I absolutely love the Lord
There is no such thing as coincidence. Never.
My friends are pretty much my life.
Prayer is the answer to everything.
Cuddling up in blankets, watching the stars, and talking with friends is amazing.
Cheerleading is not a sport. But I still like it.
Pow-wows in the truck are my favorite.
I love taking pictures and I’m not too bad at it either.
Crying really does help.
Sometimes the fetal position is the best thing you can do, even if a bear is standing over you.
I like playing in the leaves.
Cookie dough is the best ice cream in the world
Actually, I just like eating cookie dough.
Blowing bubbles is also really fun
Cherish your friends and tell them you love them.
Always have too much fun.
There's more to me than I allude to. Don't let the pink polo, pink purse, and matching pink shoes fool you.
Every girl deserves to be treated like a princess.
Do crazy things like rolling around on the floor. Who cares if anyone is watching.
Listen to the music as loud as possible. At least you’re passionate about something.
Don’t care what people think about you.
Who cares if I'm eighteen, i still like to play tag.
Pray some more.
Did i mention that i love jumping in puddles?
Sometimes being quiet is the loudest thing you can do.
I like to sing at the top of my lungs when no one is listening.
If you think you will regret it, don’t do it.
The fantabulous jam.
Cherish today because you have no assurance of tomorrow.
Keep making memories.
eccl 3:11 "God has made everything beautiful for its own time"
isaiah 43:19 "i am making a way in the desert"
1 john 4:18 "there is no fear in love. but perfect love drives out fear..."
romans 12:2 "...God's good, pleasing, and perfect will."
hosea 2:14 "i will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her"
isaiah 30:21 "your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, "this is the way, walk in it""
philippians 4:6 "do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God"
micah 7:7 "but me, i'm not giving up. i'm sticking around to see what God will do. i'm waiting for God to make things right. i'm counting on God to listen to me."
jeremiah 29:12-13 "then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. you will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart"
isaiah 26:3 "you will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you"
1 thessalonians 5:16-18 "be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus"
isaiah 25:1 "o Lord you are my God; i will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done things, things planned long ago"
1 thessalonians 5:11 "therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing"
galations 6:9 "let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up"
jude 1:2 "relax, everything's going to be alright; rest, everything is coming together. open your hearts, love is on the way"
matthew 6:34 "give your entire atention to what God is doing right now and dont get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard htings come up, when the time comes"
1 corinthians 7:17 "dont be wishing you were some place else, or with someone else. where yo uare right now is God's place for you. live and obey and love and believe right there"
There are literally a million other things that I ought to be doing right now. An AP chem and calc exam await me next week, and a UVA application essay needs to be completed. However as I sit here babysitting, I am most reminded of God and His love for me. What made Him decide to love me? T/O. We are like the little boy that I am babysitting. God is sitting in His big chair downstairs listening to prayers and talking to His father, and I am upstairs in bed trying to get some sleep. I come down and tell God that I cannot sleep. He already knows because He heard the rustling upstairs. He tells me to go back to bed, but I cannot sleep. My heart is restless. Nothing too specific. Maybe it is the fact that I still have not received an acceptance letter from college. Maybe it is a bad day. Anyways, I try to sleep but cannot. I go downstairs for the fourth time and tell God that I cannot sleep. He offers to come upstairs and sit with me. He asks if I want my back rubbed, but I just want His presence and security. So He sits there with me. Just knowing that He is there brings me peace. He gets up to go back downstairs and I am immediately reminded of all the reasons why I wanted Him to stay right there with me. Within minutes I am back downstairs asking for Him to come back up. He tells me to go to bed, but I can't sleep and He knows it. I come down one last time and tell Him that I am scared of the noises. He asks if I want Him to come sit outside my bedroom door. I eagerly nod my head. With each situation, nothing really ever changed. God's presence is always there. He's always listening to me breathe and watching me rustle in my sleep. Sometimes His silence is more powerful than words, and sometimes stillness better than pats of comfort.
And then the scenario becomes a matter of disobedience. I am so intrigued with God sitting outside my door that I forget to sleep. I become too distracted watching Him work. It's then that God turns to me and says, "Go back to bed." He doesn't want me to see everything He is doing. He wants sleep for me now. In time, He will show me what He was working on outside my door. I believe that God has the best for us and wants to surprise us. God is a God of mystery and reveals that mystery with His surprises. So next time I get to preoccupied with watching God, I'll hear his tender, yet assertive voice say, "go back to bed child."
