February 29th

My picture today is a self portrait... not that I look good by anymeans, but the next time I will be seen on this date again I will be 30 years old. We will not see this date on the calendar for another 4 years... 2016... sounds very futuristic...



But... where do you want to be 4 years from now? Where do I want to be 4 years from now? What are we doing today to see that we make it to where we want to be four years from now.

I didn't really do anything today to make the day special, but I did think about the date throughout the date... I thought of the potential of life and the future. As much as the past and present can cause pain, I am looking hopeful at the future. I don't want to forget the past... it has made me who I am.... I don't want to miss the present and wish my life away... I want to enjoy everyday... but as I move through the present, I need to make actions that will positively affect my future.

Good night and God bless!

Lonely Days

So... my blogging inspiration has prodded me to include more details and pictures in me blog... I'm a bit apprehensive about that, but I told her I would work on it... so, I'll start today on a very vulnerable day... besides... I think there are only like 2-3 people who read this anyway ;-)

Well, as the title for today reads, the past couple of days have been lonely days. Sometimes following God leads to lonely days. Whether you are sticking to convictions others see as outdated or perhaps God told you to move to another country far away from family, friends, and familiarity-- a number of things can happen where obeying God will lead to lonely days. For me, I have been seeing this great guys for over 6 months... and obeying God to walk away has led me to hurting lonely days. My friend and I were used to communicating throughout the day... every day... I've found myself looking at my phone a lot the past few days thinking perhaps I didn't hear a message come in... but to no avail... the phone has been pretty inactive.

Of course this is when God is pulling me, urging me, drawing me into His arms to seek His company. Unfortunately for us humans, His arms aren't as tangeable.

Somehow not only have I had to kill a relationship, but I seem to be killing my miniature rose bush that he gave me for Valentine's Day. :-/

BUT above all, I trust Him! When it hurts... I trust Him! When I don't understand... I trust Him! When I have to lay down my will to do His will... I trust Him! When I don't want to hurt someone else... I trust Him! When I'm crying... I trust Him! When I feel like I can't breath... I trust Him! When my soul is broken and hurting... I trust Him! When others reach out to ask how I am... I trust Him! When I can't help but want him back... I trust Him! When I see other couples... I trust Him! When I think about my future... I trust Him! When I'm lonely... I trust Him!

Moving Forward

Really, there is no other logical choice in lofe other than to continue moving forward... there is no sense trying to stay where you are or heaven forbid move backwards... so friends, keep moving forward!!!

Weekend's Over

Tomorrow is a new day, a new week... I'm ready for it!

Goodnight and God bless!

Ruh Roh

I missed another day of blogging yesterday... but for good reason... I was at one of my best friends' house celebrating her birthday overnight. So... today was good... finished celebrating her bday, met another friend to hang out, and then I've been working on paperwork and such. It was a good day... now I'm gonna try to go to sleep... we'll see if it happens :-)

Checkin Out

I'm done with today.

Good night and God bless!

Organized and Productive

There have been obstacles in my way over the past couple of years that I've blamed for times of lack of organization and lack of productivity.

I am working to push those out of the way and get ORGANIZED and PRODUCTIVE!!!

Good night and God bless!!!

Grateful

I am OH SOOOOOOO grateful that I have a nice place to stay and that it is free. On the same note, I will be oh so grateful when God blesses me with my own space again as well!

Good night and God Bless!!!

Unending "To Do" List

Well today was productive, but as always, as I mark one thing off my to do list, I have to add 3 more things on it :-)

Oh well, just glad to be alive and to be productive!!!

Good night and God bless!!!

Holiday

I'm glad tomorrow is a holiday, because this weekend has gone entirely tooooo fast!!!

Good night and GOD BLESS!!!

Good night

and God BLESS!!!

Fading Quickly

I am

s
o

t


i


r



e









d

WEEKEND COMETH!!!

I am so looking forward to the 3 day weekend, in which I have very little scheduled. Not that I don't have plenty to do, I am glad the 3 day weekend is coming so I can get done some things that need to get done!!!

Goodnight and GOD BLESS!!!

Stay in Your Lane!!!

"When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
Jesus answered, 'If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.'"

So often we worry about others. Well, actually we are being selfinsh thinking of ourselves. Let me explain. We think we are working harder than others. Sacrifincing more than others. Multitasking more than others. Juggling more than others.

We need to stay focused on our own assignment and task. Actuallity is that God uses us all in different ways, and by comparing, we are questioning and undermining God's ways. And remember HIS thoughts are higher than our thoughts and HIS ways higher than our ways!!!

'When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.'”

Valentine's Day

I pray you all felt loved today and loved on others!

Good night and God Bless!!!

Hmmm

So, I think last night was the 3rd time for the year I forgot to blog... arg... oh well... we fall down, we get back up again.

In life, you're not a failure if you fall down, you become a failure when you don't get back up. And we will always fall, but our recovery time should shorten everytime. We should become so close to God that when we fall our spirit cries out and we must get back up immediately. Dust off the dirt and move forward... don't wallow in the mud.

Good night and GOD BLESS!!!

Worn Plum Out; But No Regrets

As usual after a Vertical Leap day, I am worn plum out. But I am absolutely willing to pay the price of being worn out in return for the blessings that come from attending Vertical Leap. It is most defitenly worth the sacrifice.

Now I'm goin to bed ya'll, cause I am ssssllllleeeeeeeeeeeppppppaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!

Good night and God bless!!!

TGIF

Well, the week is over and I will be serving at a phenomenal seminar for the weekend. SO hi and bye ;) I'm headed to bed! MUAH

What Others Think

"Don't let people's compliments go to your head, and don't let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you'll be ruled by what other people think of you." ~Lysa TerKeurst

Today I begin a new life...

Pledge 1: Today I begin a new life by replacing my bad habits with good ones for I now know I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me.

This is the first pledge of 10 in one of the ministries I volunteer with working with children.

So many people (me included) walk through life knowing areas (or habits) we need to change. We even plan to change them... sometime. But when???

We know our lives will be better once we make these changes... to eat healthier... to exercise... to be more productive... etc

SOOOOO when will we step up and just do what we know we should do???

TODAY I begin a new life by replacing my bad habits with good ones for I NOW know I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me.

Mondays Mondays

So, to start, FYI- I DID post yesterday! I'm not sure what happened though. I posted late last night. When I came back to this window tonight it was showing like there had been an error. SOOOOO... just for the record, I did post! :-)

Today was a... Monday. It wasn't bad. I subbed in a 1st grade classroom, but there was a student teacher who taught, so I basically did nothing all day. Which was fine, but I was fighting to stay awake all day! So, when I got off, I took a 2 hour nap :-P

And now, I'm headed back to bed... gonna be subbing with fifth graders tomorrow... Wahoo!!!

Good night and God bless!!!

Beauty

Today was a beautiful day. I went with a friend on her motorcycle on a great ride down the coast, we had a good lunch, and the company was phenomenal! Unfortunately my phone takes forever to send pics, so maybe I'll post pics later :)

Redemption

Last night I went with my friend to see the new Liam Neeson movie, The Grey. I won't be a movie spoiler, but as good as hte movie was made, when it was over, I did not like the movie, because I couldn't find any redeeming factor in it.

I am so thankful that as we walk through life, God is continually showing up and showing out on our behalf. Some days may seem to suck, but we can always rest assured that God will bring out a redeeming factor from every situation.

So as you go about life, look for the redeeming factors.

Good night and GOD BLESS!!!

sleeepppppaaaayyyy

It is 2 am... gnight :-)

Another OOPS

So, I didn't even realize until this evening that I didn't post yesterday... my bad!

A month has passed in 2012. I missed 2 days of blogging, 1 day of taking a picture, and 0 days of reading the Word. Not too shappy.

A new month is here, and I am ready to create a new past now. Aren't you all SO grateful God let's us start over, over and over again!!! I know I sure am!!!!!!!!!

Here goes to a month of no OOPS's :-)

Goodnight and God bless!!!