It's happening again...

I'm going through another one of those times...you know when I can't stand being hundreds of miles away from everyone I left going on 3 years ago wow 3 years...I hope she doesn't mind me mentioning this...but...my Best friend is going through a terrible time at the moment...her grandmothers health is failing and it is not looking well...these are such hard times to walk through and my friend is sounding so brave and strong but I know her heart is breaking...I wish I could take her to coffee to get her out of the house, talk about all the wonderful memories of her grandmother and cry with her at how unfair life feels at times like this...I wish I could make her laugh with one of our crazy memories of a friendship that has walked through many"O MY GOSH I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ARE STILL ALIVE" moments...or just sit together in comfortable silence just feeling better because we are together...I miss you Leslie...I wish I could stand next to you through this time...I love you...

Cheer results!!!

Hey everyone well it is official...Brittani is at the top of the freshman list for Cheer!!! We are so very proud...Coach Camp didn't move any freshman girls up to JV seeing how there were only 6 girls trying out...the good news is that they all made it...and none had to live with the disappointment of not making the team...Of course Brittani was the best...hee-hee...thanks for all the kind words Brittani loved reading all your comments...

Self Talk Soul Talk Ch. 6

Look Up: Hope in God my Soul

Psalm 42:11

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, For I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

some favorite quotes:

Jennifer says:

-Fear betrays; hope never does

-Our problems usually have less to do with our circumstances and more to do with the way we choose to feel about them.

Here is a life style Jennifer talks about that I will probably be working on until Christ comes:

The most hopeful people are those who put their trust in the Lord. Liberated from the need to always be in control, they are able to rest in Him rather than struggle to avoid difficulties in this life. They don't become hopeless because their hope is in God, not themselves or the alleviation of their circumstances.

Isaiah 50:2

Was my arm to short to ransom you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you?

Isaiah 59:1

Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor His ear to dull to hear.

Self Talk Soul Talk Ch. 5

Tune In Awake, My Soul:

wow this chapter really hit me between the eyes...Jennifer talks about our treasures in this life...the treasures that God has given us or in trusted to us...and how distraction has a tendency to push these treasures to the back of our thought closet and the become unnoticeable by us in the midst of all the other clutter and noise around us or in our closets...ugh...I realized through this chapter that my treasures are being neglected...

Here is what struck me most in this chapter:

Jennifer says: When ever I'm asked to speak somewhere I ask my self:

How does this fit into my purpose? If it doesn't fit I don't do it. Even a good thing can become a distraction if it puts my treasure at the rear of the shelf.

When I'm asked to volunteer for something. I ask my self:

How does this impact my family?

Here are two universal questions to ask your soul in any situation:

Does this allow me to value my treasure?

Does this cause me to treat my treasure with less value?

I have some work to do...and praying to do...

Father I give You every part of me this day...I love You...Amen