New Years Day 2014 Q&A

What did you wear?  For the first half of the day I wore Jeans, a Horton Haven Christian Camp T Shirt, and converse. The second half of the day I had to go to work so I wore jeans, a butterfly print blouse, and boots.

What was on your mind today? I always get reflective and sentimental around new years...so mostly friends and family.

What is your dream for 2014? Well I don't know about dreams, but I have a couple goals. The first is to read 24 books and fill an empty bookshelf with them this year ( upcoming blog about that hopefully). The second is to hopefully transfer to a really nice christian university. The third is to blog and journal more. The fourth is to grow more in the Lord. The final one is to be a healthier me.

What did you eat on New Years Eve/Day? Um, too much food? lol. So New years eve I had Hibachi, Turtle cheesecake, and fruit. New years day I had mexican food, beans, and cornbread.

Is there anything bugging you? A relationship status. That's all I am saying for now.

Are you excited about anything this year? I am excited for this new year in general!! I hope for a better one than last year.



I want to do another Q&A. So if you have any questions you would like me to answer leave a comment below.

Dear Blog,

It's been a long time. It is time to blow the dust off this old blog and revive it with some fresh thought and insight.

I have been going through a lot of life changes recently. I just finished the hardest semester of my life, I am about to earn an associates degree, I have made a lot of new friends, and most of these new friends come from The Salvation Army church.

The Salvation Army Church is what I kind of what to blog about today. Not really the church itself and their beliefs and whatnot, but I want to share with you the message this last Sunday. Let me preface it with this. It has been a LONG TIME since I have really remembered a sermon, taken it to heart, and really applied to my everyday life.

So what was the message?

The message was illustrated with a snowglobe. A snowglobe a little world incapusulated in a glass globe filled with water and glitter. This globe she said represented each of us and our own little worlds we live in. The glitter that comes up when shaking it represents stirring emotions such as frustration, anxiety, anger, etc. These emotions generally happen because either myself or someone other than God is holding my precious snow globe life. I am letting them or myself shake things up instead of taking my world and putting in the hands of the one who created it.

This illustration was and is so powerful in my life. I find myself stopping myself throughout this week already and saying "who is shaking up my snow globe?" I find that if nothing else it has made me more aware. Trust is something I am working on, but unfortunately I am a slow work in progress.

The other thing that was beautiful is that when I went and talked to Rachel after church she told me that she had gotten a word from the spirit about me during the message. She shared that with me and prayed over me.

Guys, I am telling you it has been a lonnnggg time. Way too long actually since I have really felt alive in the Lord and Sunday was for the first time in a LONG time refreshing.

So I am just praising God for what he is doing in my life right now. I know He has big plans for me and I can't wait for Him to reveal them to me in His timing :)

Life updates...

I work best in formats like my "Currently Enjoying..." posts...So I think I will start doing more blogs like that in different series.

So here is what my life looks like currently broken down into different categories...

Relationships So honestly I was pretty lonely in July. All my friends were out of town busy in summer classes. Some of them were even out of the country IN summer classes. Friday, however, I got to spend time with my lovely, dear, and bestest friend Naomi. That is always a joy. We went shopping, I took her on a surprise picnic (we have been talking about going on a picnic for a long time) and ate our favorite thing (Salad and fruit [yep we are weird!] ) . Then I rode with her to Nashville to pick up her laptop and so we had ample time to catch up, talk about God, and encourage each other. It was such a blessing!

School It starts back the 26th of this month. As it stands right now I am sort of ready in a way to go back. I do love school...but I am also bracing myself for a tough semester.Biology, Stats, Psych of adjustment, public speaking, and honors lecture series are all on my plate. A really not so fun 14 credit hours. Yay. Also I am still president of the Honors Preservation Society...AND I am still going to be working in school. However, I am happy to announce that this is my last year at Vol state and because of my hard work I have earned the Hal R. Ramer Honors Scholarship. Which paired with my other scholarships is a full ride. God is so good and I couldn't be more blessed!

Work This is an interesting topic...While I do not want to reveal anything on a public format. Lets just say I am doing well at my current job. I am a top performer. I have had problems this week with someone at my work and those were resolved...And I could be looking at making a change...

Fun I have found that I love dancing. I have been going to the free dancing at centennial park whenever my schedule allows and it has been a blast. So far I have only gotten to go twice but it is so fun!

Spiritual I think that my relationship category covered this one mostly this time. But I can say that I really am learning a lot lately about how I am perceived and God is really working on some pride issues in my life. 

Misc. Blogging and journaling is such a release for me. I will be aiming to do it more often!

Currently enjoying...

TV: Doc Martin is not too bad. It kind of reminds me of a British version of house. I am not completely in love with it but it's worth mentioning.

Books: Grrr I need to read more but I have been busy. which is also why I have seemed to drop off the blogging radar too. oops

Food: Lately I have been eating a lot of mexican food. mmmmmm yummy.

Products: So my nerdy self started back to school shopping cause I can't resist. I found these adorable binders and pencil boxes. So happy with them and for just about $5 for all of it too!

  

Book Review- As silver refined

This is a great book for anyone going through trials. It's interactive and gets you digging deeper into the word of God. It's been a while since I read it but I still remember the principles and would recommend anything that Kay writes!

I was given this book free in exchange for this review from Blogging for Books

Lessons from the Lord: Trials

<sup>Dear Friends...near the beginning of the year I suffered great sorrow, trial, disappointment, and brokenness...From it God is still healing me and my family. God is so good. He truly is the great physician and the only one capable of mending hearts and souls. He is the only one who can bring so much hope, peace, and joy despite all circumstances.This passage helped me a great deal during this time and I pray it blesses you just as much.


3</sup> Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, ⁵ who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. ⁶ In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. ⁷ These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. ⁸ Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, ⁹ for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. ~1 Peter