reading minds*

If you could have one super power, what would it be?

*I chose reading minds because sometimes people either expect you to read their minds, or they don't tell you what they truly think of you. Both of these drive me crazy. For me, if I am annoying you, then I would rather be told that I am annoying you over me trying to figure out if you want me to talk to you or not. Or sometimes people will get mad that you cant read their mind, like, "you should have known that already!" Its a mind battle within itself.

I just want to give a quick shout out to Mr. Robertson. It gives me confidence to know that I'm not just sitting here having a conversation with myself. Thanks!

Food.

Ecclesiastes 6:7 –“ All mans efforts are for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.”

Love Jesus more than your stomach.

Prayers...

Serving others. God has created us to serve others. Do we? Sometimes maybe. All the time? No. Serving others, doesn't always just help the person you're serving, it helps you too. We need to help people in anyway we can. If we don't we are selfish and self-centered. It takes sacrifice and love. Some people say, “Well, I'm too busy.” Fine. Pray. Our prayer is the best thing we can do. We can help them even more by praying for them then trying to do it on our own. Yes, it takes time out of your day, but you can make a huge difference in other peoples life. Be a prayer warrior. Don't let others down OR let Him down. He put you here to make a difference. Don't be ordinary when you could be extraordinary. Pray.

Dreams?

Lately I have been thinking about my dreams and what it would take to achieve them. Then sometimes I actually start to see my dream come to life, but its ripped out from under my feet. I have dreams that I feel its something I'm suppose to do, or something that I've wanted to do all my life, then something stops it. Do you ever have giants in the way of your dreams? It happens to me all the time. Sometimes you have someone that discourages your dreams, telling you that it wont work, or that its not safe. You then start to doubt your own dream. It happens everytime. You leave your comfort zone and then not too long after that, you want to go running back to the warm fuzzy feeling. Why cant I just ignore the voices I hear and achieve my dreams? I'm still trying to figure out how to be strong enough or find other ways to achieve my dreams, but nothing's working.

Friends...

I miss my friends. It feels like I havent seen them in forever. All I do is work and sleep (of course eat) but I really have lost my social life. Going from school to summer is hard for me sometimes. I see my friends every single day, and then go to never getting to see them at all. I really need to get out more.

Ealry Morning Riser

My title is a joke, I'm actually the complete opposite. Right now its 3am and I'm up sick. So I can't really go back to sleep because I will just be getting right back up again. There isnt really anything to talk about, not that I can think of. I think my brain is still sleeping or something. But I guess I will just say, hope you have a GREAT weekend! Love ya!

Prayers of the Saints

Well lately I've been contemplating the importance of prayer. Looking back to when I was little, I use to think of prayer almost as a good luck charm. If you forgot to pray or maybe just left out something you prayed for everyday, something bad was going to happen. I don't know why I viewed it like this and maybe I was the only one that did. But have you thought about this, God is your friend. Can we start treating him like a friend and not like some huge man in the clouds with "lighting in his fist"? He loves you and wants to talk to you everyday, all day.

These past few weeks, God has made it clear to me the power of prayer. From my previous blog, I got a sweet job from talking to God about it. I really needed a car so I started looking for one later on in the week. I found a nice Toyota RAV4 that I wanted to get but it was on Craigslist so we have to email the guy and wait for a response to see if they had sold it already. I talked to God like crazy that night. I really loved that car, we got an email the next morning and they said they still had it. I went, saw it, and told them we would take it. I don't have it yet because we are still waiting for the title, but I thank God so much for blessing me with a car.

The power of prayer is nothing to be overlooked, but don't sound like a broken record to God either. He wants to talk to you like he was just sitting in a chair across from you. Show love...don't be a robot.

Jesus said, "Here's what I want you to do: Find a quite, secluded place so you won't be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace. The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer--ignorant. They're full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don't fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need. with a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply." -Matthew 6:6-9 MSG