Psalms 111-117 all begin with some form of thanking God and end with the phrase "Praise the Lord."
Sometimes that's all I know to say. Nothing else I could say would be of any worth. And I've certainly learned that rambling in prayer is like seeing the same commercial over and over and over again. Pretty soon, you can recite all the dialogue in the commercial. When I ramble, prayer becomes like commercial dialogue. Old, boring, and I don't really pay attention to what I'm saying. So I decided: When I have nothing to pray, I'll simply choose to praise. Catchy don't you think?
#74-You stand on one side of a river with a fox, a chicken, and a bag of grain. Using a small boat you must transport all these things across the river. You can only take one item at a time. The problem is you can't leave the fox with the chicken while you take the grain because the chicken will get eaten by the fox. And you can't leave the grain with the chicken while you take the fox because the chicken will eat the grain. How do you get the fox, the chicken, and the grain across the river intact and alive?
Got it all by myself :)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Oh Yeah, #43
I forgot. I got a new haircut. Im pretty satisfied with it. I've been experimenting. Straight, curly, headband, bandana, up, down. So far I like it all :)
Preperation
I'm not prepared. Which, if you don't know, is not my style. I'm not prepared for what I feel at this very moment. It's caught me off gaurd. A total blindside attack. Here it is:
I leave for school in less than a month.
The school part isn't the problem. It's what I'm leaving behind. I feel like Im leaving my post and once I'm gone things are going to go back to the way they were.
Trust. ""And I am certain that God, who began the good work within in you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ returns."-Phil 1:6 and "For we are each responsible for our own conduct."-Gal 6:5
That's what I'm going on. We were made to glorify Him. He won't allow us to be any less than what He has made us to be.
I leave for school in less than a month.
The school part isn't the problem. It's what I'm leaving behind. I feel like Im leaving my post and once I'm gone things are going to go back to the way they were.
Trust. ""And I am certain that God, who began the good work within in you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ returns."-Phil 1:6 and "For we are each responsible for our own conduct."-Gal 6:5
That's what I'm going on. We were made to glorify Him. He won't allow us to be any less than what He has made us to be.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Mi Favoritos - #60
My Favorite...
Food: Pad Thai
Food: Pad Thai
Drink: Cran Lime from Sonic
Song: Make You Feel My Love sung by Adele/Your Love Is Strong -Jon Foreman (It's a tie...)
Band: John Butler Trio
Candy: Coconut M&M's (recent discovery)
Color: Yellow (although, everything I buy ends up being green)
Movie: Under The Tuscan Sun
Activity: Hiking
Place: The Indian Seats
Clothing: Chacos
Book: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Book of the Bible: Ephesians
Quote: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sport: Baseball
Team: Braves
Pastime: Letter writing
Person: My Grandma (Please don't be upset, I love you all but you just have to know this woman.)
Song: Make You Feel My Love sung by Adele/Your Love Is Strong -Jon Foreman (It's a tie...)
Band: John Butler Trio
Candy: Coconut M&M's (recent discovery)
Color: Yellow (although, everything I buy ends up being green)
Movie: Under The Tuscan Sun
Activity: Hiking
Place: The Indian Seats
Clothing: Chacos
Book: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Book of the Bible: Ephesians
Quote: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sport: Baseball
Team: Braves
Pastime: Letter writing
Person: My Grandma (Please don't be upset, I love you all but you just have to know this woman.)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Invasion
I used to think that if I couldn't feel God in a particular place that it was just always gonna be like that. I thought there are just some places that I function spiritually better than others. That was the case with Cumming, GA.
I need Him here though just like I need Him everywhere else. And this is/ has been my current location for the summer. Dilemma.
A friend challenged me to pray for something I wouldn't normally pray for. So I prayed for Jesus to show up here. Sounds kinda dumb because He's everywhere all the time but for me, I would never think of being like "Jesus, you wanna get yourself over here?" I thought it would be a "rude" thing to ask for. Thinking to myself, oh He's got more important stuff going on, he'll get here when he can. Maybe you don't understand. But anyways, I realized that what I was doing was limiting Him. So, in the spirit of a friendly challenge (and desperation), I asked Him to invade this place. An invasion is indeed taking place. No prayer is dumb. No thing, no matter how small, is too insignificant for him.
#85-Left it in the prayer room at the wh.
I need Him here though just like I need Him everywhere else. And this is/ has been my current location for the summer. Dilemma.
A friend challenged me to pray for something I wouldn't normally pray for. So I prayed for Jesus to show up here. Sounds kinda dumb because He's everywhere all the time but for me, I would never think of being like "Jesus, you wanna get yourself over here?" I thought it would be a "rude" thing to ask for. Thinking to myself, oh He's got more important stuff going on, he'll get here when he can. Maybe you don't understand. But anyways, I realized that what I was doing was limiting Him. So, in the spirit of a friendly challenge (and desperation), I asked Him to invade this place. An invasion is indeed taking place. No prayer is dumb. No thing, no matter how small, is too insignificant for him.
#85-Left it in the prayer room at the wh.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
In The Bubble
It's official: I'm in the bubble. I have a sharpie tattoo on my hand to prove it. It's nice. Knowing and feeling like you're apart of something. Something that people didn't have to let you be apart of. Something you could have easily been excluded from. Something people said you could be apart of but really, they have their hand against your chest the whole time holding you at a distance. Not this time. Here, I'm an inductee.
So most of you know I'm interning at The Warehouse this summer. It's been awesome so far. But completely not what i expected. Going into this summer I just felt like I needed to do something to prove to God how serious I was about living my life for Him. I felt like I needed to do some great thing to make Him proud and really affirm this new faith I have. I saw all of my friends planning mission trips or working at camps and I was like "Ok, I gotta do something good too." For a little while I thought I was gonna go to India. EHHHH! (Buzzer noise) Then i thought I'd work at camp. Strike two. Then God led me to The Warehouse. So I just assumed I was gonna take on this awesome leadership role and I was gonna do so much stuff to help them out. Wrong, in a way. I have been able to do stuff to help them but to be honest, they've helped me out more than I could have ever imagined.
Something I was seriously lacking here in Cumming was a community. People who were gonna pray for me and support me and help me grow. I'm getting that through these people. They've really only known me for a month and already I feel like I'm one of them. Like no questions. I'm in the bubble. This whole time I've been so concerned with what can I do, do, do and God was like just be, be, be. My mom hit the nail on the head the other day. She said " You're a big picture person. You catch a glimpse of a big dream or plan for your life and you go for it. Not really allowing God to lead you through the steps that are gonna prepare you for those things to become reality." Bam. Truth. It's like I see the prize on the other side of the gap and just jump, not giving any thought to the bridge that's ten feet to the right.
It's a prayerful night. New responsibilities at The Warehouse, financial junk, the team's Jamaica trip next week, Ginger's last night at Winshape, and various other things. Friends come tomorrow! PTL, G2G, and BYH.
So most of you know I'm interning at The Warehouse this summer. It's been awesome so far. But completely not what i expected. Going into this summer I just felt like I needed to do something to prove to God how serious I was about living my life for Him. I felt like I needed to do some great thing to make Him proud and really affirm this new faith I have. I saw all of my friends planning mission trips or working at camps and I was like "Ok, I gotta do something good too." For a little while I thought I was gonna go to India. EHHHH! (Buzzer noise) Then i thought I'd work at camp. Strike two. Then God led me to The Warehouse. So I just assumed I was gonna take on this awesome leadership role and I was gonna do so much stuff to help them out. Wrong, in a way. I have been able to do stuff to help them but to be honest, they've helped me out more than I could have ever imagined.
Something I was seriously lacking here in Cumming was a community. People who were gonna pray for me and support me and help me grow. I'm getting that through these people. They've really only known me for a month and already I feel like I'm one of them. Like no questions. I'm in the bubble. This whole time I've been so concerned with what can I do, do, do and God was like just be, be, be. My mom hit the nail on the head the other day. She said " You're a big picture person. You catch a glimpse of a big dream or plan for your life and you go for it. Not really allowing God to lead you through the steps that are gonna prepare you for those things to become reality." Bam. Truth. It's like I see the prize on the other side of the gap and just jump, not giving any thought to the bridge that's ten feet to the right.
It's a prayerful night. New responsibilities at The Warehouse, financial junk, the team's Jamaica trip next week, Ginger's last night at Winshape, and various other things. Friends come tomorrow! PTL, G2G, and BYH.
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