Saturday, January 29, 2011

Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.

Is it bad I don't have any pictures of just me? other than my senior pics? Y'all have already seen this picture but its from almost exactly two years ago and I don't feel like looking for anything else haha.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.

This is hard..I have too many "best" friends and too many pictures haha. So I'll just do more than one :)























Thursday, January 27, 2011

Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.

My idea of a perfect first date...hmm. Since I am a girl, I've been asked this countless times, and people always expect me to say this long elaborate "walk on the beach..movies..candlelit dinner" dream. Wrong. haha. That's all nice and dandy but I really love the dates where we barely do anything but talk and get to know one other. Maybe go to chickfila and/or see a movie or something small, as long as its chill. I really enjoy unplanned things haha just go with the flow :)

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.


So today was pretty uneventful but definitely a good day haha. Started out by sleeping in until 8(yes I count that as sleeping in haha) then did some good Bible reading! Then I was off to school for band! woo! 3 hours of making my butt numb and my chops dead haha. I got some cheap japanese food with an awesome person, and since it was storming I spent some time chilling at her house. Then the story of my life:last minute plans! Decided to go to a Bible study, which turned out to be cancelled. So we ended up having a nice little heart to heart with some good friends, then off to chickfila for pondscum! (If you've never played that game please let me teach you!) Yeah, pretty decent day :) 

30 day challenge!

I did one of these last summer but with no facebook I need something to occupy my time and I got bored of lyrics haha so yay! 


Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.
Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of our favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of youself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Lyrics day 2!

I Am a Friend of God(Israel Houghton)


"Who am I that you are mindful of me
That you hear me, when I call
Is it true that you are thinking of me
How you love me, it's amazing (Who am I Lord)

I am a friend of God..."



It never ceases to amaze me how big God is yet how he longs to have that friendship with me. He hears me when I call, and thinks of me, and loves me, even when I don't deserve it.

Lint on my pants..

So, its been pretty chilly on Sunday mornings the past few weeks. Therefore, I have decided to wear pants week after week instead of dresses to church on Sunday mornings. Not a problem, right? Wrong haha I rarely wear dress pants, and I really only have two pairs of GOOD comfy dress pants for church: my black pants and my khaki pants(which my awesome sister in law let me have). I also normally go home on the weekends to my parents..problem with that? For some reason when I'm rushing to get everything I need for the weekend before I go to early Friday morning class, I think "dress for church and dress pants in case its cold!" and I always go for the black pants instead of the khakis. Still don't see a problem? LINT. haha. I like with two cats and two dogs during the week, all who have primarily white hair..and shed. A lot. We have to vacuum at least every other day. Right after I wash my pants, they go straight to the drawer. But somehow, they are still covered in lint/fur by the time I get to my parents house/church on Sunday morning. So, I take a lint roller and roll away. 6 or 7 sheets later, I am lint free to look clean at church! Yay! but then of course I go home and by the time I'm done eating lunch, I am covered yet again.

Soo...that super long intro story means whaaa?
I was thinking today while doing my rolling duty in my moms office..this is the typical lukewarm Christians lifestyle. What do we do during the week? Stuff our Jesus pants in a drawer or to the side. We save our "dress" clothes for Sunday. We "prepare" our hearts for worship by rushing to get everything ready.. pretend we didn't gossip about so and so. Ask God to forgive us for being a bad friend to someone who needed Jesus' love shown through us. Forget about the little white lies we told our parents and act like they don't matter. Clean up our mouths. But there is leftover "lint" in our lives..so we clean the last bit up before walking into church. And what happens as soon as we sing the closing song and finish lunch with fellow churchies? The lints back on. We go right back to not living for God during the week..

That's my challenge to myself and my readers(all 3 of you haha but you can pass it on :) ) Don't just clean up for Sunday, stay lint free all week, every day, all day. Get in Gods word, and really be a light for Him to everyone around you. Yeah, we're all gonna mess up. But strive to be like Christ in your daily walk. See what difference it makes in your attitude and see how many people you can get to notice :)

Friday, January 21, 2011

No facebook for one month!

I've been praying a lot lately about facebook, and how much of my time it takes up when I could be studying Gods word, being a better friend to someone etc. And how tired I am of seeing all the drama and scandels based around facebook(grow up! haha) So, I finally (wo)man upped and deactivated it last night. Woo! First day of no fb: successful!
There's been a TON of things on my mind lately, but because of me spending time on fb too often, I haven't really sat down and blogged, which is such an awesome way to get things out of my system. And to just do. So I am now starting a month long blog game thing for myself(unless one of my other 5 followers wants to take part in it, also haha) along with actually blogging whenever I feel the need to.
The "game" is: Choose a song you hear on the radio at some point that day, and either take one lyric or the whole thing and say what it meant to you.
I've been hearing some awesome one liners almost everyday lately, so I might as well blog about them haha.

So for day 1!
I actually heard a ton of songs today that got to my heart. The lucky(or since I'm a Christian I should say blessed haha) winner is:

We Fall Down
"We fall down
and lay our crowns
At the feet of Jesus
The greatness of
Your Mercy and love
At the feet of Jesus
And we cry holy, holy, holy
And we cry holy, holy, holy
And we cry holy, holy, holy
Is the lamb"

How often do we sing common songs like this in worship at church/camp or while in our car when they come on the radio? A lot. How often do we actually take the lyrics, and not only think how awesome they are but actually apply them to our lives? Rarely.
Well, maybe I'm just talking about myself haha.
"we fall down, and lay our crowns at the feet of Jesus." What if I really FALL DOWN and lay my crowns, or in other words my blessings, rewards, happiness, etc, at His feet? What if daily I spent time in prayer? Not just in prayer but ON MY KNEES? Its amazing what happens in your heart when you actually fall down and praise God and pray. Its a truly humbling experience that is difficult to describe. And so often I do not lay my crowns at His feet.. "the greatness of Your mercy and love.." Gods mercy and love. Wow is the only word I have to describe that right now. And not only is it great all the time, but even greater when we lay everything at his feet!
"And we cry holy, holy, holy..." Holy. Holy. Holy. Separated. Separated. Separated. 3 times. In the times the Bible was written, there was no "all caps" or "bold font," so in order to emphasize something, it was to be more than once. "Holy Holy Holy" God is Holy, Holy, Holy. In modern times that would be HOLY!!!!! Shouldn't that take more meaning in our lives? What if we actually thought of God like that? What if we actually gave everything to Him at the altar? What if we actually fell down for Him and really meant it?


What if we stop saying what if and actually DO.