"THE LORD IS SOOOOOOO GOOD" -Suz says with excitement!
It is so true.. the lord is sooo good!
The start to this semester was hard. As I prayed the lord revealed alot of things in my life that where not pleasing to him. It felt like basically my whole life had drifted. so i submitted and changed. I prayed and read my bible more. and i seeked God to give me direction. through this time of repentance i was at a low point. but i sought after God. and he built me back up in a way that was pleasing to him!
Now i am focused. And got has removed temptation to get distracted! I am happier because my life is pleasing to the lord. And the lord is helping me thru! :)
Im drinking Coca-cola! mmmmm mmmm Good ... Starting to like the vanilla one too!
Anyhoo... I went to UW-Platteville tonight! :D Tam and John and I went and hung out with my platteville buddies eating pizza then we went to the basketball game and it was intence! but plville won! YAY!
Anyhoo ive been so distracted lately.. i wanted just to have an amazing day and instead i totially forgot about my choir class.. cuz im so distracted with other things.. homework is getting done but not to the best of my ablilities!
I SHOULD STOP EATING THESE PEANUTS!!!!
Anyhoo.. i will post again prolly tomarrow to catch up on life! right now my bed is calling my name!
I have been thinking a lot about my life and this is what I have come up with:
2008 was a year of growth... and development...
I messed up... but I am LOVED and FORGIVEN!
Ive started over... and planed 2009 to be a great year!
MY FUTURE:
I had a conversation with a friend the other day... I was complaining about how i didnt know what i wanted to do for a career. I was expressing how i wished God would just tell me so I could start working toward my career. It didnt dawn on me till later that i was being selfish. I wanted to know so I could start working. but the truth is.. that God has my life already prepared for me and all i need to do is obey:
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them" -Ephesians 2:10
So the truth is that i dont need to worry about my future because God has it already planed out for me. And maybe God is waiting for the right time to tell me what my future career is and where my calling is. so this semester I can focus on homework and completing the tasks that determine my grades presently. I tend to think to far ahead and not notice the present thus missing alot of opportunities to use my gift and witness to people. I dont read the word every day I dont pray like i should. I dont even worship God like i used to...
I want to seek his will for my life... and to live my live in such a way that honors him:
"Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation for you I wait all the day long." -Psalm 25:4-5
so for now I will continue to work on strengthening my relationship with Christ because I trust he has something incredible planed for my future:
"Jesus answered him, 'what i am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.'" - John 13:7
I will work on being patient and seek to trust the Lord! I will ask the Lord to place me in situations that test my patience!
"The lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed."
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LOVE:
" Love is patient and kind: Love does not envy or boast: it is not arrogant or rude it does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
-1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving" -Colossians 4:2
"PURSUE LOVE, and earnestly DESIRE the spiritual gifts,
especially that you may prophesy"
- 1 Corinthians 12:29
I will wait... for the right man... to sweep me off my feet
in the cold of summer nights
I yearn to be at great hights
To be interlocked at the hand
with a man that can stand
On his two feet
and lead the meek
to the satisfying taste
so the night is not a waste
I wish i knew such man
who has no pride
for the world lied
when they said control is grand
now take me by the hand
INNER BEAUTY OF A GIRL:
" Do not let your adorning be external-the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear- but let your adorning be the hidden person of the HEART with the IMPERISHABLE BEAUTY of a GENTLE and QUIET SPIRIT which in God's sight is VERY PRECIOUS."-1 Peter 3:3-4
Im seeking the Lord to teach me how to be patient. I want to be put into situations where I need to be quiet and Gentle... yet i stand up for my beliefs
I pray that God satisys my heart.. and i am drenched in his unconditional love. I dont want to be impatiant i dont want to rush this. I want to be beautiful!
"Not that i am speaking of being in need, for i have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance. I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do ALL things through HIM who STRENGTHENS me. -Philippians 4:11-13
Dunno what to work for anymore. my future occupation is far to fuzzy. I want to work for God.. to spread his word in what i do. I want to help people. I want to support people. I love music. I love computers. I love figuring out how things work. tearing gears apart to figure out why it does what it does. :) maybe i should go into computers... maybe i should go into counseling .. my mom seems to stress i need to figure it out... she is strongly sugesting maybe i should go into early childhood education. do daycare.. or teach preschool - cuz people are always having babies. :P true. and it would be rewarding... but i still dont feel like that is the direction i want to pursue... I want an occupation that will get me thru life. i want to be able to support myslef. so i dont have to lean on anyone to help me thru lifes expenses. im sick and tired of not knowing what i want to pursue...
