[there will be a picture later. i figured i'd tell you that first because i know you're terribly worried that my wonderful photography skills would not be displayed here today...calm down]
My favorite line from this past week's sermon at church was
the greatest gift you can give the world is your intimacy with God
right? I think that's what it was, anyway.
That really spoke to me because it turns everything around. We so often spend time trying to DO things to make the world see that we love Jesus so that they in turn will love Him, too. I try and make myself seem like I'm always in love with Him and His decisions for my life instead of actually striving to BE in love with Him all the time. I try and show the world something; it's an outward expression. But what the world REALLY needs is for me to be genuine. If I want to speak to the people I come in contact with about God's love for me and my love for Him in return, I first need to really be close to Him and find intimacy with Him. After I establish that incredibly amazing relationship with Him, the world will HAVE to notice. Rather than working really hard to show the world something that may not be true, I simply have to be true to Christ and the world will see. There is far less pressure for me to be a certain type of person this way.
So I am about to embark on a small journey that I hope will increase my intimacy with the Lord and change me from the inside out. Rob and I are doing a little fast, so to speak. We're going without something in our relationship that should change us, both individually and together. We're making a sacrifice together that could really change us and draw us closer to God. And my favorite part about this is that it will be a struggle that I don't have to face alone because I have a brilliant man of God next to me and nothing to lose. There is only a deep, new intimacy with God to gain.
February 25, 2009
February 23, 2009
February 21, 2009
February 20, 2009
February 19, 2009
end result [day 15]
ok here it is. and you should go vote.www.cheyenneschultzphotography.blogspot.com
i'm using every outlet i can because the prize is soooo good. so you should go vote.
we're number 4.
thanks :)
February 18, 2009
[day 14 take 2]
my outfit for work today. take a good look; i rarely wear dresses. we'll see how long it takes for it to come back out of my closet again
:)
February 16, 2009
February 14, 2009
February 13, 2009
February 12, 2009
[day 8]
some pictures from today's attempt at getting a cute picture together. these are test shots in a way haha. the actual one turned out better.
February 11, 2009
[day 7] take two
1. The neighborhood cat, Baby. She likes to try and sneak in the house sometimes and then scratch on the door when we don't let her in. Cute.
2. Also cute :)
[day 6 & 7]
1. B Money has chucks. Yes, I said B Money.
2. Our mantle, which is currently flooded with flowers. If this is what it's like before valentine's day, I can't even imagine what the house will sprout afterward. I don't know how those boys can afford the purchase of entire gardens, but more power to them.
February 9, 2009
[day 5]
Two pictures in hopes of making up for missing Day 3.
1. The pearls I wore yesterday. The only hint of color in my all-black outfit.
2. My dying roses. Heading to the garbage can soon.
[day 4]
Ok, I know I'm already slacking on the photo days because I missed day 3, but in my defense I worked from 10-3:30 and went straight to Providence for our amazing night of praise and worship in celebration of Elevation's 3rd Year Anniversary!!! It was amazing and even came complete with a kick-a** guitar solo, compliments of Pastor Furtick. If you missed it, that's sad.
Anyways, here are 2 pictures from yesterday.
The first one, on the left, is courtesy of Cheyenne Schultz (www.cheyenneschultzphotography.blogspot.com check it out. she's awesome, i promise). I love this picture, and not just because I love all of Cheyenne's pictures. Yesterday was so much fun, just like every other Sunday morning. Burn for You is one of my favorite songs, and I remember how I felt in this moment yesterday, so I love it.
The second picture is courtesy of...me. This is what I looked like last night at midnight when I finally crawled up to my room to get ready for bed. (Just to tell you how tired I was, I went to bed at 12-ish and at the moment I've only been awake for about an hour and 15 minutes. and it's 3pm). Yesterday I didn't stop moving from 5am to about 8pm. 4 services at Providence and then 5 hours of work. As much as I worried about how all that was going to kill me yesterday, the day turned out pretty awesome. Work wasn't too bad, and I love the girls I work with. The icing on the cake was that my favorite person in the world came to see me and watched Madagascar 2 by himself while I fell asleep on the couch haha.
There you go for Day 4. We'll see what I get for Day 5 today.
P.S. you're just lucky I didn't post a picture of the disgusting blister on my heel.
You're welcome :]
February 6, 2009
[day 2]
I cleaned my room today...somewhat.
Trust me, it looks better than it did before.
Notice the flowers that someone awesome got me :)
February 5, 2009
Copycat [day 1]
I don't have very many original ideas. But then again, I don't feel like anyone has a lot. We all just steal from other people, so I don't feel so bad.
Anyways, I'm going to copy my old friend, Stephanie, in an endeavor to take more pictures. I have a camera that I consider ballin' (yeah) and I rarely use it. So this is partly to encourage myself to take more pictures and partly to encourage myself to put something on this blog once in a while. So here we go. Feel free to verbally kick my butt if I slack.
I'll be doing this for at least 30 days. We'll see after that.
So this is rocket. After the McCarts left, I had this strange 4-person-family-sized gap in my life. And this small memento was something little I got just remind myself of how much they did for us while they were here for their short stay. It was the most tangible memory I could find and it only cost like $2 at the Disney store haha.
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