new blog

so since i changed my name i figured its time to make a new blog. i'm leaving blogger and going to tumblr. dont ask me why, just need some change in my life (as if, getting married is not enough change in itself!) ha. so all of my fans need to go over there. trust me, you don't want to miss it;) my life is OH so interesting...so if you even care. thats where i'll be. love.

p.s. oh ya, here is the link:
http://hollyannastavness.tumblr.com/

p.p.s.
since being married and not having a ton of money, i want this for my swiffer!

the joys of a flat tire

this morning we had a flat tire. surprisingly, i wasn't upset at all. i actually loved it. bryce got right to it and changed it in no time. I helped with the lug nuts but it really only takes one person to change a tire and he is definitely the strongest one of the two of us. it was fun to have a small adventure. we are really on our own. we have to figure out how to get to work and school. we have to pay for the tire to be fixed. it is cool how we have transitioned to new roles. we aren't kids anymore, we are husband and wife and we are trying to figure out our new roles. bryce took care of everything. he changed it and took care of me. he missed his train but made sure i got to work first (only 5 minutes late!). he was the leader, he fulfilled his role this morning. it is amazing how our roles come out clearest in moments of urgency.
i only wished that i would always feel this sense of urgency with the "spiritual". once i got to work i had an email from my mom with a video about this new treaty that the President is supposed to sign in december to establish a "world-government", giving up our U.S. sovereignty. no matter your political view, we are in the last days. Hebrews 1:2 tells us that God spoke to us through His Son in "these last days". The "last days" started a long time ago, and Jesus spoke about them. they are now! this is urgent! souls are at stake. my co-workers are going to die. my role in the body of Christ must be evident NOW! because the last days are HERE! does katie in accounting see Jesus everyday when she talks to me? does Jeremiah see me as he walks by my desk?
but it is so easy to get distracted and wrapped up in life (or a flat tire). it is easy to plan ahead and think about bryce's 2 1/2 years in school, as though after that period of time, i'll have more time to "do ministry". no! there isn't time for 2 1/2 years! its now.

james 4:13 says "come now , you who say, today or tomorrow we will go

to such and such a city and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.

yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. you are just a vapor that appears for

a little while and then vanishes away."

ministry is sitting at my desk, doing a fantastic job at work, working with integrity, and talking to people as they pass by. ministry right now is reaching out to them and talking about the hard times, difficulties, joys, sorrows, humorous, and mundane parts of life. my role as a Christ Follower, as one of His disciples, must come out in this time of urgency. May the body of Christ being praying for one another that we would fulfill our roles as we minister to the lost and the dying at work, at school, or wherever else the Lord places us.