God moment

I was thinking tonight about a boy I went to highschool with, J.T., who had been bitten by a spider in middle school. The doctors did whatever they had to do to remove the poison from his body. However, in eleventh grade, years after the spider was forgotten about, he was suddenly faced with heart failure. The poison from the spider years ago had infected his heart. Luckily, the doctors found a heart just in time and J.T. is fully recovered and healthy.

God laid it on my heart tonight that that poison from the spider bite is sin. You can do whatever you think you have to do to remove it from your life, but until you have a full heart transplant, that poison stays with you.

I don't know if you understand what I'm getting at, but I think it's time for some major heart surgery. Luckily for us, it's not as painful or as long a recovery as J.T.'s was.

i miss my buddies!!!

I'm sitting here, in my dorm room.. lonely, but not alone. My "sisters" are out of town visiting their parentals. My "brothers" are in Jackson--even though they were both going to be here this weekend, they postponed and are now having a great time... 4 hours away. I miss my friends!!!

I can't wait for this weekend though! I'm plannin a whole load of NOTHING while my best buddies in the whole world are here, in Tobie-town, to love on and joke on... but mostly joke on. It's funny how we NEVER get to see each other. and you'd think that when we do finally get together that we'd be as nice as possible... but no. we love stepping on each others' toes and we love having our toes stepped on. it's an interesting friendship. :)

I MISS THEM!!!

fewer distractions, more time!

It's amazing how much more time you have when you cut out some of the distractions in your life. Today I've been, dare I say it? BORED!

I'm hiding my phone for the rest of the night and probably all day tomorrow. I'll keep it around in case of an emergency, but I won't be using it for any other reason. It's so distracting. Today in class I got caught checking it, and then I realized when I sat down to do my homework, I didn't have a clue about what we discussed in class. ALSO, I realized the other day when I sat down to do my Bible study, that I wasn't able to focus on God's word because my friends were texting me, and I was texting back. So I'm hiding it. I guess need to invest in an alarm clock and greeting cards.

I also deleted my facebook account today. DELETED it. This is a huge deal for me. If you think my phone sounds like a distraction, you should see me with facebook. It's ridiculous how much I use it. The chat feature is awesome and I can stay so connected with my friends on it. But then today, it hit me... I'm more attatched to my facebook than I am to the friends anyway. I get on to see how many new comments I can get on a photo or if someone has "poked" me or to beat my friends in the number of friends they have. It's insane how addicted I am to that website. So I deleted it. I know it's kind of rash and a bit impulsive, but I think it will be for my benefit. Now maybe I can get online for research without taking a detour to facebook. And maybe I can sit down at my desk and read, without getting distracted by friends who want to chat with me.

I know I may become a little less connected with my friends, but I'll become a lot more connected with my Savior without those distractions, and a lot more connected with my school work.

Pray, though. because it's HARD work.

I have a job!!

Hallelujah, praise the LORD!!! He has provided yet again with another wonderful job! At least it seems wonderful so far. I'm working on the registers at Fred's and while it's no Camp Lakeside, it's money in the bank and a wonderful opportunity to make my God known in Senatobia! It's gonna be tough to balance 20 hours of school work with 30 hours of Fred's work, and still have time for 8 hours of sleep each night, but I think I can manage it. I'm sooo excited!!

small update!!!

Ms. Vandyke got smart and moved me to second soprano--it's still high, but within my range. And Ms. Vandyke wants me to take voice lessons to learn how to sing 1st soprano so I can be moved back up and I'm fine with that. :)

We perfom in 4 weeks!!!!

Yes I realize it has been 23 days since my last post, and I apologize deeply for it. It's been extremely hectic around here with the start of school and job begging and what not. So I'll catch you guys up.

I moved into my dorm a week and a half ago, and it's been wonderful. I'm living with the most amazing friend i could ever ask for, and two other girls who i'm hoping to make amazing friends out of! It's been fun being dumb and not having parents around to yell at you for it!! And my scooter has been a huge hit on campus. It's so funny.

Last weekend (the 15th) Joseph and Joel spent the weekend with us. it was heavenly! I love those boys! I made Joseph a red velvet cake in celebration of his birthday, and i have to say, it was delicious! and saturday we went to the ZOO!!! I've never been to the Memphis Zoo before and it was so much fun! We saw elephants and rhinos and hippos and polar bears!!! It was so cool. i loved it! I've convinced the boys to buy themselves scooters and they claim that it won't be long before they're putting around Starkville and Jackson. I can't wait to see that. OH! And Joseph got another tattoo--i helped design it. It looks really good. We had such a good time hanging out together and playing the Wii and going to haunted churches. Fun times. I miss those boys a lot.

The day after Joel and Joseph left, school started. I'm taking 20 hours this semsester, and it's really stressful, but I know i can handle it. Mondays are the worst, I have class at 8,9,10,11, choir at 12, and then a lab at 1, so I don't get a break from class until about 3 pm. I'm really hungry and tired and cranky on Mondays. Today was okay though because it rained and i played in it. It was so much fun. I loved it.

I'm finally in choir and I love it--most of the time. I've been told that I'm mezzo-soprano, or 1st alto--right there in the middle somewhere. Ms. Vandyke, the el stupido choir teacher, has me singing FIRST SOPRANO!!! the highest in the ranges. HOLY MOLY, it's hard. my poor little voice can't go that high and sound pretty, and it's a little intimidating to sit next to these freshmen with the most amazingly beautiful soprano voices. But, Ms. Vandyke thinks i can do it, and I know i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me... I just have to get over that fear. :)

ESTA BIEN!!! Well, to be completely honest, nothing else has happened in the last 3 weeks that is worth writing about. :) Plus I have 2 lit tests to study for and some philosophy homework to do...

Be Grateful.

At camp over the summer, I was known for my phrase, "Be grateful." I loved it, but to be honest, I only said it to stop those kids from complaining about everything. lol. I wasn't really aware of all I had to be grateful for.

So since I've been home, Elizabeth and Mallory and I have been asking each other EVERYDAY to list 5 things that we're thankfull for. You have to say them out loud and you have to have something different each day, and you have to be specific. It really makes you realize how GOOD God is!

So here are my 5 things that I'm grateful for today:

1. A country where I can freely talk about 5 things God has blessed me with.
2. People who prove that this world is not completely lost
3. A creative God. No two people are the same, no two trees are identical.
4. A colorful world--I couldn't come up with His colors!
5. A gracious God. We don't deserve these blessings, but He gives them to us anyway.

Your turn!! What are you gratefull for?