Perfect Sunday

Today was a perfect day.

I woke up this morning, and prayed that I would have a good day.  The last couple have been a little bit cranky and a lot of not so fun stuff.  I really wanted a good day to end my weekend.  So I headed off to church, was greeted at the door by a good friend with a smile and good conversation.  Church was, as usual, wonderful.  After service a group of some old friends, some new friends and a couple I have never met went to lunch.  We laughed over chips and salsa and wet burritos.  Then my beautiful friend Tessa came home with me and helped me weed my raised beds.  A task that both Nicole and I have been trying to get accomplished.  Nicole had actually started one half of it earlier in the week.  It seemed like such a daunting task, but with good company and some hard work we got them all done.  As we finished the last bed, I was getting more and more excited, anticipating having vegetables coming up and the summer we would have with these fresh veggies.  The next task was to get some chicken wire to put up a little fence around the garden, to keep out the cute little bunnies so I wouldn't have to kill them for eating my little starts.  We went to the hardware store and then I treated Tessa to an old Snohomish tradition.  The Swirl Cone, at the Pilchuck Drive-In.  It was the best tasting ice cream cone ever...especially after working so hard! Then we went to the grocery store to get stuff for dinner.  Last night, we learned how to chop up a chicken so I wanted to put my skills to the test and I invited a few people over for my first ever fried chicken.  It didn't sound like many people were going to make it. Which was fine, I always love having my parents over for dinner but at the last minute a few others changed their plans and as I was cooking my room mates got home.  The house was once again filled with people.  Laughing and talking, taking time...it's LOVE.  The chicken was delicious but at one point I had to just stop... I looked at my mom and said.  I love this house.  This is what this house was made for.  I started out a very young little girl sitting at the table in that dining room while family laughed and played cards, ate and had fun.  Now as an adult I sit there doing the same thing and it was just the grand finale to the wonderful day the Lord gave me.  Ahhhh, now I can go to bed, knowing that tomorrow I will start my week, filled to the brim.

Star Light, Star Bright

I once heard someone say, don't pray for signs and wonders because the only thing that will happen is that you'll begin wondering if everything is a sign.

I stopped praying for signs and now I just revel in wonderment.  Oh and I suppose I sometimes just wonder.

I have a bit of an obsession with stars.  One star in particular, mainly because it’s MY star, God gave it to me.

And he continues to give it to me.  You see, I am human and I have doubts about my future.  I have doubts about whether the God of the Universe will ever bless me with a husband to share the rest of my days with and children to run amuck.  I have doubts about whether if that's not in the plan if my heart will be able to stand it.

One night, 4 years ago, on a beach in Mexico, I asked God that question.  God, will you take care of me?  Will you bless me with a man that loves me, unconditionally?  Will you give me the amazing opportunity to have children and be a mother?  And Lord above all else will you make sure that my heart is okay with whatever you give me?  And at that very moment, I looked up in the sky and there was only one solitary star...where as in minutes before there were millions.  And it shone soo bright; I had never seen anything quite like it.  I could have sworn it was a diamond in the night sky...with all the facets and beautiful colors that radiated off of it.

I was changed that night, when God assured me (even when He didn't have to) that HE would take care of me, that His promises hold true.  And he continues to assure me... because you see, last night I saw my star again..and I've seen it countless other times in the past 4 years.

God is alive, He comforts me, and He has an amazing plan for my life.

Last night I didn't know what the star was for, today I do.  Because today He told me my life was going to change, just as soon as I get out of His way!

DEFINITION

an unfilled space...hollow

an address (as a petition) to God  in word or thought...prayer

visualization of a future event or state....anticipation

 a strong desire especially for something unattainable...longing

 an intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing...craving

 a relation of personal intimacy...connection

 having qualities which inspire hope...hopeful

 a state of well-being and contentment..happiness

FAITH: belief, trust in and loyalty to God.

8-Tracks Got Nuthin on Me!

I did something hard tonight.  I ignored the old tapes, as in I turned them off.  Sometimes I've turned them down or tuned them out for a short time, but they are always there in the back of my mind, droning on and on.  Tonight I turned them off.  Tonight the tapes that said, you're not smart enough, you're not pretty enough, you can't keep up in conversation, you're TOO OLD, you should just stay home...were shut down and thrown out.

The result: I laughed, had good conversation, felt a spark inside again and left wanting more...

Those are very, very old tapes, that have been overplayed.

Tonight I did something hard, I decided that I'm no longer going to play 8-tracks, that I'm an iPod and I'm letting God make me a new mix.