Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Things that make you go hmmmmm...

So...It's late and I should be trying to sleep, but I had to email myself something for work and I saw something that made me go hmm and I thought I'd share. On the yahoo page they have 4 stories that alternate which one is featured, but you can see all of them. Well the one that was featured had the headline: "Extra Pounds May Add Years." Now I found this particularly intriguing because about a week ago I saw a show...maybe Dateline...that talked about how if you starve yourself it turns on a survival hormone that extends your life. This hormone is found in red wine, they super-concentrated it and now have a miracle pill that you can take so you can eat whatever you want and supposedly get the benefits of not eating at all. By not at all I mean one meal a day that consists of wheat germ, and sea weed, flour-less bread, and stuff like that. Personally, I don't consider that food. Anyways, I found it EXTREMELY ironic that right below the "Extra Pounds May Add Years" there was an article with the headline: "Food That Keeps Your Belly Flat." A bit contradictory no?

Monday, June 22, 2009

Spiritual Warfare

I've told this story already probably to everyone that actually reads this, but I wanted to share it anyways.

So I not too long ago I was not in the place I wanted to be spiritually. I had been better in the past and wanted to get back, if not better than how I was. So one night I just made up my mind. I started journaling, reading my Bible and praying. On the third day of doing this I felt really depressed and confused and indecisive. I talked to Allison who said, "Well didn't you just start going after God again? Don't you think it's the devil attacking you?" This made a lot of sense to me, so that night I prayed over and over again, "I'm Yours God! I'm Yours! You won!" I could literally feel the depression lifted from my heart, the grip that the devil had on it fall away. It was the most amazing feeling!! What was really neat was that the feeling that replaced the depression, the indescribable happiness, didn't go away. I think it's here to stay! (Tee hee I rhymed)

I love God and just wanted to sing His praises.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Friends

I have the best friends in the world!! Allie spent the night Tuesday night (notice how I didn't say slept over). We went to sleep at 6:3o am and got up at noon. We watched a bunch of movies, decorated a phone for our dorm, and listened to a bunch of music. We laughed a lot. I love laughing!! It is one of my favorite pass times. It is also a fantastic way to burn calories. :) Wednesday was church day, and I love my whole small group!! They are such a great group of girls, I'm going to miss them when I go to college. Jennifer is amazing (she's the leader)!! Lately her sister has been coming and I adore her as well. I'm going to miss them like crazy!! Celia came over today. I'm so glad that we have started talking more! I just love all of them and wanted everyone to know it! :D

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Shall We Gather at the River?

Water has played a vital role this weekend.

Yesterday I went to my aunt's pool for several hours. I got Sam to swim in the deep end and Sydney started to learn how to dive. It felt SO good to get back in the water. I only wrenched my shoulder once. :) However, I also managed to get burned. It's not a bad burn, but it is very uneven and is going to be very hard to even out.

Today, after church we went to the river for a baptism. It was my ex-step-great uncle that got baptized (I think). It was very neat. I'd never been to a baptism at a river before. There were two parts that were unpleasant. One, it was crazy humid. Two, the mosquitoes ate me alive. Like, I'm not sure I'm not going to need a blood transfusion after them eating so much!!

This is a short one. Hope all is well with everyone!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

**Note

ok...the previous post says May 15th...well that's when I started this blog, but I really did just finish it today!