Quotable Quotes - 4

"This is by far the stupidest conversation I have had all day!!" - Cort (That made me laugh, because I'm sure he was right, and it was indeed a stupic conversation! Pointless might have been a better word though, and it did get better.)  *grins*

"Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." - James 4:13-17

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." - Jeremiah 29:11

*Knocking at door* "It's a boy..." - Tim, "And a girl..." - Brooke, "And another girl..." - Anna, "And another boy..." - Tim again, "Except without the second boy!" - Brooke

"Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?" - Jesus, Luke 12:27, 28

His Eye is On the Sparrow

This song has been going through my head for the past couple days.  The reason for this is probably because I've been finding it hard to constantly keep my focus on God and how He has a perfect plan for me.  I need to remember that His will for me is beyond my control, and way better than anything I'd ever chose for myself.  "Are not five sparrows sold for two cents?  Yet not one of them is forgotten before the Lord.  Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows." Luke 12:6,7 His Eye is On the Sparrow By Civilla D. Martin, 1905 Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come, Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav’n and home, When Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He: His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. Refrain: I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free, For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. “Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear, And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears; Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise, When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies, I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

 

Quotable Quotes - 3

"I can't brag about my love for God because I fail Him daily, but I can brag about His love for me because it never fails." - OwlCity

 

"There will be coffee in the morning for you adults.  There will not be coffee for the youngin's.  You youngin's shouldn't take any of the coffee and there's an important reason for this: when you have a caffeinated youngin' running around, and a DEcaffeinated adult, it's not good." - Grace (paraphrased)

 

"Everyone must NOT follow me!" - Brooke "I'm not everyone, I'm just me! - Nick

 

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.  and those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit." Galatians 5:22-25 ESV

 

"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude.  It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoings, but rejoices with the truth.  Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."  1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV (I think I like the NKJV translation better)

"In My Humble Opinion" of the Day

Sometimes I wonder if my humble opinion is really that humble at all.  I really don't know.

I've decided/realized that I am very opinionated.  Is this something I need to work on?  I don't think I show my opinionatedness too much, but I show it more than I realize or think about.  Right now though, I'm going to share a couple tings I feel like being opinionated about.

#1: I think that bikinis are gross, both on a girl and on a hanger.  I just don't understand why a girl would want to show so much of her body and how she could think it's that different than walking around without clothes on.  I mean really, just cause it's made out of swimming fabric doesn't mean it's better than not wearing clothing.  If a person wants to wear a bikini with shorts and a shirt over them, than that's just fine, and I think there's nothing wrong with that.  I point this out because I was on Facebook and as I scrolled down I came across an entire album from the beach and it was chock full of pictures of girls wearing bikinis.  UGH! I almost got sick. *wrinkles nose*

#2: People typing using texting shorthand.  Now, I can understand people using texting shorthand in a text, that's just wonderful.  But when you have a full keyboard sitting in front of you, then it's just lazy to not write out whole words.

Well, that's odd... maybe I'm just tired, but I'm having a hard time thinking of or remembering any of the things I'm opinionated about! Oh well, maybe that's a good thing? :)

Hope everyone is doing splendidly well!

"Watermelon Surprise, my favorite..."

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! *does a little dance*

Heather Yule is here... at my house... I'm so happy. :)

Heather has been planning to surprise us for over a month.  how wonderful is that!?! She got in late last night, and we've already done a lot of stuff! Well, not really that much, but some. :)  We were told that an uncle was coming to our house for the weekend, and when we got to the airport and stood at the bottom of the stairs waiting for an uncle, we got a Heather instead! It was the best surprise ever probably... mostly cause it's on of the very few times I've been truly surprised.  It was fantastic. *huge grin*

"So much for that..."

Well, I finally got around to making a few phone calls today as follow ups and introductions.  Here were my findings. (I only made 2 calls though, so don't be too excited. K? K.)

Phone call number 1: I called Altamont, the bead store in Auburn that I applied to, to follow up and see if they had gotten my application.  They had. YAY! They aren't hiring at this time. BOO!  So, all that time and work I put into that beautiful resume was basically pointless.  Oh well... I suppose it was worth it.  They are going to keep the resume and application on file and maybe if they need additional help contact me at some point.  What should I learn from this? Maybe I shouldn't get my hopes up and plan my whole life around getting a job when I have no idea if they'll need/want me or not. *sighs* Oh well.

Phone call number 2: This one was the the event planning lady at Lake of the Pines where my grandparents from my mom's side live.  his call was a little more fruitful and encouraging.  I found out that I can get a booth at the 4th of July picnic!  Hopefully this won't interfere with any celebrations of our own, but it's a chance to sell my jewelry and make much needed money, so that's a plus.  It costs a little bit to rent the area and table and such, but I think it'll be worth the work of setting up and the small fee for the booth.  I really hope this works out!

Well, now that I've shared those annoying and great news updates...

THE GIRLS ARE HOME!!!

That is probably the best news I could give you. *grins*

In other news... I get to try to figure out where else I may be able to work.  There are a lot of decisions involved in choosing a job you know, and none of them are exactly fun.  Should I work in retail at one of the stores in town?  Maybe I could work at Ross and be a cheerful, nice, kind changing room girl.  That could be fun right? *winks*  I could also go to work at a coffee shop, although that might not be my cup o' tea. (Get it? That was quite a funny pun there...)  I could also work at some other random place that I haven't thought of yet.  Please be praying for me as I try to figure out what I'm supposed to do with my summer! I feel like I should get a job so I can make enough money to go to Jackson Hole Bible College, but maybe I'm not supposed to.  Why can't everything be super simple? I don't know.... *laughs*

Have a good day y'all!!

By the way...

The sunset this evening was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!!

It was all orangy and yellowy and pinky and bluey and *shivers* it was just amazing! *does a little happy dance*

Highlights of The Day

I'm changing this post to a Highlights of the Week post rather than of the day, because I haven't written on here in what seems like ages!

1 - Rock-N-Water is in full swing... and I'm sitting in the seat!  Trip led my first trip of the season, and it went really well!

2 - Got a tip from a couple people. (Really great highlight!)

3 - Sold my very first item on Etsy! *does a little victory dance cause she's so happy* I'm so happy!

4 - Shipped that item off and excited for the man that bought it and hoping that his girlfriend appreciates the thought he put into his gift.

5 - Saw the "Cove" for the first time (Rock-N-Water's other property) and found a REALLY amazing plant that had a bunch of little seed pods all over it that were small circles with little circles around the edge.  (I'll put a picture on here if I ever get one.)

6 - Cleaned my room up a little tiny bit because "Drum roll pleeeeeaaaase...." The girls are coming home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think I can pu enought exclamation points on there!

7 - I get to look forward to seeing all the JHBC peeps this coming weekend! I'm so excited! (My sisters are, of course, a big part of that.)

8 - I'm getting over a slight cold/alergies... so if you think about it please pray that it will dissapear! Thanks. :)

And this is all I can think of right this very moment. Thanks to all and sorry it's been so long since I wrote!

A Couple Tips...

This week was really good at Rock-N-Water.  Not only did trip leading go really well, but I was also able to guide a wonderful trip. Both trips were very fun and I enjoyed the people I met and know I did my best to lead them well.  At the enf of the trip on Friday I was blessed beyond measure by a thoughtful couple and another man.  The couple and the other man each gave me a tip.  I'm not talking about the spoken tip, but rather the money kind.  It was very sweet and thoughtful and un-called-for.  I thanked them, and now it's going into my Jackson Hole Bible College Fund. I don't know if I'll even see Daniel, or Doug and Sonja again, but I know I'll remember them.  Their kids were awfully cute too!

Another thing... I keep realizing how blessed I am.  I just keep going back to God and realizing how much He cares for me even though I don't deserve any of His love.  What an AWESOME God we serve.