old and single..

soo if I had a penny for every time someone asked me who I was dating or why I was still single at 22.. I would be rich..


seriously??!! just because im not in a relationship now at 22, doesnt mean I wont get married lol.. old people seriosly need to back off. I dont want to be in a relationship right now. im focusing on finishing school and just enjoying my time with God!! :) so back off!! hahahahaha

great song..

If You say go, we will go
If You say wait, we will wait
If You say step out on the water
And they say it can't be done
We'll fix our eyes on You and we will come

Your ways are higher than our ways
And the plans that You have laid
Are good and true
If You call us to the fire
You will not withdraw Your hand
We'll gaze into the flames and look for You.


this is a powerful song with such bold lyrics. how many of us would actually drop everything and go? it definitely makes you think. It's all about Faith. :O)

Crazy Love..

Soo I have been reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan.. I mean whoa!! At first I was so confused as to why I was reading this and forgot about it after the first chapter. Then I picked it up again and started re-reading it. God was really speaking to me through this book. It's about this radical change and breaking out of the ordinary. This is becoming my favorite book. I wanted to share some of my favorite quotes from the book. Here are just a couple..

- "In the midst of our failed attempts at loving Jesus, His grace covers us."
- "God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love."
- "Following Christ isnt something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are."
- "NOTHING should concern us more than our relationship with God; it's about eternity, and nothing compares to that."
- "God wants to change us; He died so that we could change. The ansewer lies in letting him change us."
- "Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy. Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers."
quite possibly my favorite quote so far..
-" God doesnt call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesnt come through."
aaand the last one,
-"True faith is loving a person after he has hurt you. True love makes you stand out."

These quotes each have stuck out to me in many ways. I am so excited that God is teaching me new things and I am growing deeper and deeper in love with Him. :)

well dang.. i was reminded of blogspot.com by 2 of my favorite people.. carikates and jamiegolden. so here i am once again lol.







and i still have nothing to say. im not a very good blogger, i need to work on that. :)

Well.. my 22nd birthday is approaching way faster than I ever imagined. There are so many things I thought I would have accomplished by the time I was 22.. its soooo craazy!! On the other hand, I am totally finished with school, well besides internship and finally GRADUATION!! I just hate that I have to wait til December. dude, im so just ready to be done with everything already. But there I go wishing my life away lol.. i blinked once and Im 22 (-3 days) and Im finished with college.. crazy how life just unfolds before your eyes! we grow up so quickly!!

this is the best year to date!!!!! so many things are going well and I am so in love with my life. God has truly been blessing me day by day and showing me how awesome his love is. I am learning so much from when my focus is only on him. He is in control of my life and it has never felt better!!!

on the more personal note.. i have been subbing at high school and it is intense. ha. I love education but i am definitely more comfortable with my precious little elementary students. I cannot wait to be a teacher and have my own classroom and my own little kids to shape and mold!! ohhh so exciting!!

being true to you..

Finding yourself is a process that I find many people await. It's not as easy as looking it up in the dictionary who you are supposed to be. I find that its about going through things to get to the deeper meaning of who you truly are. Digging in ways that at times can be the most difficult,but at others the most amazing. We put ourselves through tough times to see how strong we are, we put ourselves out there to see how emotional we are, and sometimes we pass, but others we fail. We change our look hoping that it will bring us some insight to who we are, but we get lost in another translation of trying to be something we are not. We try many new things as well, new tv, new music, new friends, new places to hang. Go on road trips and visit old friends, dying and trying to figure out who we are. We go to college, move away from home and develop relationships that can cause us pain or complete happiness. What is the purpose of doing this to ourselves??? To find out who we really are? Maybe in reality we already know who we are but we dont trust ourselves to be that person that is digging down deep inside. we have pushed them down that far and dont want them to surface. maybe its time we let our guard down and just be who we are meant to be. no masks, no shame. just you.

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will find them gradually, without noticing it, and live along some distant day into the answer." ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet