It feels like Saturday!

No alarm clock this morning.. God woke me up. And just in time for work.. I got there in a record 9 minutes, and was only 4 minutes late!! On the way I was given the gift of the sunrise in my rear view mirror. And peace set in.

For lunch: a visit with a friend, free food, & a lollipop while rocking in a chair.

The rest of the afternoon will consist of relaxation and creating.. I’m thinking an address book.

I feel that I have needed this Saturday for a while now. Praise God!

Six Days!

Less than one week away & the excitement is building!
On one hand, I am hesitant cause the friendships I have with a few close friends will begin to look different.
Two of them to be married.
Another, moving north.
But on the other hand, I am thrilled out of my brain and so excited to see how God is going to keep leading their lives!
My head knows that friend is moving out to live with a boy.
And my head knows that friend who was once so close will no longer be right there to laugh with and play Chess with.
My head also knows that getting a hold of each other for last minute, late night, games of Disk Golf will happen less often.
But my heart is okay.
The way it was was awesome and the adventures were grand.
And
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The memories are sweet but the future is bright; for all of us.
I am looking forward to that light!

Roommate Chronicals: Volume I, Issue I

The other night, or morning rather, I was awakened by Cat knocking my pencil jar to the floor so that she could have room to sprawl out on my desk. For whatever reason, I felt compelled to clean up the displaced pencils at that moment.
I drag myself from my bed, gently scold Cat, and then I hear a exasperated voice, “I just want to sleep on a couch cushion. That’s all I want..!”
Smile
My roomie was sleep talking again.. and her bed is perty comfty. I don’t know why she wants a couch cushion instead??!

Fourteen Days

Two weeks from now holds bitter sweet feelings for me.

On one hand, I am stoked cause the lives of a few close friends will be changed in amazing ways!!

Two of them to be married.

Another will be moving north to live life.

On the other hand, the selfish hand, change is hard.

My head knows that God is going to be with them and that the adventures he has ahead for each of them is going to be spectacular! But my heart is slow to catch on, & currently, I just feel that am going to miss the way it was, and the adventures we had.

The memories are sweet though.

I’m just bad at keeping up with friends.

I’m even worse at goodbyes.

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Don’t mind me; it's just one of those sentimental moods.

Be Healthy

The best thing a person can do for others is to first make sure that they themselves are wholly healthy.

People choose to be angry.

People are responsible for their own emotions.

In those moments it is my job, not to make them better, but instead illustrate how I trust God.

Yes, I may have to say no to others, I may have to draw the line and refuse to help someone. But taking care of people is not my job.

Loving God is my job, and if taking care of people is a byproduct of that love.

Then praise the Lord!

Until I can love God, I can’t love people.

But I know that that love for God will produce a health that is overflowing.

"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.”

Matthew 7:5

Beauty!

I feel that we have been convinced into the belief that beauty can be categorized either one, of two ways; outer beauty or inner beauty.
In a person, outer beauty is determined by the way someone looks; flawless skin, dazzling eyes, etc.
And inner beauty is determined by a person’s character; someone who is kind, who is selfless, who saves puppies.
But I’m convinced that that’s not all there is to beauty.
See here; I would definitely say that a river has beauty. But why, I mean it’s murky, slimy, and when you are in it you try with all your might to just not touch the bottom. It can move dangerously fast in certain places, and annoyingly slow in others. So why do we claim it to be beautiful?
It doesn’t have outer beauty, and it doesn’t really have inner beauty; at least how they are commonly defined.
Well, beauty invites.
A river invites.
It allows fish to make their home in it, plants and other wildlife are fed through it, and people are invited to rest near it. The sound is soothing. The feeling is cool.
Yet all a river does is exist. It does what it is meant to do and because of this, it is beautiful.

We all have this picture in our minds of an old scraggly looking woman, yet somehow she is called beautiful. She is wrinkly, time has left her blind in one eye, and the whiskers on her chin poke you when she hugs you. But she hugged you.
She invited you into her home, she fed you. She counseled you and allowed your tears to flow onto her blouse. In her arms you found healing. In her laughter you experienced joy.
She lives, she exists in the best way she can, and she invites you to be yourself in her presence. Because of this she is beautiful. Beauty invites!

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“A woman who is striving invites others to strive.
A woman who is hiding invites others to hide.
A woman who is at rest invites others to rest.
But a woman who is beautiful is inviting others to life.”
- Captivating by John & Staci Eldredge