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Hint Hint...

com·ment (kŏm'ěnt)
n.

A written note intended as an explanation, illustration, or criticism of a passage in a book or other writing; an annotation.

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Who Says?

I grew up in the midwest, in a landlocked state. No beaches, mountains, rolling hills... I moved to college and heard many people say that Indiana is an ugly state. Nothing pretty. All it consists of is corn and flat roads... I really don't see how someone could say that. I love Indiana. And it has so much beauty...

Who says Indiana is ugly???

Really, who can say Indiana is ugly?

Favorite

Zephaniah 3:17 "The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

(I should just bold the whole thing...)

Isn't this a great verse?

1, 2, 3, BREAK!

my break part 1

This week I have fall break. In my county we have a whole week off. It's simply wonderful, I cannot lie. Here are a few highlights of what I have done so far on my break...

I started out Saturday going to a wonderful wedding of two people from college. It was a beautiful wedding. The ceremony was in a little country church. The only decorations were a few candles with flowers in the windows. It was so pretty. The music played was with stringed

instruments. Many of the people found themselves tapping their foot to the fiddlesque music. I loved it! The receptions was outside in a tent. It was also beautiful. It was a great time catching up with old friends!

Quaint Church with Beautiful Couple

My Friend Morgan and I (complete with my squinty eyes)

My Friend Lawrence and I

My goal on Monday was to get up early, run, clean my house, do really practical things.

This is what happened instead...

What happened you ask? I slept in, shopped all day, and stopped at Starbucks for a few hours.... yeah, those practical things didn't happen. :) Oh well, that's what breaks are about... there's always tomorrow, right?

Being a Princess

A Princess Moment

I believe that every girl dreams, or has dreamed, of being a princess at least once in their life, whether they will admit it or not. I however, will readily admit that I would love to be a princess and live in a fairy tale world. There are times when you are supposed to feel like a princess- prom, dates, etc. When those princess moments happen, it's an amazing feeling, being on top of the world and all. But some of the best princess moments are when you are not expecting them.

Tonight I had one of those princess moments.

I went to a wedding tonight. Beautiful and extravagant, yet simplistic and country all in the same. That is another story in itself. But the wedding had dancing... which is always fun.

Now, let me tell you, I am no dancer, but I love to dance. I bust out in wild, silliness. I don't know more than the basic waltz, cha cha, or the electric slide. However, thanks to my cheerleading days, I do have some rhythm and can carry a beat. But most of all, I'm good at following.

I danced with my friend tonight who is a phenomenal dancer. He can spin any girl around the dance floor and make her look like a well trained, master dancer. He's just that good.

We were dancing later in the evening and my friend started to spin me, twirl me, and move all over the dance floor. It was so much fun. We had been dancing a little when all the sudden I noticed we were the only ones on the dance floor and everyone was watching us...

Yes... the Princess Moment. It was almost like Beauty and the Beast when at the end they are spinning around in the ball room and everyone is watching and in awe of them. We were entertaining the people around, and all their eyes were on us... Yes. The Princess Moment.

And it was great. :)

No Answers? Okay.

I've been learning about change. a lot. I've been learning what it truly means to walk with Jesus. God has been faithful to provide great friends and family to walk with me, and I thank God for those blessings in my life. But He has also been teaching me about solitude. It's been easy to hang out with friends and talk with family; what is hard is when I'm alone. Driving home to an empty house, trying to fall asleep- my mind wanders and I feel so scared and alone, so frustrated. Or when I wake up, and my mind travels back to the way it used to think and the THINGS is used to think about when I first woke up. Those are the times that are difficult. That I feel confused, frustrated, and lonely. I struggle with the question, "Why me God?" or "Why do I have to wait for a husband when all my friends get to have someone?" "Why do I have to have my heart broken?" "What about my future? What about my dreams?" And I must make decisions about what I choose for the day, for my life. I don't get the luxury of having the answers for why circumstances have played out this way in my life. Solitude is not going to be the place I find those answers, but as the place I decide if I'm going on, possibly alone- without them. God knows what I crave more than anything. He knows that I crave more of His love, His understanding and His wisdom. And the conviction that He is supremely God. That He is my future. I hold on to my Jesus, and choose to continue on in hope that God will continue to perfect and complete me. (James 1:4)

I don't have the answers to all my questions. But that is ok. In this time of change, I have Jesus. And I never want to be without my Jesus.