These are all pretty intense
subjects!
Okay, maybe not the first two(:
Food
I was home, bored, and hungry. I
didn’t want the same old stuff that I eat every day though, I wanted to try
something new, but I wanted to guarantee that it was easy and would taste good. My answer? Pinterest!!!!!
I knew that we had frozen chicken,
so I looked for something that I had already pinned. This is what I saw:
(actually pronounced yee-rohs!)
Yummy right?? Yes! It was sooo
yummy. I am skeptical about trying new things, especially if they aren’t
southern. I am slightly biased when it comes to good food. I don’t like to try
much that isn’t like your typical southern food: corn, potatoes, chicken…but I thought I would give it a
shot. And I loved it.
I needed pita bread to do the real
thing, so I followed the link on the site to make my own bread, and it was a
lot of fun!
Yes, it took several hours to
finish dinner, but it was really worth it. It filled me up but wasn’t too
heavy. And the ingredients that are used
really surprised me, but it all pulled together and was so good! Have I said
that it was yummy yet??
So my opinion on chicken gyros =
give it a shot! Super easy, and cheap!
CRAAAAFTTS!
I won’t talk too much on this
topic, I just wanted to share something else that I accomplished(:
Also from pinterest….of course.
Ruffle Apron!
It was super simple, and if I could
do it, anyone could! It didn’t take too much fabric…just patience.
So on to my last subject of today..
PEACE
I felt some reason to share this
with anyone reading my blog(:
I am really terrible about keeping
up with devotions….I mean REALLY terrible. But this morning I managed to do one
before I did anything else……actually I still haven’t done anything else, I went
from devotion to blogging(:
Enough rambling! Here it is:
Lately, I have been stressed,
frustrated, worried, and confused. Not confused in a looney type of way, just
confused in where my life is headed. I am a planner. PLANNER. I absolutely have
to know what is happening. Ive been that way since I was a baby and it is just
how I am…no growing out of it. I don’t mind it really, I like to know what is
going on! It makes me feel more in control and I guess that is part of my
problem.. I have trust issues. I know that I can handle a lot…but I need to let
it go sometimes.
These past few months have been a
roller coaster ride. Not so much emotionally, but I just honestly don’t know
where my life is headed. Because I graduated high school last year, I had to
choose a college. I had been in love with a college that is about an hour from
where I live but knew that I couldn’t go there because of how expensive it was.
At the end of my senior year, I received a letter from the college that told me
how much they were willing to give as a scholarship. It was A LOTTTT. I would
only have to pay about ¼ of what it originally cost…..it was a hard choice, but
I decided to do it. This entire past summer I prepared to move to college. I had
my classes, books, a dorm and roommate, and everything that I needed for
college life. I had even made the deposit to the school….which was about everything
that I had saved from the past few months. Everything was great until two weeks
until moving date. The college sent another letter and some of the money wasn’t
going to be given. It wasn’t a big difference….but after 4 years, it would add
up. And that was only if I could keep the whole scholarship the entire time. After praying
with my family, I decided that it wasn’t going to be worth it. I knew that in
my heart I wanted to be a mom more than anything else, and I knew that it wasn’t
possible when I had so much college debt to pay off….the decision that I had to
make in a matter of days literally changed my life. I have no idea where I would
have ended up if I had decided to go away to college. All I know is that I am much happier
with this choice, even though it was an awful decision to make. I was really upset about all of the money
that I had wasted on that college….I had books for classes that I wasn’t
taking, dorm supplies that I didn’t need, and a huge deposit that I would never
get back. It really sucked.
In some ways, I cant believe that
it has been three months. But in others, it seems like a lifetime since I made
that choice.
In three months time, I have “started”
my own business….really it's just something to keep me busy. I do hope that it
will turn into something, it would be a miracle to work for myself.
I have been taught patience. I have
to trust in God for everything now. I don’t have another job because gas is too
expensive. It would cost me more to get to work than I would make. That is
actually the reason I quit my job from this past summer even though I really enjoyed it at times.
So, back to my devotion this
morning. I was searching for something to give me peace, I guess. I just needed reassurance that the Lord is in control and that I shouldn’t worry. I found Genesis
28:15. It talks about how Jacob was using a rock at a pillow yet he still
trusted God. I thought then, I have a warm bed, a roof over my head, food
guaranteed and a family that loves me. That is all I need. I don’t need all of the extra stuff…He has
promised to take care of me right now, and I don’t need to worry about tomorrow
or next month or next year, He has it taken care of.
The next passage that I found was Isaiah
26:3. When I put ALL (all means all and that’s all that all means) of my trust
in God, I will find peace. Because…………..(see last paragraphJ) I have to remember
that He is the same God who parted the seas. HE is the SAME. I think that it is
awesome that I can talk to the same exact God who did that. It’s amazing.
After reading those two verses, I felt
so relieved. I turned back to Ephesians…I don’t know why, but I absolutely love
that book in the Bible. I turned a few pages and saw something that I had put a
star beside. It was Philippians 4:6-7, all this talks about is peace! “Don’t
worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need,
and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which
exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard our hearts and minds
as you live in Christ Jesus.”
I am reminded that I need to be in a constant state of prayer. I understand how hard it is. I realise when days have gone by and I haven't prayed. It is the worst feeling. This may sound like a strange answer, but I have found that reading christian novels helps me to pray more. In the ones that I have read recently, they characters pray all the time. When I read this, it puts something in my head that reminds me to pray. I don't mean that I stop whatever I am doing and get on my knees and pray (although that is the case at times), but I can just sit there, and talk to God. I can ask anything, or tell Him anything. It is so simple, and relaxing. It is so amazing that we can do that at believers.
After reading that little bit, I flipped a few more pages and saw
the first part of Colossians…at the end of verse 2: “May God our Father give
you grace and peace.”
How wonderful it is to know that I
will always find what I need when I give it all to Him.
Thanks for reading(:
LOve(and peace)
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