huh...

so this week i'm doggy sitting for a really good friend...
but shouldn't that not be getting in my way of being in the word? because it totally is. i have the stack from Steph that i haven't even been able to work on til today... it's just craziness... i'm simply looking forward to next week when things will start to slow down a little bit...




also on my mind is the whole living situation. i know i can't be kicked out without a 30 day notice... but if i need more than 30 days, what shall i do then? things are going to be rockin' my world... and i don't do well with change. at ALL... just ask Steph. she will tell you.
oh well, yet another reason to depend on God i guess. yay for me?

Tarantulas Stretch the Definition of "Dinner" in Cambodia - Slashfood

Tarantulas Stretch the Definition of "Dinner" in Cambodia - Slashfood

this reminded me so much of my roomie...

considerations of the blind... or ramblings heard in my head...

so tonight i got another opportunity to share the gospel with my fellow coworker and friend.
but telling someone who has such a hard heart for a new and better way of life is pretty much a daunting task. 
i think about my roommie when i'm trying to talk to people like this... (she's better at it). and i'm still more than slightly amazed that she is on the other side of the world doing the same thing to people she's never even met. and will probably never see again on this earth... at least until the 1000+ yr reign of Christ. and then, (this is cool) she will have more crowns than i will... and i won't be jealous.. wow. crazy.


i've been growing a lot this week... it's kind of insane really... and i'm super excited for next week also... things are going to pick up again and i still want to be this intensely focused on the Word.


i don't know, perhaps this is the summer for intense growth. i'm almost certainly hoping so. because the ruts were beginning to wear my patience thin. which is never too good.






oh yeah...
and this was my day. (just for you Steph!)


sleep 2:30am- 7:45am
farmers market, early hoping to beat the storm, that didn't even bother to show up.


devo time.... lots to catch up on today.. opps!


hang with Willet... shopping is way better when you aren't really buying anything. 


home for more devos, and the dread of going to work


worked


home again.
corn dogs and mozzarella sticks. yep... 
it's only midnight... what are you talkin' about snack? i'm still eating supper.


now to see what the rest of this evening brings... i should go to bed soon... church bright and early... yay.

pondering my summer

as days grow longer and room mates come and go... things change a lot during the summer... and while that may not be a bad thing... it does tend to evoke some tears and some undermining jealousy of what is happening in others lives.

however, that is no reason to be ignoring my duties of serving in the church here right now... not in a month or so... but to be building relationships with people and to be purposefully drawing strength from God so as to not rely on our own strength... which causes us to fall in even greater ways.

so, in order for this to be happening... you must have somewhere to start. which leads me to Colossians 3:12-17

this section is given to the church to know how to be behaving as "good" Christian folk should be... it starts out saying that we are chosen of God- hand picked for His purposes.

next it tells us to get dressed... and there are quite a few layers.

start with the layer of compassion, then kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, bearing/ sharing the burdens of other, forgiveness, love, thankfulness, and finally wisdom is to cover over all of this...

that's quite a lot of things to work on... but they do all connect together and grow onto one another, so that the working on of one will lead to another and will mesh all together...

finally it tells me to all in the name of Christ... He is my all in all...continually adding on to the thankfulness.

my prayer is that i will be a good and holy example for my roomie this semester as well as next semester... and it all starts right here.