GASP

It's coming....pictures of deliciousness.

condiments.

Have you ever said to a friend "let's hang out all day today, but I'm only going to talk to you once in the morning, before we eat, and once before bed, okay?" I hope not, If you did, I hope your friend would be smart enough to stay away from you. I mean what on earth? Only talk at certain times even though they are standing right next to you all day? Yeah right, they aren't sticking around. But wait! What if you talk to them every time you NEED something, wouldn’t that be included as talking more? HA. They would leave even faster. Would you stay with a friend who did that? I wouldn't.

I have some bad news, most of us are guilty of doing this most days. And the friend we do this to isn't an acquaintance, isn't a good friend, not even our best friend. This friend is closer than a brother (or sister), loves us enough to give His only Son, and DOES stay with us even though we treat him so terribly. That's right, I'm talking about God and prayer. Honestly, go back and read that first paragraph, isn’t that what we do to God? I know it's what I did. How can I ignore so easily the creator of the universe and all the flavors I'm so passionate about? I how can I ignore the One who saved me, set me free, loves me unconditionally, keeps me smiling when I want to cry, keeps me whole when I want to fall apart, keeps me breathing EVERY SINGLE DAY. The one who brings Joy into every aspect of my life!? I mean HELLO!? Am I getting through? I hope so. When I first head Dannah Gresh talk about this at the true woman conference, I couldn’t stop the tears. How awful! We need to be sooooooooooo glad that this Friend wouldn't abandon us, even when we do stop talking to Him.

Well now I have some good news, it doesn't have to stay this way. Something Dannah challenged us to do was to get out of our prayer boxes. Don't we constantly talk to our close friends, whether face to face, by calling, texting, facebooking, tweeting, emailing, ETC,????? We find a way. God is even more available. All you have to do is think of Him, think of all He is, remember all you are not, and start talking. And yes, you can listen too. He talks back. Through His word, through others, even through random thoughts that make you go "wow I never thought of that!" yep, that’s Him too.

Something I've started doing is praying when I'm driving. And I drive a lot, meaning I am praying a lot. At first, it was hard, I didn’t know what to pray about, I'd never talked to God this much at once before. It's become so easy now. I don’t just ask for things now. You know, things like forgiveness, and prayer requests. Not that those are bad things to pray about, but use to be I would only pray when I needed something. Now, sometimes I find myself switching from "talking" in my head, to just thinking and I find I think of things I would have never thought of (whew, to many think words) had I never taken the time to just be silent. No music, no nothing. God’s putting those thoughts in my head. And I also just take time to thank Him for things he has blessed me with, time to thank Him for being so loving and AWEsome. Those are the times I have gotten to school feeling good, the days I have felt light. He asks us to cast all our burdens on Him. We don’t need to hold them in, and not only do we GET to pour out our hearts and give it all to Him, we get blessed with extras in return! I have seen so many blessings that are a result of prayer and faithfulness. When you have faith, even the size of a MUSTARD seed, everything can happen.

God is so amazingly simple when He deals with us. We forget about that sometimes. He loves us, we love Him back, and He will love us even more. We can never love God more than He loves us. So what are you waiting for? Right now, take a moment, thank God you're alive and love Him for it.

I hear the wedding bells.......oh wait, no I don't

God moves in wonderful mysterious ways. Today has been a day of tears. Happy tears, tears that have come from seeing the awesomeness of God displayed for all to see! He is using so many things in my life to help me grow and I hope my thick head will continue to respond to them.

Let's start with one of the majors. So, for those of you who know me, you know I was kinda obsessed with getting married. Okay, really obsessed. That was about a year ago. Frineds around me were getting into relationships and I felt that I would never find the "perfect guy." Then God decided to take my sinful (yes, they were sinful, being discontent is a sin!) thoughts on their heads and kick them right out. Well, maybe he didn't do it all at once, like I said, my head is thick, it takes time for things to come and go sometimes. Anyways through a series of scriptures, books, people and a conference I've been able to see that God can and will do so much with my life while I wait to get married, or dare I say it? If I never do. 

The mission trip this summer opened my eyes to people I could be helping in my singleness. Scripture has shown me how I need to be content and gloryfing God at ALL times, even now. A book called "singled out for Him" by Nancy Leigh Demoss showed me how much I can and should be doing RIGHT NOW with all the free time I have NOT being in a relationship. Another book and more scripture, and people and ect., have shown me how NOT ready I am to make that kind of commitment, how I need to be growing so that IF that right guy ever comes, I'll be ready. Oh and I also was given the thought that maybe "THE man" isn't ready either and we all just need to do some more growing. 

I am patiently waiting in Him now, and he satisfies me completely in every way. I just pray He will keep sending me the reminders!

I'll be posting other ways God's been amazing. At least till my laptop comes back to life and I can finally show you some awesome pictures.

but of course,

So I had like a few posts lined up that are actually interesting, about a greek festival, sprained ankles, new coffee shops, weird biscuits and more, but of course, my laptop charger quit working, and that's where the pictures are. No one wants to read a long post without pictures so I am going to wait until I can get the pictures. So don't lose heart, I really am not that boring. This has probably been one of he most interesting weeks since I stated school. But of course, no charger. So sorry, I hope I don't lose you forever.

I wish

I wish that you could continue enjoying food after you've swallowed it. It's very sad that the enjoyment of food only lasts in your mouth! I know it's weird to think about, but we should. What happens after we've chewed and enjoyed? Well we usually don't really care do we? Sure, this cake is going to taste totally AMAZING, but then what's my body going to do with it? Who cares right? Yeah, 20 pounds later you might care. My new goal is to eat and drink things that my mouth will enjoy an that my body will too. Like this Zen tea I'm drinking from tazo. It's a green tea, spearmint, and lemongrass blend. It's extremely tasty and good for me too.