A new blog title paired with coffee and dark chocolate

Just nibbling of a piece of dark chocolate and sipping on some iced vanilla coffee at my desk. What a great combination of flavors. You should try it if you haven't......

Anyway, I was thinking of how annoying it is to be constantly cleaning up my hair out of the floor today. Inside I was just about as antsy as my stomach gets when I'm on stage and can't find my guitar pick....or when my bangs have tickled my nose one too many times and I can't seem to locate a dadgum bobby pin to save me from my perils. And then I remembered......why I created this blog. Maybe I should change the title to: Guitar picks, bobby pins, and hair everywhere. Not quite as catchy, huh?

This past weekend was FANTABULOUS! My friend Tracy and I went out for a "one day getaway" on the outskirts of Columbia, TN....we stayed in an extremely cute renovated smoke house (a 10x15 ft. one room loft). It was just what we needed! I walked outside to enjoy some alone time and I stood on a stump in view of the hills, trees, and a field full of cows (that were jumping around and playing the entire time), and watched the sky fade into a shade of dark orange as the sun went down. And it didn't come to me until Sunday morning as I was listening to the pastor @ Mercy Hill church on 12th Ave speak about Acts 4. Topic: Dealing with pain. It hit me.....In my mind I went back to that stump and sunset scene. When I was standing there watching the sky unfold, with tears in my eyes, I asked God to show me what he wants for my life....what I'd missed that day was that He WAS showing me. Then and there on that stump. The display before me......was exactly what God was showing me.....I am loved.....I am not alone.....and my life was created by the One who made that beautiful sunset. Isn't it beautiful when moments come together to complete the picture...like two strings to tie a bow. Like, well, dark chocolate and coffee.

We will meet again soon.

Change is good....but it hurts!

Change....oh, change. We say we want it, but when it comes....OUCH! Like a kid that gets their first bloody wound kind of ouch. I'm trying not to be sappy and pouty....but this readjustment is really getting to me! It really seems like we all experiencing this "uncomfortableness"...you know, like a pair of jeans that are just a little too tight around the waist. Thankfully, the jeans I am currently wearing fit just right. :)

Here's what I marvel at and am thankful for at this point: Had my circumstances remained the same...I would've remained the same. Nothing would've changed, so in some way I am grateful for all of this pain. And, since all of this has been out of my control, it is evidence that through "taking one on the chin" God is growing and resetting my focus on the real issues.

So, groan with me, if you will. "This too shall pass" they say, and trust me, I want it to pass, but not too fast. I want to come out on the other side....with the wind at my back.

SO BEHIND....

Hey!  I am so behind on keeping up with this blog!!  Eeeekk!!  I've been "readjusting" to life....or rather, just adjusting to the plans that God has for me the past few weeks!  Since I posted last, I picked up a temporary job at High Five Entertainment....in the video production world, so I am getting acquainted with that environment.  And am trying to balance music around my work schedule, which usually makes for late nights.  BUT.....Things are good and I will continue on and persevere.  

I wanted to tell you about a tour that Kelleigh Bannen and I are going on in May:  Ladies & Lyrics (don't you love that title?)  We'll be kicking it off on May 7th in Knoxville, TN and continuing on thru NC until May 13th.  Cities include:  Knoxville, TN, Greensboro, NC, Raleigh, NC, Chapel Hill, NC, and Greenville, NC.  Specifics on the venues/times are on my Myspace page.....www.myspace.com/jessicaleecampbell.  PLEASE COME!!  

I promise to write more soon!  I'm still reading in Having a Mary Spirit by Joanna Weaver.....ladies, this will change your life!!  Oh Wow!  I'll post a few quotes in the next day or two!  This is my 3rd time reading the book....and it never ceases to move me!  

LOVE YOU GUYS!!  :)