Monday, February 13, 2012
If I Should Have A Daughter
Bee Tea Dubs. . . just watch the first 4 minutes if you don't have time for the whole video. . . It's worth it!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
The fact of the matter is
I'm tapping into my old bad habit of ignoring the fact that I have an 8:30AM class, and instead blogging because I have this wonderful bit of excitement and I don't know why.
Here are some possibilities:
1) This Ray LaMontagne pandora station that is currently breeding joy in my heart and lovely whispers in my ears.
2) I'm reading a new book, "The Gift of Imperfection" from one of my new favs, researcher of human emotion and professional storyteller, Brene Brown.
3) The hunger games movie comes out in a month and I have a date with the bestie from MS/HS/College/Forever, Danielle. (side note, Danielle seems so happy in her new relationship and that is a prayer answered and also makes me happy to see)
4)CCF mission trip is in 4 weeks! I'm really super stoked that everyone will be all together for a week and can't wait to see new relationships formed and life change in some of my closest college family members.
5) Last night, I went to Status, a church in Orlando. Driving by my soon to be office and my soon to be home was a great reminder of what will soon be my reality. And the speaker spoke from Nehemiah 6--which was one of the bible study lessons that we did every week summer 2010 when I worked FUGE--a wonderful reminder of what the Lord has brought me through and blessed me by.
I think number 5 may be the biggest reason for my renewed excitement. The main point of the message was pride and how it's an inaccurate view of who I am and/or who God is. I appreciated one of the sub-points on "remembering who is sovereign" and not letting fear dictate how me make decisions because (and this is the real kick in the gut) "fear is the antithesis of the Gospel."
It's very safe to say that I've been living in fear this year of what happens after I leave this place. When I go from college student/professional bumm...to just plain professional.
I fear many things. . .that I'll fail (on so many levels), I fear loneliness, I fear not living life to the fullest, I fear loss (of friends, of free time, of myself).
And the fact of the matter is. . . the gospel says otherwise.
The fact of the matter is. . it's time to stop living in fear of what might be and start owning the fact that it doesn't matter because I know WHO Was, Is, and Will Be.
Here are some possibilities:
1) This Ray LaMontagne pandora station that is currently breeding joy in my heart and lovely whispers in my ears.
2) I'm reading a new book, "The Gift of Imperfection" from one of my new favs, researcher of human emotion and professional storyteller, Brene Brown.
3) The hunger games movie comes out in a month and I have a date with the bestie from MS/HS/College/Forever, Danielle. (side note, Danielle seems so happy in her new relationship and that is a prayer answered and also makes me happy to see)
4)CCF mission trip is in 4 weeks! I'm really super stoked that everyone will be all together for a week and can't wait to see new relationships formed and life change in some of my closest college family members.
5) Last night, I went to Status, a church in Orlando. Driving by my soon to be office and my soon to be home was a great reminder of what will soon be my reality. And the speaker spoke from Nehemiah 6--which was one of the bible study lessons that we did every week summer 2010 when I worked FUGE--a wonderful reminder of what the Lord has brought me through and blessed me by.
I think number 5 may be the biggest reason for my renewed excitement. The main point of the message was pride and how it's an inaccurate view of who I am and/or who God is. I appreciated one of the sub-points on "remembering who is sovereign" and not letting fear dictate how me make decisions because (and this is the real kick in the gut) "fear is the antithesis of the Gospel."
It's very safe to say that I've been living in fear this year of what happens after I leave this place. When I go from college student/professional bumm...to just plain professional.
I fear many things. . .that I'll fail (on so many levels), I fear loneliness, I fear not living life to the fullest, I fear loss (of friends, of free time, of myself).
And the fact of the matter is. . . the gospel says otherwise.
The fact of the matter is. . it's time to stop living in fear of what might be and start owning the fact that it doesn't matter because I know WHO Was, Is, and Will Be.
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