Seasons...

Seasons in our lives are meant to help us grow and mature, they're to help us figure out our purpose and to give us a new outlook on life this I truly believe wholeheartedly. What happens though, when one season begins to wear out it's welcome, when we're ready to just welcome the warm sun and gentle breezes of the cool summer air, but the snow drifts just will not melt away?

Time, patience, love, and commitment, 4 qualities I believe help us through our seasons. With enough time and patience, we will move onto our next season, we will realize how much we have learned and grown, we will look back on that season of our life and hopefully be able to smile on those moments. We then, need to love our selves, love our friends, family, situations, love where we are while we're there, too often I think that we get too caught up with what's next, not enjoying where we are. Lastly, commit yourself to something, to excercising, to loving everyone, to giving everything all that you have. When you commit yourself to something greater than yourself you will have the greatest sense of accomplishment and peace. Maybe then, just hopefully, you will be able to fully appreciate the season that you are currently in.

so there was this tea....

Shelly Rabe is over making us Ataya Tea, it's apparently a traditional tea from Senegal. It's brewed in 3 stages, each stage becoming slightly weaker than the last. Its minty and sweet, other than the fact that she blew up my kitchen, it went well! Sarah Grosh is here too, she's leaving for Haiti next friday for 6 months.

I need to find a cheap bunkbed for my closet, we're trying to turn it into a "bed room". Hopefully Ikea will help me out!

Fresh Start

Well, here we are, already the first day in September and fall is finally on its way! Sara and Michael's wedding was absolutely beautiful. The weather was gorgeous and everything went smoothly.

I've been learning a lot lately, a lot about who I am, who Christ is, who my real friends are and even more importantly, figuring out exactly what it is that God has in store for me. I was having really rough last night and the twin sent me this verse and it was exactly what I needed.

John 16:33 - "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

My Mom called me last night to just catch up and pray with me. It's funny to think that just a few years ago I would have never even wanted to hear her prayers, or to even talk to her about my personal life. Now I find myself picking up my phone to call her when I need some good advice or definitely some good prayers. My Mom is a prayer warrior, and it amazes me at how diligent she is when it comes to her prayer and quite time, she definitely inspires me!