Spring Break 2010

It has been a fabulous experience. The best break I can recall ever. I have the most amazing friends. Ones who let me be my ridiculously random, gorgeously goofy, entertainingly eccentric self and not judge me one bit. The best part is....they're all the same way. ;)

Wednesday we washed cars, took a walk, saw a movie, and went to a different park.

Tuesday we played capture the flag and murder in the dark all day.

Monday we all went to the park, splashed in the water and ran around.

Friday we went to the "lake" and played on the sand all day hitting the volleyball and the general chasing around of each other. It has been so much fun and so full of memories. I think I could burst with gratefulness. Thank you Jesus for my precious fellowship.

I love a good word or two

"Not a patient passive God, but a hardworking, aggressive blood-hound." -Lullaby by: Chuck Palahniuk

"It's the illusion of progress. What you want to think is your salvation." -Survivor by: Chuck Palahniuk

"One must understand the past in order to not underestimate the future." -Unknown

"It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more." -Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by: J.K. Rowling

"I love words. They paint your personality." -Jonathan Patterson

"Physical sickness we usually defy. Soul sickness we often resign ourselves to." -Mark Buchanan

"Cultures are certainly varied, but people are alike the world over." -Bamboo and Lace by: Lori Wick

"Don't grieve or fret when I am gone, or think you can comfort yourself by being idle and trying to forget. Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. Hope and keep busy; whatever happens know you can never be fatherless." -Little Women by: Louise May Alcott

"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of the earth, overlying our hard hearts." -Great Expectations by: Charles Dickens

"Moments move in a timely manner, and time waits for no one." -Chasing Daylight by: Erwin McManus

"Everyone needs a life-giving obsession, something to keep hope alive." -Fateless (movie)

"I had taken the long way around, but I was finally home. To stay." -The Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." -Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by: J.K. Rowling

"We can't make a difference until we're different." -Sarah Mileur

"Laughter and tears are the thumb-print of your heart." -Chris Horvath

"I understand..."

I tend to have little patience when it comes to people telling me about my spiritual life. When I get excited about what God is showing me so I share with them and they add on to it like what God is showing them is the exact same thing. When it's not. Don't get me wrong, I love hearing what God is doing in other people's hearts and lives, but it's when they try to make it what He's telling me too. I know that's not always what they're doing, but it feels like it, my patience runs thin, and I snap. :\

For instance, yesterday I was trying to tell a friend that God has finally renamed me. (I've been waiting to see my new name for awhile now). He's named me treasured. And He's really teaching me how I am covered by his blood and righteousness....COVERED....I am holy to him. (Although I am still a sinner who needs his guidance and forgiveness). I got frustrated when she was like "Oh yeah! You're victorious and comforted and his daughter." I wanted to just tell her to shut up because that's not it. I mean yes, I am all those things. But that's not where I am right now.

It shouldn't bother me so much. I don't know why it does....okay, yes I do. Satan is all about ruining relationships and he is particularly set on destroying this one. Well, it's awful hard not to let him get in the way sometimes. I have to slow down and remind myself what's really going on. Otherwise my thoughts cloud over and I get mad. And I refuse to let that happen again.