DONE! D-O-N-E!

DONE! Yay for being done with this semester... officially half way done with my degree!!! Yay!

I will post more this weekend once I have had a normal nights sleep. This week has been a crazy week, but God has really revealed himself to me in some crazy ways so I will post some about that.... But since it is almost 3am... I am off to bed!!!!!

Long time no post

Long time no post. Sorry. This semester is coming to an end... so I am in crazy school mode. I promise I will write something and get back on track over the weekend when I will be officially done with school for the semester. For Now... a picture of me and my niece from Thanksgiving and then another of just her sleeping!!!

(sorry her head looks a little greasy... it would be because we have a problem with petting her sweet little head....)

A day of Thanks from a Very Blessed Girl

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!


Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday of the year. What a better day than to give thanks for all the many blessings in our lives? I have so much to be greatful for and, though I dont always say it enough, I am so thankful for every last blessing that God has bestowed on me. Below is a list of 5 things I am thankful for. These are things I am thankful for today and everyday. For the most part, they are not really in any particular order...... Except 1. The first thing I am thankful is at the very top of my list becuase it is the most important thing that I am I am most thankful for.


I am thankful for....

1. Serving an awesome God who sent his only son to die for me, an imperfect person who falls short of His glory, yet loves me just the same. For that I am so grateful! Wow. God is so good!

2. My family. My parents are my biggest cheerleaders. They rejoice in the good and they pick me up when I fall. They love me unconditionally and do more for me than I could ever deserve. As we have grown older, my sister and I have grown closer, for which I am so happy and thankful for.

3. The chance to purse my dreams. I have always wanted to be an architect, and God has provided means and a way to go.

4. My friends. God has put so many wonderful people in my life who support me, love me, and challenge me. The know my ins and outs and I am so thankful to call them my friends.

5. Freedom. We live in a country where we are free to express ourselves, to chose our faith and beliefs. Right now, while I type this in the company of my family, there are soldiers around the world who are fighting right now for our freedom. Thank you to all the service people serving our country here and abroad.


What are you thankful for today?

Beautiful

So, I admit, I have not actually physically gone to church in a while. I know... I should go. But, I am full of excuses... I am not in town, I am too tired, I need to do school work... Excuses. Not good BUT, even though I have not physically gone to church, I have been listening to some pretty awesome sermons from a church near where I live (all available online for free through podcasts on Itunes). Perry Noble, pastor at Newspring Church in Anderson, SC has been doing a series called Beautiful. It is a series for women. Last year they did a series for men called Sex, Money, and Power. It was very good. But, as a woman, this series has been AMAZING. I highly suggest it!!!!! Single, Married, young or old, it is is for everyone, both men and women. The first sermon in the series was called Me, Beautiful? where Perry talks about how God see women. The second sermon was A Wife Worth Finding where Perry talks about what kind of woman is worth pursuit. The third in the series was a "candid conversation with Shaunti Feldhahn, the author "For women only: what you need to know about the inner lives of men." Last week's sermon was by Clayton King, the teaching pastor at Newspring who spoke on the contrasting lives of Mary and Martha. This week's sermon is not yet up. I am looking forward for tomorrow so today's sermon will be up!!!

Again, they are all available for free on ITunes!

A cool quote

I was reading the Living Proof Ministries Blog (Beth Moore and her two wonderful daughters are the faces behind the different posts). Any ways, Beth's youngest daughter Melissa was posted a quote out of a book she has read this fall. The book is Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense by N.T. Wright. Wright gives what is possibly the best description of what the bible is. He says “the Bible isn’t simply a repository of true information about God, Jesus, and the hope of the world. It is, rather, part of the means by which, in the power of the Spirit, the living God rescues his people and his world, and takes them forward on the journey toward his new creation, and makes us agents of that new creation even as we travel” (191). Wow.... wonderful!

Faith....

So everything about our economy is not looking very good. The dow finished up yesterday (I think I heard 552+) but today, as CNN put it, it is in a "nosedive" again. The experts say that if GM fails, it will be a domino effect, "it rapidly takes out all the other dominoes." Scary. by some standards yes. My parents I think are very stressed as their retirement is in the stock market. But through it all, while it is a bit overwhelming at times, I am just not stressed about it. God says so much about money and life, I just cant worry about it. Hebrews 11:1 says "Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see." Gods painting this wonderful picture that none of know what it is going to look like when all is said and done, but He knows why our economy is not doing well. Faith is coming to total darkness and not knowing whats ahead, but walking forward knowing that there will either be solid ground to walk on, God will catch you, or you will learn to fly. God is not going to let you hit the bottom. His plan is greater than we could ever know. On top of faith, He says very clearly in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." These are just 2 of hundreds of examples of where God tells each of us not to worry. His plans for us are greater than we could ever imagine.

So here I am, following his plan for my life. I am in school and not going to worry about the economy or money. I am going to live by faith knowing He will provide for me today and tomorrow as he has every day before. What about you?

been a while.. but for good reason!

Its been a while.... I am not very good at blogging on a regular basis. While I have many excuses, the best is that I am now officially an AUNT!!!!!! That's right... my sister, who I know I have never mentioned before on my blog as this only my second post, any ways... my sister and my brother-in-law welcomed a sweet little Girl on October 25, 2008 at 7:54 PM. Her name is Sarah Boyd! She weighed 7lbs 5 oz and was 19" long. She is so sweet and I totally love her!!! I will add a picture of her below for everyone to admire! :)

1. About 12 hours old, and in her mommy's arms!

2. One of her First nights home.... In her Daddy's arms!

3. The family admires that sweet baby girl!! Even her Great Grandma Baba who came in with Great Grandpa Jack from the west coast!

For now, I am going to get back to working on school work. I have a test in 12 hours and a few more hours of studying to do to get ready for it!

Hopefully, in the coming days and weeks, I will get better at blogging regularly and hopefully with something exciting, thoughtful, and/or worthy of writing about.