Driving Like You Mean It

My friend, K, told me something that completely made my day. Our friends, J and L, told her that I drive my car like I know how to drive. I love my car, and that is possibly one of the best compliments I have ever gotten, especially since it came from 2 boys who I respect and admire. They appreciate the fact that I have a stick, and I drive like I mean it. That makes me happy. :) L volunteered that if I ever needed someone to drive my car around, I should let him know, but after the past year and a conversation I had with K once, I have decided not to let a man drive my car until he has made some kind of commitment to me...like perhaps a ring? I didn't tell him that...I just laughed.

I had the most amazing relaxing week ever...it was super nice. And I got a tan!!! I basically just laid on the beach and did nothing all week long. It was exactly what I needed, and it was an incredible time with God. He showed me some amazing things, not the least of which is that He loves to delight over us when we just celebrate being alive. How awesome is that?! Don't believe me...look it up...Deuteronomy 14:22-26

I serve a truly awesome God!!!

I am a little worried about my running. My ankle started hurting almost two weeks ago, and it has been swollen for about the last week. Yesterday morning it wasn't swollen when I woke up, so I went for a run on the beach just because I wanted to run on the beach one time. It was a short run, but almost as soon as I started running, it started hurting, and was swollen again when I got done. The swelling has gone down again, and I am going to have a friend look at it hopefully tomorrow, but I am not going to run on it again for a couple of days. With the half marathon coming up soon, I am worried about being ready for it.

However, this is where trust comes in. I believe that God asked me to do this, so I know that He will come through for me. He will give me the strength, and He will never let me down. In fact He will go above and beyond anything I can ask or imagine (Eph. 3:20). I am learning a lot about trusting Him and trusting others.

Also an amazing verse for pondering: "All the earth worships You; they sing praises to You, sing praises to Your Name." Psalm 66:4

Song of the week for K and M: Belly Danza...thanks L

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Called Beauty

I'm listening to Pandora right now, and the song that is on is Love Song . I'm not sure what exactly that has to do with my life at the moment, but thought I would share it with you all. In fact, I feel rather at a loss as to what I should say as I sit here eating sweet potatoes. I had a lovely run with my roommate, B, today. We both decided that it is much more fun to run with someone than to run outside alone...not to mention smarter as our neighborhood isn't the greatest. Running feels so awesome now. I am getting new running shoes tomorrow, and I'm really excited about them. The lady at the store let me go out on the sidewalk and run back and forth to test them out when I went today to look, and they just felt really amazing. Switching Subjects... I have never really had many guy friends. I'm not sure why. I think part of it had to do with the fact that for a while I was really scared of men in general. Then I went through a men disliking period (I refuse to say
Read more

learning to savor

I was asked today if money wasn't an object, if I didn't have to work, if I could do anything in the world, live anywhere in the world, what would I do? I wanted to give her a thoughtful answer, a truthful answer, so I thought about it. If I could do anything what would I do? My heart leapt within me at the thought. It's one of those rare opportunities where you just allow yourself to dream for a minute of a perfect world. What would that world look like? I knew within myself what I would do, and I did my best to express it to this lady. I would have a house on the beach. It would be a safe place, a resting place, a refuge. It would be open to anyone who wanted to come. I would have tea every afternoon with my friends. I would cook and bake. I would work in my garden in the backyard. I would spend hours in communion with my Beloved. I would take walks on the beach, watching the sunset. I would sit on my front porch and soak up the day and night. I would savor life, and I wo
Read more

I say Hi!

I have discovered the secret to avoiding awkward situations... things are only awkward if you make them awkward. Think about it. We take our cues from the people around us. If someone else is trying to make you feel awkward, and you just ignore it and go on with life...then they will stop. I was in a situation tonight that could have been awkward, if I had made it that way, but I choose not to. As a result I ended up having a great conversation and was very encouraged and uplifted from it. Anyway...this is going to be short because it has been a very long day and I have a lot of homework to do tomorrow...so tomorrow is going to be a very long day. We finally covered Philippians 3 in Bible Study tonight...so excited to move on. Also, I am greatly enjoying playing chess with a good friend...we are having about a weekly match up. Good times!! I'm getting better, so we'll see if I'm able to eventually pull off a win. Funny how God grants little desires of our hearts. I always k
Read more