Hello Hello!
I have no purpose in writing tonite, except that I just feel like it. No real thoughts, no nothing. I just want to write.
It is finally Friday, and after a LOOOOOONG week, I couldn't be happier! I had a million and one tests this week, lots of work and little sleep. Yeah, not cool...at all. Well, tonite was fun. I went to dinner with some super sweet friends, and then to the Army-Navy Soccer Game. We left before the end, so, I don't know the outcome. But, I did conclude that #15, Pierre, is my favorite player, because he has the coolest name. GO PIERRE!!!
So, in the midst of my stressful week, God has given me a real friend to talk to. She gives A+ pep talks and so, despite some stress this week, she has just encouraged me. Gotta love my friends!
Let's see...I don't really know what else has gone on. Just a crazy but good week. Yeah, well, not much to report, just needed something to do for a few minutes!!! Plus, I just love bloggin! Super fun times!!! I know that only like 1 maybe 2 people read this, but, hey, in my mind, it is like wonderful writing!! HA! Blessings...
20 October 2006
11 October 2006
Faithfulness...
Hello my dear friends...
I have been pretty stressed lately. Between papers to write, tests to study for, Bible Study, relax time, sleep time, and friend time. I try to make time for everything, and it just doesn't work! And on top of all that, I have had lots going on in my head and heart. I have been on minor overload...maybe even major overload lately. But, God is faithful.
Well, with all this stuff to get done, usually the first thing that comes off the to-do list is quiet time. I hate to say it, but, I like to be honest here. And, so, the most interaction I have with Jesus in my day is prayer. Which, is good, but, when that is all there is, things can get rough, life gets confusing. But, God is faithful.
Do you ever feel weak? Not physically, but, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually? I do. I feel like sometimes I am given more than I want or can handle. Like, just when I think things can't get worse, they do. Those times when you just want to quit life. Or, give up fighting for something I know is right. Weak or strong, God is faithful.
Do you notice a common theme here?
No matter what I do or feel, GOD IS FAITHFUL!!
Many days I feel defeated, don't you? Many days I feel, just not good enough. I feel like, if only I was like her. If only I was smart like him...but, just at the right time, God sends me some form of encouragement. Whether in song, or a person, or a book, or verse...HE is SO stinkin faithful! Even through all my ups and downs. My highs and lows, the good and the bad...he has NEVER and will NEVER leave me. He has promised that in his word:
John 1:5-
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
What a promise. You know, many people in my life have come and gone. Sometimes I feel like, I just wasn't good enough. If I had been a better person, they would've kept in touch. Or, whatever...you know what? I don't ever have to worry about that with God tho. He won't ever leave. He will remain FAITHFUL until the very end!!
"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20
So, I am learning right now to really embrace that promise. Trust that He is faithful...embrace it! It is true and an AWESOME promise!!!
I have been pretty stressed lately. Between papers to write, tests to study for, Bible Study, relax time, sleep time, and friend time. I try to make time for everything, and it just doesn't work! And on top of all that, I have had lots going on in my head and heart. I have been on minor overload...maybe even major overload lately. But, God is faithful.
Well, with all this stuff to get done, usually the first thing that comes off the to-do list is quiet time. I hate to say it, but, I like to be honest here. And, so, the most interaction I have with Jesus in my day is prayer. Which, is good, but, when that is all there is, things can get rough, life gets confusing. But, God is faithful.
Do you ever feel weak? Not physically, but, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually? I do. I feel like sometimes I am given more than I want or can handle. Like, just when I think things can't get worse, they do. Those times when you just want to quit life. Or, give up fighting for something I know is right. Weak or strong, God is faithful.
Do you notice a common theme here?
No matter what I do or feel, GOD IS FAITHFUL!!
Many days I feel defeated, don't you? Many days I feel, just not good enough. I feel like, if only I was like her. If only I was smart like him...but, just at the right time, God sends me some form of encouragement. Whether in song, or a person, or a book, or verse...HE is SO stinkin faithful! Even through all my ups and downs. My highs and lows, the good and the bad...he has NEVER and will NEVER leave me. He has promised that in his word:
John 1:5-
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
What a promise. You know, many people in my life have come and gone. Sometimes I feel like, I just wasn't good enough. If I had been a better person, they would've kept in touch. Or, whatever...you know what? I don't ever have to worry about that with God tho. He won't ever leave. He will remain FAITHFUL until the very end!!
"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20
So, I am learning right now to really embrace that promise. Trust that He is faithful...embrace it! It is true and an AWESOME promise!!!
03 October 2006
It is NOT about me!
This is my new motto for life. Am I going to be able to live it out...no. Am I going to do my best to make that my mind set...yes.
I have been realizing so much lately how people, myself TOTALLY included, see life as being about #1. That just isn't the case. What if we all just thought about ourselves, what was convienient or comfortable? Well, look at our world. That is pretty much it.
Okay, how many of you have ever watched "Little House on the Prairie" or read the books? Come on, you know you like that show. Well, when you watch it (you know you do), do you notice something different about those people besides their clothes and lack of plumbing? They all work together. I know that sounds "little kiddish" but, think about it. They always help out, even if it takes effort. Always putting others ahead of themselves.
Has something changed?
ABSOLUTELY! How often do you see people forgetting about what they are doing, what they need, or what they want to go help someone else out? Or maybe instead of being comfortable, thhey go out of their way to make someone else comfortable? Not that often.
We have become a lazy world. LAZY LAZY LAZY! Always looking out for ourselves. But, people, it is not about us. Aren't we supposed to live like Christ? Aren't we supposed to love others? Hmmm...(thoughtful moment) So, how Christlike are we being when we ignore the girl in the corner? Or don't help someone in need because it is too hard? LIFE IS HARD! Things take effort.
Story time.
I went to a Nichole Nordeman concert in March (amazing!), and she told a story. There was this girl named Merideth who was traveling with her and the band. She was really clingy and always wanted to be around Nichole. She had a lot of emotional problems and pain inside and clung to Nichole for support and love. Well, helping Merideth became too hard. So, Nichole started to ignore her and avoid her. She didn't need that burden and needed to focus on her music. Well, she and Merideth didn't talk much for the rest of the tour and when it was over, didn't keep in touch at all. Six months after the tour ended Nichole found out that Merideth committed suicide.
What if you were Nichole? Come on, don't we know a Merideth? Haven't we all been a Merideth a time or two? Nichole was looking out for herself, making things easy, and didn't see just how much Merideth needed that love. HOw awful to have to live with the fact that you could've saved a life...and didn't.
I don't want to live with that feeling. So, maybe I need to get over myself.
I know this was hard to follow. It is hard to organize these thoughts on paper sometimes. But, don't give up on that Merideth. Get over yourself! I know I need to...
I have been realizing so much lately how people, myself TOTALLY included, see life as being about #1. That just isn't the case. What if we all just thought about ourselves, what was convienient or comfortable? Well, look at our world. That is pretty much it.
Okay, how many of you have ever watched "Little House on the Prairie" or read the books? Come on, you know you like that show. Well, when you watch it (you know you do), do you notice something different about those people besides their clothes and lack of plumbing? They all work together. I know that sounds "little kiddish" but, think about it. They always help out, even if it takes effort. Always putting others ahead of themselves.
Has something changed?
ABSOLUTELY! How often do you see people forgetting about what they are doing, what they need, or what they want to go help someone else out? Or maybe instead of being comfortable, thhey go out of their way to make someone else comfortable? Not that often.
We have become a lazy world. LAZY LAZY LAZY! Always looking out for ourselves. But, people, it is not about us. Aren't we supposed to live like Christ? Aren't we supposed to love others? Hmmm...(thoughtful moment) So, how Christlike are we being when we ignore the girl in the corner? Or don't help someone in need because it is too hard? LIFE IS HARD! Things take effort.
Story time.
I went to a Nichole Nordeman concert in March (amazing!), and she told a story. There was this girl named Merideth who was traveling with her and the band. She was really clingy and always wanted to be around Nichole. She had a lot of emotional problems and pain inside and clung to Nichole for support and love. Well, helping Merideth became too hard. So, Nichole started to ignore her and avoid her. She didn't need that burden and needed to focus on her music. Well, she and Merideth didn't talk much for the rest of the tour and when it was over, didn't keep in touch at all. Six months after the tour ended Nichole found out that Merideth committed suicide.
What if you were Nichole? Come on, don't we know a Merideth? Haven't we all been a Merideth a time or two? Nichole was looking out for herself, making things easy, and didn't see just how much Merideth needed that love. HOw awful to have to live with the fact that you could've saved a life...and didn't.
I don't want to live with that feeling. So, maybe I need to get over myself.
I know this was hard to follow. It is hard to organize these thoughts on paper sometimes. But, don't give up on that Merideth. Get over yourself! I know I need to...
30 September 2006
Untitled...
Ahhhhhhh...That is a sigh "Ahhhh" not a screaming "Ahhhhh"
It has been such a great weekend, and I still have 2 days left! WOOHOO!! Today, I babysat and went to watch the football game...we lost...bad! So, that was a bit dissappointing, but, the extra money in my wallet is wonderful!
Our company is still here and I am having such fun with all 3 of them. Last nite I talked to Gina for a while and it was just FUN! Lexi is so fun and crazy! She is starting to warm up to all of us, so, that is really really fun! And Emily...can you say CUTE! I have gotten to feed her and hold her for the past 2 nites which has been so fun! She fell asleep on me earlier...so precious!
So, I don't have all that much to blog about...I am just really enjoying the company and the knowledge that I don't have to go to school on Monday! How wonderful!
As I was walking with my babysitting kids today, I was just taking in my surroundings. I LOVE WEST POINT! It was a gloomy day, but, still just gorgeous. I am gonna miss this place! The football games, the people, the mountains...just awesome! So, I had a moment of moving jitters...just a moment. I am so excited to move...! LIKE SO excited!
Well, that is pretty much it. I am kind of tired, okay, really tired! I am getting ready to call it a nite! Oodles of love...
(Was that scatter brained or WHAT?)
It has been such a great weekend, and I still have 2 days left! WOOHOO!! Today, I babysat and went to watch the football game...we lost...bad! So, that was a bit dissappointing, but, the extra money in my wallet is wonderful!
Our company is still here and I am having such fun with all 3 of them. Last nite I talked to Gina for a while and it was just FUN! Lexi is so fun and crazy! She is starting to warm up to all of us, so, that is really really fun! And Emily...can you say CUTE! I have gotten to feed her and hold her for the past 2 nites which has been so fun! She fell asleep on me earlier...so precious!
So, I don't have all that much to blog about...I am just really enjoying the company and the knowledge that I don't have to go to school on Monday! How wonderful!
As I was walking with my babysitting kids today, I was just taking in my surroundings. I LOVE WEST POINT! It was a gloomy day, but, still just gorgeous. I am gonna miss this place! The football games, the people, the mountains...just awesome! So, I had a moment of moving jitters...just a moment. I am so excited to move...! LIKE SO excited!
Well, that is pretty much it. I am kind of tired, okay, really tired! I am getting ready to call it a nite! Oodles of love...
(Was that scatter brained or WHAT?)
29 September 2006
Whooo! It has been too long!
Hello friends!
It sure has been a while. I have had SO SO SO SO SO much running thru my little head and heart lately. I don't know where to begin.
1. I finished the book "Authentic Beauty." A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I cannot tell you how awesome that book is. O MY GOLLY! It is one of those i-need-to-read-twice-to-get-it kind of books. So much to absorb. But, so awesome! If you haven't read it...READ IT! It will rock your socks off!
2. Clothes shopping. Many of you have probably heard my clothes sob story. It is impossible for me to find clothes these days. My gracious. It is not fun to realize that one cannot stay a size 2 forever. My 2 has now become a 6 in what seems like overnite! NOT COOL! So, that has been a frustration and let me tell you, "Beautiful" by Beth Dillon has been playing non stop. Not because I feel ugly, but, because it is a nice reminder that even tho my dream of being a size 2 forever will never be a reality, I am still GORGEOUS!! (and so humble too!)
3. I have really come to the point (almost) where I feel like I can be me without being concerned with what people think. Like, so what if people think I am a freak...I DON'T CARE! That is one freeing feeling. Being able to just be who you have been made to be...totally sweet! So, that has made life so much easier. I mean, I still wonder what people think. And at times it pulls me down, but, more and more, it is not as hard for me.
4. Thankfulness. I have never been good at letting people know how much they mean to me. So, I have really been working on that. And just thankfulness in general. I mean, I have SO MUCH to be thankful for, and instead, I still manage to find SOMETHING to complain about. LAME-O! Why not just be happy for what I do have. There are people with lives far worse then mine, and I am complaining. I am really working on that right now.
5. Enjoy. That is such a good word. I am really trying to enjoy. Enjoy life, silence, my family, my friends, school, time, Jesus...just enjoy. Too much I miss the good stuff. So much joy in life comes from the little things. And so much of the time, I overlook all of the little things. I am learning to just step back, or as the old saying goes, "Wake up and smell the roses (or coffee, whichever you prefer). "When I do that, it is amazing what can be learned!! It is so awesome!
Well, right now we have some friends staying with us...SUPER FUN! These guys (Gina, and her daughters Lexi and Emily) are some of the COOLEST people EVER! Her husband is deployed and so the are chillin with us for a few days! We are having a blast! Lexi is 3 and the funniest girl ever. And emily is just a few months old and is just ADORABLE! She is in that floppy stage and is just so fun to hold and play with! So, this is going to be a fun 3 day weekend!
Well, I am tired. Long week! But, luckily we have a 3 day weekend (Yom Kippor, baby!). So lots of time to relax!! Alrighty, I am going to wrap this up! Be strong, friends! Praying for you all! LOVE YOU GUYS! And if I haven't talked to you in a while....call or email!! MISS YOU GUYS!
...me...
It sure has been a while. I have had SO SO SO SO SO much running thru my little head and heart lately. I don't know where to begin.
1. I finished the book "Authentic Beauty." A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I cannot tell you how awesome that book is. O MY GOLLY! It is one of those i-need-to-read-twice-to-get-it kind of books. So much to absorb. But, so awesome! If you haven't read it...READ IT! It will rock your socks off!
2. Clothes shopping. Many of you have probably heard my clothes sob story. It is impossible for me to find clothes these days. My gracious. It is not fun to realize that one cannot stay a size 2 forever. My 2 has now become a 6 in what seems like overnite! NOT COOL! So, that has been a frustration and let me tell you, "Beautiful" by Beth Dillon has been playing non stop. Not because I feel ugly, but, because it is a nice reminder that even tho my dream of being a size 2 forever will never be a reality, I am still GORGEOUS!! (and so humble too!)
3. I have really come to the point (almost) where I feel like I can be me without being concerned with what people think. Like, so what if people think I am a freak...I DON'T CARE! That is one freeing feeling. Being able to just be who you have been made to be...totally sweet! So, that has made life so much easier. I mean, I still wonder what people think. And at times it pulls me down, but, more and more, it is not as hard for me.
4. Thankfulness. I have never been good at letting people know how much they mean to me. So, I have really been working on that. And just thankfulness in general. I mean, I have SO MUCH to be thankful for, and instead, I still manage to find SOMETHING to complain about. LAME-O! Why not just be happy for what I do have. There are people with lives far worse then mine, and I am complaining. I am really working on that right now.
5. Enjoy. That is such a good word. I am really trying to enjoy. Enjoy life, silence, my family, my friends, school, time, Jesus...just enjoy. Too much I miss the good stuff. So much joy in life comes from the little things. And so much of the time, I overlook all of the little things. I am learning to just step back, or as the old saying goes, "Wake up and smell the roses (or coffee, whichever you prefer). "When I do that, it is amazing what can be learned!! It is so awesome!
Well, right now we have some friends staying with us...SUPER FUN! These guys (Gina, and her daughters Lexi and Emily) are some of the COOLEST people EVER! Her husband is deployed and so the are chillin with us for a few days! We are having a blast! Lexi is 3 and the funniest girl ever. And emily is just a few months old and is just ADORABLE! She is in that floppy stage and is just so fun to hold and play with! So, this is going to be a fun 3 day weekend!
Well, I am tired. Long week! But, luckily we have a 3 day weekend (Yom Kippor, baby!). So lots of time to relax!! Alrighty, I am going to wrap this up! Be strong, friends! Praying for you all! LOVE YOU GUYS! And if I haven't talked to you in a while....call or email!! MISS YOU GUYS!
...me...
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