Happy weekend! Just a few things that I have enjoyed lately... hope you enjoy as well!
+ So apparently these may be limited time and only at participating McDonalds.... so get in your car and drive over to your MickeyD's immediately to find out if they have them... dipped cones! Hard shell of chocolate around the normal soft-serve cones= AMAZING!
+ Check out the Facebook page for the new Davies center! It's opening for a bit on Monday and I hope to be there! Maybe I can provide you all with some sneak peaks! :)
+ I'm currently digging this song...
+ I'm thinking of getting into running more... I would love to run a 5k someday. Here's a "couch to 5k" chart I found that looks like it could be promising. Maybe someday isn't too far away? :)
Don’t be
embarrassed but you can join me in raising your hand if much of a week or other
extended period of time can be remembered by what song you listened to on
repeat (riding in the car, dancing in the living room, starting it over &
over to stop messing up the lyrics)…
For me it has been the song Farther Along by Josh
Garrels.
Every time I
listen to it I am thinking or processing through something different and I just
can’t get enough. I hope you enjoy and share what you think!
1. Check out this video. Go to your local Michaels and buy one of these. Or you can find them here. [I personally love the "doodle red" one!] Commence hours of crafting.
2. Looking for a good summer jam? Well look no more! Listen to 'Some Nights' by Fun. You will be dancing night and day.
3. Also in need of a great summer tv series? Once again, your quest is over... check out 'Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.' I have no idea how you get ahold of it aside from buying it from Amazon, but do whatever is necessary to do so. You will not be disappointed. Seriously... how could this not be amazing?!
4. Check out your local thrift store [Goodwill is preferable]. You never know what you may find!
5. Spend time with Jesus! All these things might make your summer more fun, but Jesus will definitely make your summer meaningful and complete!
Fundraising
is going to change the way I think about a lot of things.
I know that
without a doubt, but I thought for my life to be changed in a radical way a
radical thing had to happen.
In my mind,
Radical = a
big huge event
Very rarely
do I think of radical as something small or quiet like “a gentle whisper”.
Last week,
all I wanted was confirmation that I was doing the right thing; that I was
actually called to be a part of Edge Corps, that what I was doing was enough,
that I wasn’t alone. I wanted something big to reaffirm me. I wanted to feel
something. I wanted to cry. I wanted something big.
Nope, I
couldn’t cry. I didn’t feel anything. Nothing radical happened.
Or at least
my concept of radical didn’t happen. But God was all over last week.
The Lord
told Elijah He was going to pass by the mountain he was on. Great winds came, an earthquake
happened, and fire occurred, but the Bible says God was not in any of those
things.
(Those are
big things and they change a lot about the landscape of the earth. I find myself thinking “Elijah, how
were you not moved by those things?”)
How cool is
it that Elijah was moved by a whisper?! A whisper.
He waited
through 3 huge events. He knew that wasn’t the Lord speaking to him.
God does
move and speak in big ways, but sometimes He wants us to be patient and wait
for His gentle whisper.
My prayer is
to wait on the Lord. He is faithful and He will provide for my desire to feel
something, to be moved. Maybe it will be in big ways, but I want to be so in tune
that I will wait and not miss His whisper.
God has
uniquely made me.I have a
distinct personality, different likes & dislikes from others, different
opinions, different ways of doing things and dreams for my life.Sometimes I am get frustrated with who
I was and who I am.
Why can’t I be like that? Why can’t I do that?
Etc. Etc. Etc.
But God has made
me the person I am for a reason.
Now, that doesn’t give me the excuse to be complacent. I am the person God needs me to be
right now, but He isn’t done with me.
Denying that puts doubt in His sovereignty and love for me.
Lately, I
have been realizing how much I think about myself, my situations, my feelings,
peoples’ reactions to me…the list goes on. I was a little grossed out by that
fact. Even with the right
intension of not being self-centered, I was wrapped up in me. That’s the thing about intentions….they
aren’t actions. Actions actually
require movement.
Okay so here is my point…finally,
right?
I am going
to meet people who are completely different than me: in convictions, God’s
plans for our lives, and so much more, but I think we get stuck in worrying
about the little things that we get away from the point….JESUS. That’s all that really matters. I need God’s strength everyday to walk
away and remember it’s not about me! I don’t need to prove I am right and try to
be good enough because thinking and doing all that still all comes back to me. I need an attitude check and eyes to see His action in my life. It's all about Him. I need His guidance to give up intentions and choose
action. Action resulting in obedience.
Entertaining Fact: My first impression of a song comes from the music, then the lyrics.
With those facts in mind, as I listened to Jenny & Tyler for the last couple of weeks I just loved their music. It was encouraging because although I am a ‘sing in the car at the top of my lungs kind of girl,' I wasn’t in that mood. Jenny & Tyler made me smile because their music connected to how I was feeling. I wasn’t sad but I wasn’t happy go lucky. Honestly, I wasn’t sure what was going on, but I knew everything was going to work out {yeah for hope}. I just needed to be patient and keep being obedient.
I had time this weekend for the first time to attentively listen to the lyrics. Ahh I am so excited. They really hit on a lot of things I have been processing through. …
Lies, comfort, hiding, failure, no easy fix or answer
Forgiveness, His strength, His comfort, His promises.
But don’t just take my word for it…CHECK THEM OUT
& see if they connect with anything going on in your life.
So if you are interested in listening to their whole album
