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!

Day 19: A talent of yours

I don't like this post very much. . . I'm not for picking out stuff that makes me sound high on myself. I don't want people to think I'm stuck on myself. And for talents, I am talentless. trust me. I don't think I have one talent ( and I am not exaggerating ). Like I can say my sister Katey's talent is photography, some of my friends have some talents such as impersonating actors/actresses very well, always being able to make me laugh, and reading books in such a short period of time (yes, I call that a talent ;-) ). . .I had such a hard time on this one, I went to Katey and asked her if I had any talents she could think of . haha...Yes, I was desperate. So she said I should put "baking" as my talent. I don't think it's a talent to follow recipes ( and when I mean follow, I follow it by the "T". ) I do like to bake, but it's not something you want to do all the time. When you bake, of coarse you wanna eat it. haha..But yes, I do like to bake. :) 

Here are a few things I like to bake..just a few

I will first start out by saying that our Kitchen-aid mixer makes baking "So Fun"

Chocolate cake  :D

Thumb print cookies (raspberry's my favorite)

Oatmeal chocolate chip, raisin cookies. . . 

Italian fig cookies

Red velvet. yum

So those are a few of a lot I like to bake. :) It's not the best thing to be good at though, all the time. haha

Day 18: A time when you felt passionate and alive

When I read the title of this post, I thought back. Thought back throughout my whole life. I came up with plenty :) but I'll tell you which is probably the one I kept going back to. . .

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When I was five years old, something happened to me. Something very great!. . .I became an older sister! My mother had an adorable baby girl! (although I won't lie, I did ask God for a baby brother when my mom was still pregnant), but I wouldn't change having Emily as my little sister for the world! She is that little sister I always wanted. I remember seeing Katey as my big sister and I was thrilled that I could do the same for Emily..I don't remember ever being jealous that I wasn't going to be the baby of the family. I do remember before she was born, being the center of mommy's attention. Her always calling me her "baby girl". But I was just so excited to be having another baby sister or brother in the house. The day Emily was born is crystal clear in my mind to this day. Seeing her for the first time, touching her tiny pink little fingers and remembering that I couldn't wait for her to get home so we can have her all to ourselves. :) I'll never forget that day! 

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I love you Emily and am so proud of you. You've grown up to be a wonderful sister than I can always trust and hope you put God first in all that you do and think! He blessed me with the most wonderful little sister! I love you!

...( I wanted to put some pictures of my baby sister but I'll apologize before hand that they are really not clear..at all. :-)  )

Haha, my little diva! ;) even then. . 

Big smiles. :-D

Daddy's little helper!

And. . She starts to grow up. :( she's so beautiful!

I know I used this photo others times on my blog but she is just gorgeous! And I love this picture of her! :D

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So. . a time I felt passionate and alive was when I became an older sister!

Day 17: An art piece

I'm not someone who really loves paintings or art pieces. I get into photography more than checking out someones old paintings ( sorry all you art lovers ;)  ) but some I think are pretty and would look good on my wall...My mother has this painting above her awesome Jacuzzi bath tub.. It looks very good with all of her decor..It's by Nydia Lozano. it's just a peaceful painting with soft colors. I like that! Tell me what you think? I know the picture is really blurry. This is a real quick post and I just got this photo from bing images. hehe..so do excuse the quality of the photo. :) Thanks!

Day 16: A song that makes you cry

A song that makes me cry..hmm. Well, I can think of a lot of songs that make me cry..cry both sad and happy tears. But you would probably rather know what song that makes me cry happy tears! so I chose "You're Not Alone" by Meredith Andrews. This song always brings tears in my eyes. :) 

..I'm a pretty emotional gal. (ask someone who knows me well enough) ;) but the lyrics in this song are so beautiful and inspiring. I listened to this song when I went through hard times in my life and it always helped me through it  :) 


Love to all my friends!


God bless. . .