Nifty-ness.

I love making my own words. =]

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems uphill,
When the funds are low, and the debt is high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is strange, with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns;
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won if he'd stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
For you may succeed with another blow!

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are;
It may be near though it seems so far.

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit.
When things seems the worst, you must not quit!

~ Again... Thanks, Sharon!

Who am I?

Tonight, in our church's Ladies' Meeting, I got this nifty little list of my identities in Christ.

• I'm God's child.
• I'm born again.
• I'm forgiven.
• I'm a new creation.
• I'm a temple of the Holy Spirit.
• I'm delivered from darkness.
• I'm redeemed.
• I'm blessed. (Very much so!)
• I'm a saint.
• I'm the head, and not the tail. (Ref. Deut. 28:13)
• I'm about, and not beneath.
• I'm holy and without blame before God.
• I'm elect.
• I'm established to the end.
• I'm victorious.
• I'm free.
• I'm strong in Christ. (*Flex muscles, and put on your game face.)
• I'm dead to sin.
• I'm more than a conqueror.
• I'm a joint heir with Christ.
• I sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
• I'm in Christ.
• I'm accepted.
• I'm complete.
• I'm crucified with Christ.
• I'm made alive by Christ.
• I'm free from condemnation.
• I'm reconciled with God.
• I'm His disciple.
• I'm the light of the world.
• I'm the salt of the earth.
• I'm a city on a hill.
• I'm the righteousness of God.

How much better could it get?

~Thanks, Sharon Sanders for this awesome list. =]

"So with all my heart and all my soul
With all I am, Lord, I will follow You"
                                - Hillsong United

We all want to do God's will in our lives. I know I sure do.
I'm about to make a big decision in my life. I've applied for a new job. I know it's a hard one. But I also know that it will be rewarding. I'm aware that it's maybe a little dangerous, but I have the possibility to make a difference in the lives of people who need it most.

This is a big deal to me. To anyone it would be. I'm not doing anything worth while at my current job. But it's a good job. They work well with my schedule, and are all very kind. But I've felt for a long time that God wanted me elsewhere. I prayed for an answer as to where He needed me, and I've prayed for hints. People i know started working at this place, then I met people at work who worked there. someone even told me that "we could really use a personality like yours out there. You'd be great."
Well that was enough for me to start talking about this specific place to the people I knew. And enough to pray about it.
The day of my customer I spoke of about, I started praying for "direct signs." When I was driving home, an employee from this place was posting help wanted signs on the hill I was driving by.

"Ok, God. I get it."

So I put in an application, and I'm going to check on it today. I'm terrified. What If I'm wrong? What if I'm totally twisting God's signs? The way I see it, if I'm reading into this correctly, I'll get that job. If I am wrong, I won't. simple as that. I hope.

But the most annoying part of this whole ordeal is my one and only antagonist. I love her dearly, but my mother refuses to back me on this. She doesn't think it's a good idea. She wants me to stay nice and cozy at my current job. To her, I think it's money and secutity over my personal happiness and fufillment. And I can see where she's coming from. But it seems like the fact that I've been praying hard about this since June holds no strength. I have faith in my answers and thus my decision. I just wish she would, too.

But we'll see how today goes, and go on from there.

[have faith and love]

Stem Cell Liar.

"Oh! This has gotta be the good life." -One Republic.

[I sure hope not]

A wise person once told me that college wasn't too hard, or stressful. They told me that writing papers would come easily to me, and that I'd have no problems with it.

They lied.

This is honestly one of the most stressful things I've ever done, and anyone who's been there and done that will tell you that I'm right to feel this way. I'm so sick of stem cells, and the research thereof. I. Quit.

But while I was typing the lines above, I realized that if this is the most stressful thing I've ever done, then I've had it soooo easily. While my mind says that I can't do this, that I'm going to pull my hair out, and that I'm slipping out of my sanity, my God tell me I can. Ha.

Take that, Diana Hacker (citation expert).
Take that, research paper, take that!

The Ultimate Step

Hey guys! I have big news.

I mean... Really BIG

I'm going on a date this Saturday. =]

He's a super sweet guy, and I'm all excited.

We're going to Applebee's and then to the theater to see Real Steel.

I'm proud of me. =]

And I have a million of these:  =]

Just tons of then. My face hurts.