Today's living lesson is entitled not in Kansas anymore. Now I know that the title is a bit odd but it would probably be more accurate, I'm not in Paradise anymore. So many of the living lessons have been recently, or several of them have been centered around the two years that I was actually living in Paradise and I was always talking about how happy I was, how contented I was, how excited I was to be His bride. But who wouldn't be happy living in paradise? I mean, really. So like our lovely, wonderful Husband loves to do, Is to show and to prove that as His bride I can be content with a lot or with little and this is the true test. Isn't that what Paul spoke about?
Dnešná životná lekcia má názov už nie viac v Kansase. Teraz viem, že tento názov je trochu zvláštny a asi by bolo presnejšie, už nie som viac v raji. Toľko životných lekcií bolo nedávno alebo niekoľko z nich sa sústredilo na dva roky, kedy som skutočne žila v raji a vždy som hovorila o tom, aká som bola šťastná, aká som spokojná, aká som bola nadšená, že som Jeho nevesta. Kto by však nebol šťastný, keby žil v raji? Myslím to naozaj. Tak, ako to náš milý, úžasný Manžel rád robí, je ukázať a dokázať, že ako Jeho nevesta sa môžem uspokojiť s veľa alebo s málom a toto je tá pravá skúška. Nie je to to, o čom hovoril Pavol?
So even though there are so many living lessons brewing inside of me, based on all these experiences that I've had as His bride for the past several weeks, I'm going to jump right now to a living lesson which kind of started out as an alive praise that I shared with. Yvonne and Poppy. And so I just thought oh this would be a perfect one. I've got to share it as a living lesson.
Takže, aj keď sa vo mne rodí toľko životných lekcií, na základe všetkých týchto skúseností, ktoré som mala ako Jeho nevesta za posledných niekoľko týždňov, skočím hneď teraz na životnú lekciu, ktorá začala tak trochu ako chvála na živo, o ktorú som sa podelila s Yvonne a Poppy. A tak som si myslela, že to by bolo perfektné. Musím sa o ňu podeliť ako o životnú lekciu.
So what happened is this, I am now not living in this secluded, big home that frankly I did not need but He had me there for two years.
Takže sa stalo toto, teraz nežijem v tom odľahlom veľkom dome, ktorý som úprimne nepotrebovala, ale On ma tam mal dva roky.
I let go of everything, I'm just going to fast forward, let go of everything, went for a two week honeymoon with my Husband and in the midst of it I gave away 2/3 of what I own, which wasn't very much anyway. And then he sent me on another vacation, kind of a family vacation and I am here. I’m by myself with my Heavenly Husband and enjoying every single minute of it.
Všetko som zanechala, len idúc rýchlo vpred, zanechajúc všetko, som išla na dvojtýždňové medové týždne s Manželom a uprostred toho som rozdala 2/3 z toho, čo vlastním, čo nebolo aj tak veľmi veľa. A potom ma poslal na ďalšiu dovolenku, na takú rodinnú dovolenku a som tu. Som sama s mojím Nebeským Manželom a užívam si každú jednu minútu.
We nicknamed this place the Nicaragua resort, which goes with when my son and his family came back from Nicaragua due to my granddaughter’s health that they ended up staying in this resort. Tara and I were staying in another resort or at the same resort in another building and when we went to go visit them, oh my gosh It looked like they were living in Nicaragua compared to what we were living in because these are the older buildings. Well, that's where my husband wanted me to spend time and so when I looked at it, I thought, wow, it's like I'm in Nicaragua and this is the nicest place ever because that's what my son and his wife said. Oh, this is so nice after being in Nicaragua. This is plush. This is wonderful. So it's just the way we look at things and that's what my Husband said. Just look at it. You're like in Nicaragua but you're still here in the states in Orlando. And we're just going to have the best time and I have.
Tomuto miestu sme dali prezývku rezort Nikaragua, s ktorým sa spája čas, keď sa môj syn a jeho rodina vrátili z Nikaraguy kvôli zdraviu mojej vnučky, takže nakoniec zostali v tomto stredisku. Tara a ja sme bývali v inom rezorte alebo v tom istom rezorte v inej budove a keď sme ich išli navštíviť, páni, vyzeralo to, akoby žili v Nikarague v porovnaní s tým, v čom sme bývali my, pretože toto sú staršie budovy. No, môj Manžel chcel, aby som tam trávila čas, a tak keď som sa na to pozrela, pomyslela som si, wow, je to ako keby som bola v Nikarague a toto je to najkrajšie miesto, pretože to povedal môj syn a jeho manželka. Po pobyte v Nikarague je to také pekné. Toto je luxusné. Toto je úžasné. Takže je to len spôsob, akým sa na veci pozeráme, a to povedal môj Manžel. Iba sa na to pozri. Si ako v Nikarague, ale stále si tu v štátoch Orlando. A budeme mať ten najlepší čas a ja ho aj mám.
So here I am in this little place after this expansive 2 years of Paradise and I had just come back from having a full day with my granddaughter at Disney, exhausted. It was the day after I had lunch outside and the first thing I wanted to do is just to take a nap like I had been doing. But there is no place to even sit comfortably, let alone just lay down like I had been on two pads. I actually had two like the Princess and the pea 2 comforting pads, a sheet over it, surrounded on three sides, a fan blowing. At my feet was this private swimming pool and beyond that a lake filled with all sorts of tropical birds and leaves and trees. And here I'm outside surrounded by people and buildings and nowhere to lay down so I asked my husband. Anywhere to take a nap? I'd love to be outside and instantly I thought of a conversation that I had had with Tara and Gentry and she had asked about hey, is there a pool there at the resort? And of course there is and I thought, Well, of course there is but I don't want to be out with all these people. It's not a private pool. But what did my husband want me to do? Go on outside and go by that pool to take my nap.
Takže som tu na tomto malom mieste po týchto rozsiahlych 2 rokoch raja a práve som sa vyčerpaná vrátila z celého dňa s mojou vnučkou v Disney. Bol to deň, kedy som obedovala vonku a prvá vec, ktorú som chcela urobiť, bolo zdriemnuť si, ako som to robila predtým. Nie je tu však miesto, kde by som si mohla pohodlne sadnúť, nieto ešte ležať, ako keby som bola na dvoch podložkách. Skutočne som mávala dve podložky ako Princezná na hrášku, 2 upokojujúce podložky, cez ne plachtu prekrývajúcu tri strany a fúkajúci ventilátor. Pri nohách mi ležal súkromný bazén a za ním jazero plné všetkých druhov tropických vtákov, lístia a stromov. A tu som vonku obklopená ľuďmi a budovami a nemám si kam ľahnúť, tak som sa spýtala Manžela. Kde si mám zdriemnuť? Rada by som bola vonku a okamžite som si spomenula na rozhovor, ktorý som mala s Tarou a Gentrym a ona sa ma spýtala, hej, je v tom rezorte bazén? A samozrejme že tu je a pomyslela som si: No, samozrejme, že tu je, ale nechcem byť vonku so všetkými týmito ľuďmi. Nie je to súkromný bazén. Ale čo chcel môj Manžel, aby som urobila? Aby som išla von a šla si zdriemnuť k bazénu.
So out I went with my sunglasses, my phone so I could listen to my audibles and I laid down surrounded by people, surrounded by music blaring and the Princess and the pea that I once was living in paradise. Now I'm smiling, I've got my headset on and off I go and fall asleep and it was absolutely beautiful to fall asleep there. To enjoy my Husband there and then when I woke up and asked Him, OK, darling, what's next? I turn my head to the right just as He's putting in my mind another thing that Tara said was do they have a Jacuzzi and off I go to soak in the Jacuzzi.
Vyšla som teda von so slnečnými okuliarmi, telefónom, aby som mohla počúvať moje nahrávky a ľahla som si obklopená ľuďmi, obklopená dunivou hudbou a ako princezná na hrášku, ktorou som kedysi bola a žila som v raji. Teraz sa usmievam, zapla som a vypla moje slúchadlá a zaspala som a bolo úplne krásne tam zaspať. Užiť si tam môjho Manžela a potom, keď som sa zobudila a spýtala som sa Ho, dobre, Miláčik, čo bude ďalej? Otočím hlavu doprava práve vtedy, keď mi na myseľ kladie ďalšiu vec, o ktorej Tara povedala, či majú vírivku a ja sa idem namočiť do vírivky.
I am living in Paradise, now again this is semi paradise, but what He's bringing me through and all the things about getting rid of everything that I own just about. I do have my clothes, but very few. I am happy because we can be happy and It doesn't have to be the way it once was. He brings us out of that to prove that it's just about being His bride and wherever we are together we are happy.
Žijem v raji, teraz je to opäť polo raj, ale to, cez čo ma On prevádza a všetky tie veci o zbavení sa všetkého, čo mám. Mám moje oblečenie, ale veľmi málo. Som šťastná, pretože môžeme byť šťastní a nemusí to byť tým spôsobom, ako to bolo kedysi. Vyvádza nás z toho, aby dokázal, že je to len o tom byť Jeho nevestou a kdekoľvek sme spolu, sme šťastní.
We are thrilled. Very much like I witnessed when I see Tara and Gentry in the way that they look at each other and confirm before answering they look to one another. I'm doing that, I'm on my honeymoon and I told them so I asked them, Are you going to be celebrating your two month anniversary? And they stopped. They looked at each other and they both pretty much said the same thing. One said it, I think, and the other was nodding. We celebrate every day and I said, so do I. I'm his bride and I'm celebrating every day and I'm so glad to hear that you are too and they just beamed and I beamed.
Sme nadšení. Veľmi podobne, ako som bola svedkom, keď vidím Taru a Gentryho, ako sa na seba pozerajú a predtým ako odpovedia, si to potvrdia tým, že sa na seba pozrú. Robím to, som na svadobnej ceste a povedala som im to. Spýtala som sa ich: Budete oslavovať svoje dvojmesačné výročie? A zastavili sa. Pozreli sa na seba a obaja povedali takmer to isté. Jeden to povedal: „myslím, že áno“ a druhý prikývol. „Oslavujeme každý deň“ a ja som povedala, že rovnako ako ja. Som jeho nevesta a oslavujem každý deň a som taká rada, že počujem, že aj ty si a oni len žiarili a ja som žiarila.
And oh ladies, this is the way that we all should be living. So I just hope that you just settle in and close your eyes and imagine it and just trust Him to take you anywhere. Go anywhere, take you outside your comfort zone. Oh and just live paradise wherever you are.
A dámy, takto by sme mali žiť všetky. Takže len dúfam, že sa usadíš, zatvoríš oči a predstavíš si to a budeš Mu dôverovať, že ťa vezme kamkoľvek. Choď kamkoľvek, vezmúc ťa mimo tvoju zónu pohodlia. Och a ži raj, nech si kdekoľvek.