Astounding Beauty.

Wow. What a day. I cannot even tell you how amazing this entire week has been, but especially today. All throughout the week, I've just been in complete awe of how big God is and just wonderstruck by the beauty of this life He's given me. But, today was one of those days I'll remember forever.  My dad came in my room this morning and woke me and my sister up and was like "Get up, were going on the Sanibel Thriller" well, I had absolutely no clue what He was talking about. I thought he was being weird and telling us it's time to get up and go outside. But we ended up going on this boat cruise around the entire island, called the 'Sanibel Thriller'. The interesting thing about this cruise is they see dolphins everytime they go. The cruise is twice a day, and they've never not seen dolphins. So we get there, and I'm thinking maybe we'll see like one or two dolphins but I didnt think they'd be jumping or anything like that. We'd been out on the water for about 45 min. when they tour guide announces 'here's some dolphins' and we all turn around, and there's about 4 or 5 dolphins behind the boat jumping and twirling and giving us a little show. Let me tell you, these dolphins are the cutest things. They just show off, and jump around and fly under the water, and there so stinkin' close you can see every detail on them. Some of them had scars, and you can see there mouths, and the little breathing hole on their heads. It was the coolest thing I've ever experienced in my life. But the whole time, all I could think about was how much God loves us. He loves us so much, to give us a life where we can experience crazy amazing things like this. He is so perfect. And He loves me more than anything. It blows my mind. God is so good. Man.

thank you.

Dear God,

thank you for life. its so beautiful, and i'm so blessed to live the life i do. i want to always celebrate being alive. thank you for loving me, even though i don't deserve it. thank you for all the little beautiful things in this life, that are just fascinating. thank you for the people in my life.. i don't think i could find more amazing people if i tried. thank you for my family. thank you for all the memories we have, and all the laughter and love i have in my life because of them. they are my best friends. thank you for giving my parents the grace to deal with me, even when i'm a stinker. and for giving them the wisdom to raise me, exactly the way you want. thank you for MCA. i'm so blessed to be under the leadership of the amazing administration and staff in that school. thanks for the people in it. that school plays such a big part in my life, and i'm so so thankful to be in a school all day where YOU are the center. thanks for my friends. whoa baby they are the cream of the crop. thanks for putting them in my life, for all the times they've helped me and given me the greatest memories. i love them all so stinkin much, and being with them everyday is just the best. thank you for America. i often take it for granted how blessed i am to live in this country, and all the lives that it took to have the freedom we do.


thanks for all the little things..

sunsets
good books
Christmastime and everything that comes with that
pictures.
cozy cute socks
pineapple sorbet
candles
my bed
the seasons
movies
stars
hot chocolate
air conditioning
The Office
the ocean
.... the list could go on forever. but thank You for this life God. I never want to take it for granted. But most of all, above everything else, thank You for loving me unconditionally. for never leaving me, no matter how bad I screw things up. for giving me Your guidance, so that i can be in Your will. Yep.


Thank You For Loving Me.

Let Go

The last week or so, the Lord has just been showing me, and speaking to me that I need to let go. I need to let go of my cares, and burdens. And give that to Him. I was in Bible today, and my teacher whose husband died, and has been gone for about 3 weeks, was back today. She was talking to us just about the situation and her life and stuff like that. I was so amazed by how amazing she is. She is so strong, and she was telling us how in the midst of all these problems in her life, she has no worry. No worry. She said she still feels emotion from losing her husband, and her kids father, but she is so at peace. She isn't worried about money. Or the lawsuit. Or providing for her kids. Or being a single mother. She knows she serves a God that is never going to fail her. I want to live in that kind of peace all day everyday. Life can so easily be consumed by worrying, that you miss what God is doing in your life.  Also, today in Chapel the speaker was talking about callings. I so felt like that was for me. He was saying how your calling isn't some thing way off in the future. It's now. God places desires in each of our hearts, for a reason. I was born by His purpose and for His purpose.