simple things that test us the most. Especially when the small and simple, doesn't stay, well, simple. In fact, all of those things have become more complicated than I ever wanted them to be.

Through my frustration of not knowing the system and making mistakes in applying for all of those things, I have felt frustrated & humbled. That through using these things, God has been showing me how I sometimes take the little things for granted and how I rely on my own ability instead of his. In these moments of frustration, there is a choice I have to make. Am I going to walk in the Spirit or not. You see, I think sometimes it's the littlest things that test us the most. The smallest things that can get under our skin the most.

Thankfully, I have had many doses of frustration and some I have handled well, and others, not so much.  May Jesus use the small things in your life and mine to shape us more into His image!

Kimberly

Sonntag in Berlin

I don't know if anyone out there is like me, but I'm going to throw this out there. Weekends are hard. I love them, don't get me wrong, but either I feel this HUGE pressure to do all that I ever wanted/need to do in two days and never accomplish all I have planned. That, or I have no plans and wander aimlessly through a weekend and when Sunday evening rolls around I think, what did I even do?

Weekends in Berlin have been very slow, and I have really enjoyed that, besides special Sundays, the shops, besides Restaurants are closed. Here's what my typical Sunday in Berlin looks like:

8 am Wake up
10 am leave for church
11 am -1:15pm Church at Berlin Projekt

Then, besides lunch there is nothing built into my days. I have been enjoying going to church and worshipping in German. It has been challenging my language abilities, and beyond that, it's been challenging my faith and belief. Something about having to really pay attention to understand what's going on around me and then from there process through what that means for my life. There are definitely times when I miss my favorite songs, or singing in English.

I am learning to enjoy a different pace of life, that we can rest and there is value in that! :) What about you?