wow...I never update this thing...I wonder if anyone still reads.

I get something now and I feel like a silly person for not getting it sooner in life.  I think girls so often forget they are worthy of pursuit and settle for less than what God has to offer them...I've done that before.  But this time it's different.  And I like it.  Even if it ( Read more... )

I decided that I needed to eat alone today.  In a week I will be alone, at least until I get to know people.   I needed to know what it felt like to eat alone and to feel alone.

So, I grabbed "Through Painted Deserts" and I took a deep breath.  I walked into McAlister's, ordered, I picked out a table in the corner that looked back towards the rest ( Read more... )

I was waiting in line to check out at Wal-Mart when a paragraph in People Magazine hit me.  It said that people who fall in love experience a slight form of madness where they become slightly neurotic.

All I could think of was Jonathan Taylor Thomas and me.  I bet you didn't know it but JTT and I were an item when I was 12, or so I hoped.  I would ( Read more... )

There are times in life when I get really frustrated...They often occur when I reflect on my time in Vietnam, or when I see pictures of starving children with swollen bellies, or when I pick Blue Like Jazz and am reminded of my selfishness.  I get so frustrated by the fact that it is so easy for me to take a meal for granted.  I get so frustrated ( Read more... )

Wow, God is amazing.  I just walked from the church to my house, which is like 50 feet away.  The wind picked up and I felt the wind rush through my hair.  After a day of unbearable heat what a blessing to feel the wind.  Not only was it a blessing to feel the wind but to also be reminded that there are angels in our midst.

I stopped in the middle ( Read more... )

I have started walking two miles a day with two ladies that go to my church: Bobbie and Nelda.  Bobbie is in her fifties and Nelda is in her seventies.  They are two of my favorite women and I am blessed to get to go on these walks.

I can honestly say that there is no one I would rather be like when I'm older than these two women. Both are so ( Read more... )

"Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders"
Deuteronomy 33:12

Whenever I read great books or thought provoking books it makes me want to write.  But not just write, write from the heart, write about Jesus and how deeply He loves all of us.  The problem is that I can't put it into words in my head, no less try to write it down.  What's worse is that I would most likely just end up writing about my shortcomings ( Read more... )

Back from a very long vacation. I got an apartment in Lexington! I love it, it's small and perfect for a little one bedroom. I'm very excited and scared and nervous and happy. I just finished reading Blue Like Jazz, it made me think. It's a great book but it's also one that will make you think. I have lots of thoughts but I'm too tired to ( Read more... )

Your joy's gonna be my strength.