this was the background on my computer for awhile. love it!
must remember that every day!
true that.
"pray continually, give thanks in ALL circumstances."
Monday, February 27, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
all things fun.
today has been a great day. that's not something i can say often anymore. i mean i have good days... not great. but today, has been an exception. i woke up and decided that i wanted to go home. so i called my mom and told her i was headed to ralz. luckily, her tennis match was postponed until tomorrow so we got to hang out all day! then, at night, i went to dinner with my dad! now can you see why today has been a great day?
i also did a fun project today with mom. we made headboards! now that i have the two twin beds in my room (hampton stole my queen.. he's too big for a twin now!) i wanted to make them look cute! the headboards and footboards that we have were my dad's when he was little! my grandfather made them! so crazy. while keeping them, i wanted to add something to them. so, mom and i decided to add wood, cover it with batting and then cover it with fabric! it was such a fun (and easy) project!
we just: measured how wide it needed to be (38") then how tall we wanted it to be (40"). then, we got some mdf board (wood was too flimsy) and cut out the shape we wanted! then, covered each head board with 3 yds of batting and a little over 2 yds of fabric! and there you have it! 2 super cute headboards!
we still have to paint the footboards gray and find fun pillows and a fun throw for the foot of the bed! but other than that.. we're done! once the wood was cut it only took an hour to actually upholster the headboards! i'm kind of bummed i had to come back to school tonight! i wanted to sleep in one of those beds just so i could wake up and look at the headboard!
see? told you this was a day of all things fun! happy saturday, everyone!
i also did a fun project today with mom. we made headboards! now that i have the two twin beds in my room (hampton stole my queen.. he's too big for a twin now!) i wanted to make them look cute! the headboards and footboards that we have were my dad's when he was little! my grandfather made them! so crazy. while keeping them, i wanted to add something to them. so, mom and i decided to add wood, cover it with batting and then cover it with fabric! it was such a fun (and easy) project!
we just: measured how wide it needed to be (38") then how tall we wanted it to be (40"). then, we got some mdf board (wood was too flimsy) and cut out the shape we wanted! then, covered each head board with 3 yds of batting and a little over 2 yds of fabric! and there you have it! 2 super cute headboards!
see? told you this was a day of all things fun! happy saturday, everyone!
Friday, February 24, 2012
be strong. be bold.
hello all!
such a crazy day today has been... i finally went swimming for the first time in FOR-EV-ER. and it felt great! but then it thundered so i had to get out... i was so bummed... then i got caught in a monsoon walking from the gym.. i mean straight up 40 days and 40 nights, Noah style. it was so fun though... pretty freeing to just run around elons campus with no shoes on!
today i also got this new devotional called Heaven Calling. i was a little skeptical because i love jesus calling but it's so great. i'm a fan. today the verses actually went really well with the verses from jesus calling! and it was very applicable to my life. in jusus calling the verses were 1 corinthians 13:12 and ephesians 3:16-19. 1 corinthians discusses how we are blinded. we look through a mirror right now... we can't see everything. then, in heaven calling, the verses were deuteronomy 3:16 and deuteronomy 31:1-8. both discuss that we cannot worry. we must be bold and courageous for whatever lies ahead. we must have faith because the lord WILL always go ahead of us and will never forsake us.
it's so crazy how these verses come together for me. this morning, i heard that a friend of mine (i grew up swimming with him.. haven't seen him in years) passed away. his birthday is today (2/25) and he passed away yesterday (2/24). he was supposed to be 19. he was a freshman at uncw and loved it. this horrific news came at a troubling time in my life. so, i wonder, what can i do? how can i make things better? that's such a natural thing for me to do... i like to be in control. but, after reading this scripture i realize, i'm looking at all of this in such a skewed way. i don't see the full picture because i'm not supposed to see everything. if i see everything, i will be crushed but he beauty of the lord in it. with that being said, i want to be able to see everything. why? because i think that i'm scared. i don't have the boldness to completely trust the lord with it. in deuteronomy, it says,
"Be strong and bold, have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you." 31:6
that's crazy.... that, right there, gives me the answer to my question. my question of what can i do? the answer: be strong and bold. have no fear, know the lord goes with me. know he will not fail me. i need to realize that what i see is only part of the story. i can't see the rest so i must know that the lord will not forsake me!
what a perfect day for those words to be spoken to me. life is tough. there's no doubt about it. but once i am dancing with jesus, i'll see. i'll see not through clouded vision but clearly. i'll know, the lord always goes before those he loves.
always.
and here's what it looks like to get caught in a rain storm:
such a crazy day today has been... i finally went swimming for the first time in FOR-EV-ER. and it felt great! but then it thundered so i had to get out... i was so bummed... then i got caught in a monsoon walking from the gym.. i mean straight up 40 days and 40 nights, Noah style. it was so fun though... pretty freeing to just run around elons campus with no shoes on!
today i also got this new devotional called Heaven Calling. i was a little skeptical because i love jesus calling but it's so great. i'm a fan. today the verses actually went really well with the verses from jesus calling! and it was very applicable to my life. in jusus calling the verses were 1 corinthians 13:12 and ephesians 3:16-19. 1 corinthians discusses how we are blinded. we look through a mirror right now... we can't see everything. then, in heaven calling, the verses were deuteronomy 3:16 and deuteronomy 31:1-8. both discuss that we cannot worry. we must be bold and courageous for whatever lies ahead. we must have faith because the lord WILL always go ahead of us and will never forsake us.
it's so crazy how these verses come together for me. this morning, i heard that a friend of mine (i grew up swimming with him.. haven't seen him in years) passed away. his birthday is today (2/25) and he passed away yesterday (2/24). he was supposed to be 19. he was a freshman at uncw and loved it. this horrific news came at a troubling time in my life. so, i wonder, what can i do? how can i make things better? that's such a natural thing for me to do... i like to be in control. but, after reading this scripture i realize, i'm looking at all of this in such a skewed way. i don't see the full picture because i'm not supposed to see everything. if i see everything, i will be crushed but he beauty of the lord in it. with that being said, i want to be able to see everything. why? because i think that i'm scared. i don't have the boldness to completely trust the lord with it. in deuteronomy, it says,
"Be strong and bold, have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you." 31:6
that's crazy.... that, right there, gives me the answer to my question. my question of what can i do? the answer: be strong and bold. have no fear, know the lord goes with me. know he will not fail me. i need to realize that what i see is only part of the story. i can't see the rest so i must know that the lord will not forsake me!
what a perfect day for those words to be spoken to me. life is tough. there's no doubt about it. but once i am dancing with jesus, i'll see. i'll see not through clouded vision but clearly. i'll know, the lord always goes before those he loves.
always.
and here's what it looks like to get caught in a rain storm:
Thursday, February 23, 2012
10 months later
WOW. sorry it's been 10 months.. or maybe 9? i'm not sure... in the past nine months a lot of things could have happened.. i could have moved to italy or gone sky diving or met a prince and lived happily ever after... but i didn't. so don't you worry! nothing too exciting! in the past 9 months i have: become a sophomore at elon, moved into an apartment, found a house for next year (...am i that old?), become a young life leader, taken girls to camp and heard and tried to deal with life altering news. all of this is just part of life. some good things, some bad things.
i want to get in a routine of blogging every so often and to do that i'm going to add it for lent! but what am i giving up you ask? HULU. YES. HULU. right now i watch hulu and netflix all of the time. i watch it before i go to bed or after class... i watch it while doing homework.. (don't tell mom or dad) and it's really starting to hinder aspects of my life. i mean i'm not a shut-in and only sit around and watch tv but i feel like if i give this up i will have time to go to the gym or read or (hey here's an idea) spend that time with JESUS! i mean, that's what lent is all about right? deny yourself something to grow closer to christ? i mean he gave up his life... i can give up hulu. i feel like if i just gave up soft drinks or chocolate, it'd be a cop out for me. i know people (kaitlin) who would die without sweets.. so that would be a great thing to give up. but for me... hulu is it.
i want to get in a routine of blogging every so often and to do that i'm going to add it for lent! but what am i giving up you ask? HULU. YES. HULU. right now i watch hulu and netflix all of the time. i watch it before i go to bed or after class... i watch it while doing homework.. (don't tell mom or dad) and it's really starting to hinder aspects of my life. i mean i'm not a shut-in and only sit around and watch tv but i feel like if i give this up i will have time to go to the gym or read or (hey here's an idea) spend that time with JESUS! i mean, that's what lent is all about right? deny yourself something to grow closer to christ? i mean he gave up his life... i can give up hulu. i feel like if i just gave up soft drinks or chocolate, it'd be a cop out for me. i know people (kaitlin) who would die without sweets.. so that would be a great thing to give up. but for me... hulu is it.
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