Monday, May 2, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Springish
Spring is here!
I'm a small town East Texas girl who now presides in one of the biggest cities in Texas, and sometimes, I miss home. I miss not having to lock my door during the day. I miss going on walks and seeing people who I've known since birth. And I miss the East Texas Spring--A lot.
There are simply not enough flowers outdoors where I live now. So, I'm getting inspired to bring floral indoors to make my life a little more colorful.
For those of you who feel the same, maybe this will put a little Spring in your step.
Happy Spring, Everyone.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Love Remains
AFRICA.
I went recently on a mission trip with my friends organization called Arise Africa to Lusaka, Zambia.
I have been meaning to post about my journey there, but the real world has pulled me away from writing. So...I am now sitting down. I am now at my computer. And I am now going to tell you as best I can of a life changing experience in a beautiful country. It is a country where death is not far away, but where living life to the fullest is not hard to do. And where the people seemingly don't have anything, but a better look reveals they have everything. A country where I learned the true meaning of Faith, Sacrifice, and most of all--Love.
Of all the things that we gave these people on our trip: new classrooms, supplies, clothing, food--nothing could repay what they gave us. We were everyone's family for two weeks, accepted and loved unconditionally. I will now live with the understanding of what it means to live like there is no tomorrow. And to know--to really know-- that this life is so temporary, and that God's love for us and our love for others what matters most.
" Now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love--but the Greatest of these is Love."-I Corinthians 13:13
I went recently on a mission trip with my friends organization called Arise Africa to Lusaka, Zambia.
I have been meaning to post about my journey there, but the real world has pulled me away from writing. So...I am now sitting down. I am now at my computer. And I am now going to tell you as best I can of a life changing experience in a beautiful country. It is a country where death is not far away, but where living life to the fullest is not hard to do. And where the people seemingly don't have anything, but a better look reveals they have everything. A country where I learned the true meaning of Faith, Sacrifice, and most of all--Love.
Of all the things that we gave these people on our trip: new classrooms, supplies, clothing, food--nothing could repay what they gave us. We were everyone's family for two weeks, accepted and loved unconditionally. I will now live with the understanding of what it means to live like there is no tomorrow. And to know--to really know-- that this life is so temporary, and that God's love for us and our love for others what matters most.
" Now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love--but the Greatest of these is Love."-I Corinthians 13:13
Monday, December 6, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Bittersweet
Most of us have been through a difficult change in life, and change often brings with it pain. Pain that, at the time, seems as if it could swallow you whole and erase every remembrance you had of your past self.
Even if you have yet to experience this, we all have to face it sooner or later. Many are quick to hide-- holding their breath, finding distractions, and waiting. Waiting for the sting of reality to be washed away by the passing of time.
A dear friend of mine gave me this book that has forever altered the way I view a painful change in life, and the Lord's work in our every breath- however difficult that breath may be.
An excerpt from the book:
"This is what I've come to believe about change: it's good, in the way that childbirth is good, and heartbreak is good, and failure is good. I've learned the hard way that CHANGE is one of GOD'S greatest GIFTS, and most useful tools. Change can push us, pull us, rebuke us, and remake us. It can show us who we've become, in the worst ways, and also in the best ways. I've learned that it's not something to run away from. And in many cases, change is a function of God's graciousness, not life's cruelty. "
Embrace Change.
Even if you have yet to experience this, we all have to face it sooner or later. Many are quick to hide-- holding their breath, finding distractions, and waiting. Waiting for the sting of reality to be washed away by the passing of time.
A dear friend of mine gave me this book that has forever altered the way I view a painful change in life, and the Lord's work in our every breath- however difficult that breath may be.
An excerpt from the book:
"This is what I've come to believe about change: it's good, in the way that childbirth is good, and heartbreak is good, and failure is good. I've learned the hard way that CHANGE is one of GOD'S greatest GIFTS, and most useful tools. Change can push us, pull us, rebuke us, and remake us. It can show us who we've become, in the worst ways, and also in the best ways. I've learned that it's not something to run away from. And in many cases, change is a function of God's graciousness, not life's cruelty. "
Embrace Change.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
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