Summer 2010

summer goals are as follows:::::

1. spend every morning with Jesus
    1a. know Jesus as a friend
    1b. know scripture better
2. make my own clothes
3. redecorate my bedroom
4. become a regular at a coffee shop that is not starbucks
5. read about bee keeping
6. juice things with my sister
7. every monday is dedicated to me having an artist date
8. take pictures
I sketched up some creative things I want to do this summer. Mondays are my only official days off this summer, so they are going to be "ME" mondays, dedicated to creativity and joy. I plan to make breakfast on mondays, and watch old movies. and bend wire into the letters H-O-M-E and make an ode to home. also, i want to make flowers. both paper and felt. some for my hair. I am going to be a lady this summer. well, I already am a lady, but I am going to develop my lady this summer. I'd like to take yoga or pilates classes too. part of this semester, I read this book called "the Artist's Way." It helps you be creative and discover your inner artist. I want to do that this summer.

repetition

how my life should be:
receive. praise. repeat. receive. praise. repeat.

how my life often is:
try to do it on my own strength. fail. try to do it on my on strength. fail.

an honest conversation.

Our dinner conversation was one of the most honest conversations I’ve ever been apart of. We expressed our feelings of despair in recognizing our brokenness. We talked of our fears of the world coming to an end and what it looks like to live with no guarantee of a future. I listened to the deep sadness in one of my friend’s lives. I heard the heart of a friend who was mad at God. I sat and listened to a friend’s fear of prayer because past prayers were answered with a “no.” The best part of it all was I never lost hope. The Holy Spirit is alive and working faithfully. I know because I was reminded by the Holy Spirit of his work. I am not a person who gives physical touch often, but my spirit led me to reach out and hug my sad, beloved friends. I felt hope because I was reminded that Christ conquered all sin and brokenness on the cross and although we live in a world of despair, we have hope. Here the barriers of secrecy and loneliness were broken, making room for the body of Christ to do what it is called to do, and that is love.