The Good, the Great, the Bad, and well the not so great
Here is a recent journal entry that I wrote that seems to epitamize me latley....
God has been sooo very good to me the last 21 years of my life,
here are 21 blessings of my life
- The fact that I have lived 21 years
- I have had a blessed life
- I have an amazing family, i would want no other
- My mom and dad are the bomb! (most of the time)
- I have a great churhc to call home that I love
- I have been able to travel the world
- I have a roof over my head, and clothes and food
- I have the ability, both physically and mentally to pursue my eduaction
- I am happily, contentidly single
- I have 2 good jobs, enough to pay all the bills
- I have a great car
- I am not persucuted for my faith
- I have free will to choose
- I can read my Bible and learn and grow
- I am a good student with a good gpa
- The ability to be homeschooled and grow from that
- I have clear goals for my future
- God has given me a purpose beyond me, for my life
- I have been to Cambodia and Belize and I have a thirst for more
- I have good friends,and I have great friends!!!
- That JESUS CHRIST is my SAVIOR, my REDEEMER, and MY SALVATION!!!!!
I am blessed.....
Now comes the hard part....
I have this college choice that seems to be looming over my head, and i have no idea what to do.... Everyday almost there is some college sending me stuff....in fact the dining room table is covered... i have no idea what I am doing. There are the abvious rule-outs like they don't offer my major,or its not a christian college, but is it wrong or bad to rule a school out based on superficial things like the region, the setting, the weather.... I mean really do i want to go to school in New York or Michigan where it is colder than here or would i rather go to school in California or Texas and be warmer? Really can you say that you aren't even considering a school just based on the climate? I guess if I am miserable there it wouldn't really be worth it, would it?
Its not looking like the trip to the Operation Christmas Child warehouse will pan out this year. I am really sad about that, it makes my stomach hurt when I think about it. It is so incredibly hard to pray for God's will to be done, when what Nicole wants is so clear and it is always getting in the way. I will continue to pray for His will be done, but I will still desire to go. Who knows maybe it is a test that I am failing miserably at....
And that is a wrap for today, I need to go clean my room a bit and then get ready for school.... Have a blessed week serving Jesus Christ the Messiah, and if you get a chance listen to Chris Tomlin's cd Hello Love, I gurantee it will lift you up!!!!
Praise Jesus
6 comments:
If you narrow it down to several schools you think would help you grow in your walk with the Lord, I'm thinking our pastor said something like, "Eeeny Meeny Miny Mo"?
As long as we seek His will in our lives, whatever direction we choose, He will walk with us.
I can't help myself- a teacher will always be a teacher...
epitamize- epitomize
latley- lately
churhc- church
eduaction- education
contentidly- contentedly
persucuted- persecuted
abviou- obvious
gurantee- guarantee
Now that we have that out of the way...
we've been blessed beyond measure to have you at home for 21 years (well, except for the times you leave all the cupboard doors open or your dirty dishes in the family room).
when you say we are "the bomb", is that a good thing?
this school thing...no, it's not wrong or bad to rule out a school based on location. there! me thinks you've almost convinced yourself. :)who would want to go to michigan anyway??? that's a no-brainer!
the occ trip...trust and wait on Jesus! i know it's hard, but His will is always better then ours!
bless and be blessed...
oh yeah, one more thing...your room doesn't need to be cleaned a bit; it needs to be cleaned bunches.
LOL funny margret!!!!
Nicole~ pray, pray, pray...He will lead you according to His will! (i know you know this already)
oh MMMMMOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just LOVE reading dialogue between mothers and daughters on blogs. You 2 crack me up!! the spelling corrections and room-cleaning thing have "Mom" written all over them.
As for the college decision . . . I knew I wanted to go to a Christian college that had a good education program, and from there I pretty much picked the one that offered the most scholarships! No matter where you choose to go (and we'll pray it's not michigan), God will use you and you will grow and be stretched in ways you never imagined possible.
I've enjoyed getting to know you over the past several months and seeing your heart to follow Christ. But I'll stop now - I don't want to keep you from cleaning your room. :D
heres the thing charity.... the post was written many many days ago and the room is no cleaner than when i began!!:-)
i keep secretly hoping i will come home from work or school and it will be all clean!!!
i would buy you supper mom!!
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