rain. October 12, 2010

First of all, I completely suck. I said i was going to talk about one book a month, and well…  I have been quite busy i  must say. School has taken all of my wonderful reading time. Life is life i guess. I promise i will read again and I WILL blog about it.

Rain… I love it and hate it. Have you ever just watched it or listened to it? It’s beautiful. It makes plant life grow, and without it comes a drought. On the other hand,  too much of it is threatening.  My life as of lately has been symbolic of rain. I have had to give up much. These somewhat hard times have taught me. What they have taught me i can’t quite put my finger on yet. But i do know that through this time in my life i am growing, and the result can only be beautiful. What is life without rough times? A drought. At the same time, a life with too much can drown a person. I know that i can handle whatever God throws at me and yet He will never give more than i can grasp.

Love the rain.

August 15, 2010

OH MY GOSH Y’ALL!!!! i literally have lost my voice today…. at this moment in time i cannot speak normal. stupid allergies has made my throat unbearably scratchy, and thus preventing me from carrying a conversation with anyone. i gargled apple cider vinegar hoping it would get rid of it, but that didn’t help the scratchiness. for those of you who are not aware… if you have a sore throat, gargling apple cider vinegar will destroy the bacteria in ur throat. i promise i am not lying. it’s a home remedy that my good ol’ southern mama taught. let me know if that works for ya.

OK…. on to my book of the month!

so i know that i kind of gave you a preview of  what ” Redeeming Love” was somewhat about, but not really. basically it’s  allegorical story that retells the story of Hosea from the Bible. the setting is in the 1850′s in California at the time the gold rush was taking place. it begins with telling you the story of  a little girl named Sarah who is rejected by all and sadly gets sold into prostitution by the age of 8. the story then begins to tell u about ANGEL the high priced “soiled dove” (who is actually Sarah from the beginning). She is as hard as stone and can  never seem to find a way out of the wretched lifestyle and occupation which she is living in. along comes come michael HOSEA. the God-fearing, strong, burly farmer who is told by God to marry Angel.

i am not going to tell you the rest of the story, because i TRULY want you to read it. as i was reading for my second time i couldn’t believe how many characters that i could truly relate with. the one character that truly stuck out and that i could somewhat see myself in was Paul. Paul in this story is the one who can’t seem to understand why Michael would ever marry such a girl like Angel. he detests her. he believes Michael could do WAY better.

This story humbles me. I wonder at times what i have ever done to deserve such a love as the love Christ has for me, a digusting, vile, stupid, screw up human being like me? How many times has he had mercy on me when i truly NEVER deserved it, when all i deserved was death and hell?  it is then that i am reminded that i did nothing in and of my own power to achieve this.  God freely gave it to me. and even when i screw up or blatantly spit in his face, he is still there. it honestly puts me down to my knees when i think about it. this kind of love is only attainable through him. no person on this earth could ever give this type of love or redemption. i love Jesus with all my heart because he loves me, and shows it to me every second of the day. the very breath i am breathing in is only because of his mercy and love for me. how humbling is this?!!!

I will only ask u one last time to PLEASE read this book. when ur done, go read the book of Hosea in the Bible. it will only do good

All over the place August 13, 2010

Ah!!!!!!! I am horibbly terrible at this whole blogging thing!!!!! I need like a 101 class for this thing. One thing I am NOT is computer savvy. It’s a curse. My mother has been diagnosed as a technophobe, and i am not too far behind her. It’s true.

I know you people could probably care less about my pathetic little life, but i’m gonna update you on it anyway. As of right now, things aren’t exactly how we want it. That doesn’t mean they’re unbearable or completely horrible. We are living in the house that i grew up in (yes, this means with my beloved parents). It’s truly for the best though, and I heard that in Europe this is like super common. Young married couples living with the rents until children… maybe we americans should take this to heart On another wonderful note, Micah got accepted into the surgical tech program!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!! Now we will finish school at the same time!!!!! and then i can have babies!!! (please don’t tell Micah I wrote this… he doesn’t know about that little detail yet)

SOOO….. that’s all that has happened this summer. Boring as usual. Alright, i’ll stop being such a drag and try to make this exciting!!!

ONE THING that i have really enjoyed this summer is reading again. I have had lots of time for it. The one book that i read (for the 2nd time) was “Redeeming Love”.  Ladies young and old who are in dire need of a good, rich, godly reminder of  God’s unfailing love for you… read it!!!!! You’ll cry, get angry, frustrated, humbled, and reminded of where God brought you from. PLEASE I BEG YOU TO READ IT.

So you know how everyone has some kind of theme for their blog??? Like talking about politics, culture, your personal life goals, etc? Well my theme will be about books. Yes, books. I am going to attempt to read a book once a month, and then discuss it with you. PLEASE give me feedback.

Till then, I suggest you read “Redeeming Love”. Toodles!

Lost without LOST May 26, 2010

Call me a nerd, geek, or loser, but if you have never watched LOST then i don’t expect you to understand. I began to watch LOST in May of 2007. i asked a friend if i could borrow season 1 and season 2, and after watching the pilot i knew was hooked. I watched both seasons that summer. Since then, i have never missed a single episode. Watching the last season finale this Sunday put me into a state of utter shock. I could not believe it was over. These characters had become a part of my life, as well as the island.

After the finale some of the cast was on Jimmy Kimmel. At the beginning it panned around the room showing the audience tearing up while watching the end of the finale. When it was done Matthew Fox came out and he was all teared up!!! It was then that i could not contain myself.

I thought i would vent to you just a bit about this depressing moment in my life. To the cast: you all did an amazing job!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!

p.s. i love Jack Shepard!!!

WHO WAS UR FAV CHARACTER???? DO TELL!!!!!

chipped finger nail polish and sleep deprivation March 9, 2010

school this semester is a beast. i know everyone most likely says that,  but i am truly not kidding. i knew that i could not work anymore once i started school.  AND BOY WAS I RIGHT!!! for those of you who do not know, i am in the occupational therapy assistant program at daytona state.  sounds easy right? not so much.  school 4 days a week, 7 classes, and an internship. people are already dropping. i pray to God it does not happen to me.

everything in my life is counting on this right now. other parts of my life are beginning to suffer because of all the time it’s consuming. as a christian, i know i am not alone. with the Lord’s help i can do this. to go somewhere in life, YOU WILL have to make sacrifices, and work hard.

i also have an amazing husband who has helped me with studying and making sure that i am not alone in this. he’s such a blessing to me, even though he plays modern warfare way too much.

OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN LIFE:

*for those of you who are not aware, Micah has injured himself once again. how you ask? shoveling mulch. poor guys is in tremendous pain and suffering right now to the point of losing sleep. what’s interesting is that the doctor ( who went to school for like 10 years and makes $400,000 a year) has no idea what it could be. so far he has gotten diagnosed with carpal tunnel and a cervical spine sprain, but he’s not sure. naturally.

*micah has decided to give school another try. we pray to God above that he gets in the program for surgical technician training. this is something that we feel is right for him. only 10 1/2 months of school and he’s done. if it all works out, we should be done with school around the same time. that would be a total blessing from God Almighty.

cannot wait to see what’s in store for the both of us

micah james. February 18, 2010

MARRIAGE….

such an amazing concept created by the CREATOR. i am so thankful for it. i am so thankful for my husband. did i think, after 2 months of graduating high school that i would be engaged to micah johnson? NOPE. before he came into my life i was planning on leaving town and pursuing theater. NO ONE was going to hold me down. God had a different plan for my life. after years of pushing micah out of the picture, he always seemed to come right back to me. waiting patiently. i hated him so much, i loved him. i could not resist him any longer- and as you see, the rest is history.  much has changed since then. we have been married for a year now, living in the craziest little apartment, and surviving on love. i know that years from now, when we will look back this part of our life, we’ll smile and somehow wish for it all again.

is marriage hard? i say yes. meshing together two lives  is not a piece of cake.  there will be differences, disagreements, arguments, and so on and so forth. i do know this much: i would rather spend my life with the one i have committed it to than being alone. anything i’m going through, he’s by my side, going through it too. in sickness and in health, till death parts us, i will LOVE my crazy, outspoken, strong willed, precious micah johnson.

the little things in LIFE February 9, 2010

i honestly thought i would be the last person to ever start a blog. my life is seriously not all that exciting. i  thought that maybe if i start to blog about the little things in life, people might be interested. people always say, “it’s the little things in life that count”, so hopefully you feel the same way. to start off my blog, i’ll tell you about one of the LITTLE things that meant the world to my heart.

Today, i was at my sister’s house doing laundry (yes, we have no washer or drier ) and hanging out with my little nephew of 4. when i had finished getting the last load done, i went to say goodbye to the little guy. i found him in the backyard running around and swinging on the swing set. it was the perfect picture of the innocence of a child. i yelled to him “hey noah j! auntie’s leaving!!! i love you!!” the 1st words out of his mouth were “auntie, one more game!!!! don’t leave without one more game!” how could i resist? so we played icebreaker a couple of times and then he let me leave. before i walked out the door he asked me “are you gonna come over tomorrow?”

what’s the BIG deal about this story you ask? noah j means the world to me. i know that one day he is going to grow up and he won’t want to play ice breaker, uno moo, hide and seek, monster trucks, and hungry hippo’s with me. one day when he’s 16 i’ll get to remind of all the times he made my days. of how he used to give me a pucker kiss, and let me read Green Eggs and Ham to him. this is the little thing in my life that means so much to me.