Today has been quite a revealing day. Not for anything of significance...but enough to push my buttons. My buttons have definitely been pushed for good and for evil.
1. Evil Button:
I discovered that the two dresses I purchased at the end of the semester cannot be used for recruitment in the fall. UGeoitgrgiohgsr0nwi gf!!! Granted, they weren't purchased with that idea in mind, but I thought since they were both the right pattern I could use them, and save money this summer. I bought these dresses for graduation and for formals next year. I thought in hindsight that I could also wear them for recruitment. My lack of job requires me to think outside the box in where I can save the most money, and NOT shopping is my number one rule. However, I found out that our recruitment dresses are supposed to be cotton. These dresses I own are slightly fancier than a cotton sundress.
So now I must go out and spend money that I don't have on a dress that I really don't need.
And I NEVER thought I'd hear myself say that I don't need a dress.
Boo.
2. Good Button:
I want to go to Hawaii for spring break. It has been almost 10 years since I have been back to Hawaii, and I've never gone on a spring break trip. What better way than to visit with relatives in the sun and surf of my birthplace?
That's exactly what I thought.
So now I must look to the future and budget for this hopeful trip. Because it would be so awesome if I could actually make it there!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
A Chocolate Thing
I laugh at inappropriate moments. I was revealed something today, and in the midst of crying...I started giggling.
Jesus is funny some times.
Thought I'd share.
Jesus is funny some times.
Thought I'd share.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Free Fallin
It has been quite a few weeks. I'm in one of those places in life where things are going warp speed everywhere except for where I am. Needless to say, I've entered into massive amounts of prayer for massive amounts of time. It's to the point that all I can say is, "Jesus...I'm out of words." And then I hope he gets me.
So...in search of...only God knows what, I've taken to reading once again. I've read passages of the Bible, passages of this book Captivating, and passages within Blue Like Jazz. I've read and read and read until maybe I have something to say to God when next He and I chat.
Until next time folks...here are some things I've highlighted from Blue Like Jazz. Whether or not they speak to you, I find them to be intriguing:
"She would talk to God as if she knew Him, as if she had talked to Him on the phone that day" (46).
"We would eat chocolates and smoke cigarettes and read the Bible, which is the only way to do it, if you ask me. Don, the Bible is so good with chocolate. I always thought the Bible was more of a salad thing, you know, but it isn't. It is a chocolate thing" (47).
"And a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion" (86).
"Something got crossed in the wires, and I became the person I should be and not the person I am. It feels like I should go back and get the person I am and bring him here to the person I should be" (98).
"There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. (They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz)"(100).
"I imagined Him looking down on this earth, half angry because His beloved mankind had cheated on Him, had committed adultery, and yet hopelessly in love with her, drunk with love for her" (100).
"My most recent faith struggle is not one of intellect. I don't really do that anymore. Sooner or later you just figure out there are some guys who don't believe in God and they can prove He doesn't exist, and some other guys who do believe in God and they can prove He does exist, and the argument stopped being about God a long time ago and now it's about who is smarter, and honestly I don't care" (103).
"It is always the simply things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things" (217).
So...in search of...only God knows what, I've taken to reading once again. I've read passages of the Bible, passages of this book Captivating, and passages within Blue Like Jazz. I've read and read and read until maybe I have something to say to God when next He and I chat.
Until next time folks...here are some things I've highlighted from Blue Like Jazz. Whether or not they speak to you, I find them to be intriguing:
"She would talk to God as if she knew Him, as if she had talked to Him on the phone that day" (46).
"We would eat chocolates and smoke cigarettes and read the Bible, which is the only way to do it, if you ask me. Don, the Bible is so good with chocolate. I always thought the Bible was more of a salad thing, you know, but it isn't. It is a chocolate thing" (47).
"And a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion" (86).
"Something got crossed in the wires, and I became the person I should be and not the person I am. It feels like I should go back and get the person I am and bring him here to the person I should be" (98).
"There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. (They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz)"(100).
"I imagined Him looking down on this earth, half angry because His beloved mankind had cheated on Him, had committed adultery, and yet hopelessly in love with her, drunk with love for her" (100).
"My most recent faith struggle is not one of intellect. I don't really do that anymore. Sooner or later you just figure out there are some guys who don't believe in God and they can prove He doesn't exist, and some other guys who do believe in God and they can prove He does exist, and the argument stopped being about God a long time ago and now it's about who is smarter, and honestly I don't care" (103).
"It is always the simply things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things" (217).
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Get Plugged In!
Get plugged in to agriculture! The moment you do, you won't regret it.
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Minnesota Grown
Minneapolis Farmers Market
And while you're at it, continue to pray for rain. : )
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Minnesota Grown
Minneapolis Farmers Market
And while you're at it, continue to pray for rain. : )
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Sweet, Sweet Sunshine
After what seems like forever, the sun has finally decided to show it's face! About time! It's been almost an entire week in JUNE where the sun was not out. Nothing gets under my skin more than dreary days in the summer time.
For the first time in awhile, I had to wear sweaters and sweatshirts. Even those did not keep me warm.
But all seems well in the world...for the sun is out and I'm wearing shorts!
I finished The Shack just last week. It was every bit of wonderful as it started out as. The language itself was enough to keep me drawn in. I should preface this review in saying that while it has a theological message, I mostly read it as an English major would. I accepted the major themes and motifs, delved deeper into the characters, and just enjoyed the book overall. I would recommend this as a read to anyone who wants something refreshing to read.
The theological points served interesting as well. Without revealing too much (since it's one of the BIG surprises within the story), I felt that these were not decisions made as to change a world view. I simply believe that the theology in this story were presented in a way so that the main character, a broken and raged man, would be able to accept. If the theology were presented to him in any other way, he would have certainly turned away from God altogether. While again, that is a simple English major answer, I think there is some truth to it. I do not think the main message is meant to offend anyone.
Other than that, I have also made the discovery for audio books. I have listened to HP before I go to bed almost every night last week.
Now...to enjoy the sunshine!
For the first time in awhile, I had to wear sweaters and sweatshirts. Even those did not keep me warm.
But all seems well in the world...for the sun is out and I'm wearing shorts!
I finished The Shack just last week. It was every bit of wonderful as it started out as. The language itself was enough to keep me drawn in. I should preface this review in saying that while it has a theological message, I mostly read it as an English major would. I accepted the major themes and motifs, delved deeper into the characters, and just enjoyed the book overall. I would recommend this as a read to anyone who wants something refreshing to read.
The theological points served interesting as well. Without revealing too much (since it's one of the BIG surprises within the story), I felt that these were not decisions made as to change a world view. I simply believe that the theology in this story were presented in a way so that the main character, a broken and raged man, would be able to accept. If the theology were presented to him in any other way, he would have certainly turned away from God altogether. While again, that is a simple English major answer, I think there is some truth to it. I do not think the main message is meant to offend anyone.
Other than that, I have also made the discovery for audio books. I have listened to HP before I go to bed almost every night last week.
Now...to enjoy the sunshine!
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