Day 23: A way in which you want to be remembered.

A way in which I want to be remembered. . .Well. . .

First and most important, I want to be remembered as the girl who put Christ first in her life before fun. The one who took time to listened to your problems and troubles when no one else did. The girl who annoyed you with meaningless emails (and yes you answered all of them..thanks y'all) I want to be remembered as your friend who asked "How are you doing?"...and really meant it. :) The one who made you laugh in those silent moments and the one who was ALWAYS there for you when you needed someone to talk/vent out to. I want to be remembered as the one that tried to help my friends and family in any which way that I could...As the one who didn't try to act differently around you just for you to like me, but the one who was just herself! And especially the girl who shared with you how awesome God's love is for His Children. 

That's how I would like to be remembered!

Love, to all my dear friends!

~Rachel Pursell~

Random Me. . .

So I couldn't think of anything specific to blog about today, so I'm just gonna put a bunch of stuff that I can think of at the moment and blog about it! :) First, I'll update you on what I've been up to this week so far. Well really, I haven't been up to much. Just the usual; clean, exercise, jog/run, read, pinterest. :D But tomorrow I'm going into New orleans/Metairie. First, to go to a doctor's appointment. *gulp* . .I think it's just a check up but I dread going to the doctors. That's normal, right? ;)  So after the dreaded appointment, I'm going to head to the mall and try to spring shop of some clothes. That should be fun "said sarcastically" I really don't like shopping at the Lakeside mall. It's so crowded with people, that I start to feel all panicky. You can tell I like being away from the bigger cities. :-) I'm not really sure what my plans are for the weekend but I guess I'll find out when I get there. . . anyhoo, let the randomness of blogging begin! ;-)

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Alright. So I was on my Pinterest yesterday and saw something really cool. It was a pin that showed that that you can turn a toaster on its side so you can make grilled cheese without making it in a pan on the stove. I was like "awesome Idea" why didn't I think of that before, right? It toasts on both sides as it melts the cheese. "I'm gonna try that" I said. Well, bad idea. I turned the toaster on it's side, put the cheese on the bread and the bread into the toaster then turn it on. While I wait, there's a little smoke, so I get a magazine and start waving it over to get the smoke to go away. I thought it was only crumbs at the bottom that made that smoke. Well after about forty seconds with the toaster on, There was a ton of smoke that appeared in less than a couple of seconds...so I turn it back to how it's supposed to be and I took a look in and what do I see. . fire. yeah, you can say I freaked out. It wasn't just a little fire. It was enough for me to grab the fire extinguisher and almost spray. I first unplugged the darn thing and blew a few times. like "blewwww" . . It worked and I didn't have to use the extinguisher. "sigh" . . .So that's why we shouldn't do stupid things like tip toaster ovens on the side because we are too lazy to dirty a pan. :) Oh well. That made today a little interesting. 

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I'm not really sure If I mentioned before, but I made myself a tumblr account. not that I don't have enough stuff to occupy my time right now :) but I wanted to follow a couple peoples tumblrs that I wanted for a while and you can't follow someones tunblr unless you have an account. :) But it's super easy and fast to use. So whenever I have an extra minute, I'll  post something here and there on it. If you wanna check it out, click Here to see it. Like I said, it's nothing big or fancy :)

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I like this picture. . .

Popcorn = me :-D happy

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I'm listening to my pandora right now and a song just past that made me smile. I love songs that are inspirational to me or songs with lyrics that pertain to what's going on in my life at the moment. This song I listened to is very inspiring, and it is sung by one of my favorite Christian singers, Phil Wickham. 

In My Love - Phil Wickham

"There is a reason, there is a plan, there is a God who understands; He's got your life inside His hands, have no fear, 'cause He says. ."In all your hurt, in all your pain, I'll never leave, I wont forsake. You're my child, and I'm your God, come rest in my love." . . Very encouraging lyrics. The Lord is always there when I feel like no one else is. He will never forsake me..only have open arms for me to run into. What a great God we have to praise and give glory to!

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Well I think that will do for now! And I think I may keep this "Random me" thing going on when I can't think of any other thing to blog about. :)  I hope you all have a happy Friday! - God bless!!

-Love to all

                         

Wisdom From God

~ When you are being tested, you need to recognize your need of strength, and you must look for a greater resource to hold onto in the midst of the trial- God Himslef! The search for wisdom is man's supreme search. For those who know and love the Lord, He provides that wisdom.

This kind of wisdom is not philosophical speculated, but the absolutes of God's will - The divine wisdom that is pure and peaceable (James 3:17). Divine wisdom results in right conduct in all of life's matters. When some Christians go through troubles, their first response is to run to some other human resource. Although God may work through other believers, your initial response to trials should be to ask God directly for wisdom that will allow you to be joyous and submissive in finding and carrying out God's will. 

This verse here "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God" ( James 1:5) is a command to pray. it is as mandatory as Paul's instruction to "pray without ceasing" ( 1 Thess. 5:17). Trials are intended to drive us to  dependency on God by making us realize we have no sufficient human resources.

I believe God will provide the wisdom to understand any trial if we will ask Him. If we don't ask, the Lord may allow the trial to continue until we demonstrate that we learned to be dependent on Him through the trial. 

If you lack wisdom, you're command to ask God for it. Wisdom is never withheld from a believer who needs it and asks for it as he perseveres through a trial. Isn't that a wonderful promise? Sometimes we don't ask; we do everything but ask God. We ought to be on our knees crying out from our hearts for God to give us His direction. 

-- John Macarthur (reference- Truth for Today)

~ For the Lord gives wisdom- proverbs 2:6 ~

Just Another Saturday. . .

Okay! This post isn't something exciting or fascinating, but I thought I'd just start to post here and there some of what I do on a daily basis..you'll get to know me better, like things I like to do . . etc! Today was a typical Saturday. The Ones I love..The "sleep late, clean up, and do what ever you want the rest of the day" ahh! the joys of being young.. ;) 

So I know when I go on other peoples blogs, pictures make it easier to picture what they're trying to tell..I've asked some of my friends and they say they like it better when people add pictures. makes it more interesting they say.. I can't blame um, it does help with the imagination part. :) So Here's what I did on my typical Saturday. . .

Yes, our Saturdays are usually what we call our "clean the house" day. Not that we don't try to keep the house clean throughout the week. ;) We just put Saturdays as the day where we do more of the "deeper" cleaning.. vacuum, mop, dust, scrub. . . But I don't mind the least.. It's usually the time I get to think on stuff that I'm usually bothered by doing other stuff. 

Exercise

So yes, I like to keep active! For my health. . I love the feeling of working out really hard! 

So my family and I started watching these health foods shows and how bad it is to eat processed foods and meats so we are going veggie/fruit crazy at our house over here. :) We juice fruits and veggies for two of our three meals a day. It has been benefiting our healthy very much. We all feel so much better and energetic since We started doing this. We are also trying to stay away from any type of meats right now. trying to wait and eat it once a week. It's been pretty hard because, me being a southern girl likes her meat. hehe but it will help in the long run! 

Yes, there was a lot of basket ball playing today. I like to play with my Daddy because he plays so well and I like him to teach me all his tricks! He was a coach on a basket ball team so I guess that helped..I still think he likes to show off how well he plays to us kids. ;) Emily, surprisingly being still short as she is, plays pretty well. And do excuse the way I look. After cleaning, baking stuff for a someone who just had a baby, exercised, played basket ball, I don't think I'd look too spiffy. ha..But that's life..there's a time to look better and a time to just put your hair up and sweat a bit. 

Okay! So After I exercised, I guess I had this high to just go running. So I did, and it was pure awesomeness ( I like my made up words, ok?). . The weather was gorgeous and I today I realized that I do really love running.. I think I'll be doing more of that now, since I realized how how awesome it makes me feel! :-D

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And to sum it all up, I read a book till I fell asleep!

Well that's about it folks! That's the story of me and how I spent my quiet Saturday doing the stuff I love! Until next time, God Bless. . .

Music to my ears

As I was listening to Pandora radio, this song was played..If you've read my last post, you'll understand why this song is so dear to me right now. I just broke down crying when I was listening to this song. It's so amazing and how powerful lyrics can be..

I am not alone..I will cry out to Jesus..

Cry Out to Jesus - by Third Day

Dear God, please help me..

Recently I have been learning/going through a lot lately. I'm posting this because I need to hear it from myself what I've been searching from scripture to help me in a time like this. I'm sure everyone has gone through a lot in their own lives. Hurts, pains, suffering, mourning..Recently, something happened to me and I just can't get myself together again. I rather not get into detail but I would greatly appreciate any encouragement or scripture you're willing to share. It has to deal with heartache and relationships. (fyi: not boy/girl relationships..just relationships in general. Lol ) I know the Lord lets us go through trials and tribulations for a reason. maybe to strengthen our faith in Him or any other various reasons but He does have a reason for everything that happens. We may not like it or understand but we need to be willing to trust God. This is really hard for me because, I'm saying all of this, but It is really hard to actually practice what I'm am saying here. I'm typing what I should be feeling..and that's a growing process for me. I'm still in that mode of sadness, heartache, and flowing tears..Last night (more like early this morning @ 2:30 ) I searched for as much scripture I could that pertained to what I'm going through right now. This verse here helped give me a little hope : Psalm 34:18 "The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit" The Lord is near to me in these times when I feel my heart is broken and crushed. He is there when I feel like there is no one that understands how I feel right now. I have cried out to the Lord to please give me understanding in all that is happening to me. I read this verse and Made me think some.. "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us" - Romans 8:18. . Yes, that is right, Heaven will have no sorrow, pain, tears, or heartache but it is hard for me to see myself not feeling brokenhearted and crushed right now. I need to continually tell myself that the Lord has great plans for my life. And that He will fix this suffering in His own time. These verses really gives me hope and a sense of peace. . 
 1 Peter 4:12-13,19
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed... So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good..

Psalm 46:1-3 

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging"

If anyone has any other scripture or would like to just pray that The Lord will show me understanding in all my hurts and trouble, I would greatly appreciate it. I read in Ecclesiastes 3 that there is a time for everything..I guess this time in my life is the part where I mourn and  shed tears, but the Lord will bring that time again where I will laugh and be joyful again..I just need to have faith in His timing...

Day 21: Something you know you do differently than most people

Hmm. . .Well I'm a very unique girl ( as I've been told )...And have lot's of things that I probably do differently that most people (don't we all?) so I'll name a few just to let you get the picture. . 

1 -  I like to clean - Cleaning is a time where I get to think all my thought through, anything that's in my head are probably being thought through when I''m cleaning. And the outcome is a clean house! :)

2 -  I talk to my two dogs as if they are my little siblings. ( call me strange ) ;)  but hey, they listen, even if they think I'm crazy. :D

3 - I fall asleep with pandora radio being played on my iPod...I'll wake up at four in the morning to find one of my favorite songs being played through my headphones close to me. Then I get mad that they had to wait till I was seeping to play that song!

4 - I have this thing where I will use a fork in place of a spoon..odd, yes but it's just one of my things. :) It's a little hard to use a fork to eat cheerios, so I stick with a spoon for that, but other than cereal, forks are my thing. :)

5 - Usually, two out of my three meals a day are either a fruit/veggie juice or meal replacement drink. You can say I'm not much for chewing ;) but I have heard that eating less meat and more fruits and veggies are a lot better for you, so I stick with my liquids as much as I can. . .Unless there are Oreos around. 

I'm sure I can think of lots more things that I do differently than most people but I'll stop at five. If you've noticed anything that I do that's different that most, I'd love to hear your thoughts! :D 

Love to all!!

Day 20: A hobby of yours

There are many things I enjoy doing and would call my hobby, so instead of just one, I thought I'd put a couple. :)

. Taking pictures

I love taking photographs ( more like, I love using Katey's camera with all of her awesome equipment. hehe) right now I'm nothing close to what Katey is right now. of coarse, because she's worked hard for a while to get to what she does, but I do hope that she'll be able to help me out and become better at taking pictures. It's something I enjoy doing very much. . 

.Exercising

I'd call it one of my biggest hobbies. I know you're probably thinking I'm crazy ( like many people have told me ) but I love the feeling after you work out really hard, feeling you accomplished something big. I love the sore, achy feeling you get from working out the day before. If you read my last post, you'd agree that this is a pretty good hobby to get into :)  haha... I do it mainly to feel good and stay healthy. But I do love doing it. Pilates, cardio, strength, resistance, stretch..you name it, I've probably done it. except body building or heavy weight lifting. That's not something I ever want to do. I do exercising for 3 reasons: I love to do it, for health, and to feel good. :) 

. Gardening

I got into gardening  a couple years ago. Before then, I hated to get into the dirt and stay outside to just get dirty. After we started our own garden to grow our own produce, I realized that I really enjoy doing it! I know it contains getting dirty and sometimes sunburned, but I realized how fun it could be and fascinating how much you get back from doing it. I think my favorite part is planting everything, then harvest time. Getting to pick all the stuff you've waited so long for. So I'd probably put that on my list of hobbies. :)  

I could put more ( like cooking, reading, help teach younger children ) but I think I'll close it for now! I just couldn't pick one, I hope y'all understand. ;) 

God bless to all my dear friends!