favorites

A few of my favorites things right now that are brightening up my dreary, blah night:

~"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" - Lady Antebellum. I have it on repeat right now. What can I say, it's soothing, and I love it. ;)

~Chatting with Amy. ♥ Always brightens my day!

~Promises from my Jesus. ♥

~Chocolate milk. (it's the simple things)

~a pen with really nice blue ink. (it's the really simple things sometimes) ;)

~a picture on my phone of one of the sweetest little boys ever that I babysit for. He's sooooo adorable. :)

Eph 2:4-7

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

the day that the LORD has made

So, everybody knows the verse, "This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." Right? You could probably even sing it. ;)

Lately, I've been thinking. When people have a really bad day, where things just aren't going right, they can typically be heard to exclaim or say something like, "man, this is just so not MY day!!" I was thinking that once, and then I had to stop and ponder for a moment.

I couldn't think of any instances in the Bible where God promises that we get "our day", or a day that will have everything go good for us. On the contrary, He tells us that this is the day He has made, it's HIS day. And we will rejoice and be glad in it. I kind of have a feeling that the "we will rejoice" is not necessarily so much a feeling or an emotion (though it definitely could be) as a conscious choice here. We have a choice to rejoice and be glad, or to complain and be miserable. Some days, it's certainly easier to be happy and rejoice than others, but I'm pretty sure God created every single day. (strike that, I'm POSITIVE He did.) So, every day, miserable or not, is "the day that the Lord has made", therefore, we should "rejoice and be glad in it."

So, rather than complain that it's not OUR day, why don't we thank God for blessing us with another of His days.

I know I will still complain some times (okay, MANY times), but, this was just something I was pondering over, and felt like sharing.

(and not that I think when people say that this is "so not my day" that it's a bad thing, or irreverent in any way or anything. I say it all the time, it just made me think is all.) :)

Lead me to the Cross

Savior I come
Quiet my soul remember
Redemptions hill
Where Your blood was spilled
For my ransom
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as lost

Lead me to the cross
Where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
Lead me, lead me to the cross

You were as I
Tempted and trialed
You are
Te word became flesh
Bore my sin and death
Now you're risen

To your heart
To your heart
Lead me to your heart
Lead me to your heart

My day in a glimpse

~Eating homemade chocolate chip cookies.

~Reading a book, just for fun.

~Visiting the library (and running into my mom there. hehe)

~Going to the dentist, for the first time on my lonesome. If I've never said that I love having a GPS before, well, I'm going to say it now. I love having a GPS. :P

~Enjoying my little brother - he was showing off his clothes he's made for his Webkinz. He's so cute! (But don't tell him I said that) ;)

~Sleeping in!! Later than I wanted to *ahem*, but it just felt so nice.

~Not having to work! :)

And that about sums up my day...now, it's time for pajamas, devotions, and some sleep!

“The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.”

~Charles Swindoll

Friendship ♥

A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. ~Donna Roberts

Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ~Author Unknown

The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ~Henry David Thoreau

The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. ~Barbara Kingsolver

Life is nothing without friendship. ~Cicero

How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend. ~William Rotsler

I love little kids. I think they're one of God's greatest creations. (although, I do say that about a lot of things....since God's a pretty awesome Creator). I love the way they think, the way they process, the things they say, the way they're not afraid to try new things. I love the way they hug, wrapping their little arms around you, and smiling like you hung the stars. I love their smile, the way their whole little baby face lights up when they're happy. I love their tender little hearts, and their simple faith, and how they trust people. I love how life is just so fun to them, and they're constantly learning and exploring, and enjoying every minute of it. Everything's an adventure to them, anytime a grownup or a big kid shows interest in them, it can mean the world to them.

I'm really blessed for all the opportunities that I have to spend time with little kids. ♥ Babysitting them, helping out in the nursery, loving on them, playing with them, it all just brings such joy to my heart. I can't wait to start teaching Sunday School (well, assistant teaching) and Explorers (which is kind of like a Children's Church sort of thing our church does). And someday, soon hopefully, I want a job where everyday, I wake up happy to go to work, and I get to work with little kids all day. Not that they're not frustrating, stubborn, hard to deal with sometimes, since they definitely are. Not that working with little kids isn't challenging in many ways, since it is. But it's also sooo worth it!

And one day, I really, really want my own children, and lots of them!