Its a good day to be reflective. I am thankful for real friends. Here are a few accounts from today:
- Woke up before church with plenty of time to read, pray, shower and eat a great breakfast I had planned. Well, my plan was thwarted when I got the single cup blender stuck and I couldn't get it to stop. (It's the kind of blender that you turn the cup (single serve) and it turns on. You turn the cup the other direction and it turns off... well it got stuck and I couldn't turn it off. So, I unplugged it. Then for about 15 minutes I tried to twist the cup out of the blender, but with no success whatsoever. It was quite frustrating. My roommate was gone and I needed someone strong - reality even if she was home, I don't think it would have helped. It has happened before to her and she had to get some strong guy to help her.
Well... my blender as random as it is left me with a good reminder that I need people in my life. I was thankful I had connect group and I took the blender, smoothie and cup still attached over to my pastors house and her husband untwisted it for me and wouldn't you know it came undone immediately on the first try with no apparent effort... :/ I was not about to tell him that I had tried for 15 minutes, prayed for strength like Samson, and hurt my arm in the process... oh brother! I guess it also served as a reminder that I need to work out some and beef up my arms! lol.
- I went shopping yesterday and bought a bunch of shorts, because I have had some great friends and help me go through my closet and I got rid of a lot of clothes. It is amazing what a second perspective can do for you. I have always been petite and struggled to find clothes that fit me just right. But it was good to have a friend there to tell me that "you look like a middle schooler with that shirt!" Hello, thank you wake up call. : ) Real friends= priceless.
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Well, I fell asleep writing the last section, but I 'd love to add my thoughts from today:
We had a small girls night of worship at church for the young women tonight. It was SO refreshing. I love nights like these so much! In God's presence everything seems to take on a whole new perspective. All of a sudden, I just have this incredible peace that everything is going to work out in my future and I gain a special confidence about life that I didn't have before - only God can do that. And He does it because I got my eyes off of myself and when I am looking at Him all I can see is His faithfulness.
Great verse for the week: Acts 17:26
"From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live."
I read this verse this past week and it jumped off the page to me. God is the intricate planner. He has determined the exact places and time we are to live in and He set it all up before the beginning of time. It is so comforting to know that the coordinating genius of Heaven has planned my future. : )
I love Him!
