What's the worry? God is in control

Consumed by worry.
Worried about upcoming due dates, tests, papers...is it too long or too short,
Worried about what scholarship your going to get,
Worried about tuition costs,
Worried about what your going to eat for lunch/dinner,
Worried about whether your socks match your shirt.
Whether ridiculous or simply "necessary" worry
is constantly in our minds and on our hearts.
What makes us worry and why do we need to worry?
Too bad there is no cure for worry or
any vaccines to stop worry from entering our very bones.
Isn't it easier to control things by worrying?
Maybe that seems the case sometimes...but is it reasonable
to worry about things you can't change? You can't control the future
and you can't control your life.
Its a difficult concept to learn, but its something to take note.
In Matthew 6: 26 it says:
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"

God is in power and is there for the birds.
He offers them food to eat and a place to stay.
I consider birds to be tiny creatures and if God takes care of them,
the tiny creatures of this Earth, he will surely take care of you.
God is simply in control. Even though we are human beings and like being in control...we can't. That's reality. That's life.
Philippians 4:19, says "God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
God will provide. So next time your shoulders get tense, that deadline is staring you in the face, and all hope is gone....God is there! He is in control!

Lifes a rough road...just dodge the potholes

Life is so unexpected like they say.
I feel like life is so unexpected, thrilling, and chaotic all at once.
One moment you have everything planned and the next you don't!
I have thoroughly come to note that I don't know my future
And I am ok with that.
God will give me enough strength through today so I can make it until tomorrow.
The rest is just stuff in between.
I am pleased to say that I will be able to go on an excursion to Tanzania during May!!!
It is going to be one God given experience and I feel so fortunate to be able to do it!
So I look forward with joy and patience for what God has planned for me.
I will be patient. I will wait.

"Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence" Oq Mandino

The count down begins...

So, I have had a total month from camp until school.
Now there is one week left.
You always know that when you reach school you will wish you
were back at home. relaxing.
So...I've been trying to think of more things to do throughout the week.
A bucket list of sorts.
So far I've got...
Ride my bike more
Cook something (like cookies or banana bread, really anything)
Go swimming/canoeing/kayaking (all the above??)
finish another book that I actually want to read
Any more ideas would be welcomed!
I haven't done anything drastic lately so I bought blue nail polish.
Enough said.

diktat

1. A harsh settlement unilaterally imposed on a defeated party.

2. An authoritative decree or order.

love

"Love the Lord your God, and love one another.
Love one another as he loves.
Love with strength and purpose and passion
and no matter what comes against you, don't weaken.
Stand against the darkness, and love.
That's the way back into Eden.
That's the way back to life."

-Redeeming Love (book you should read...spiritually filling
and such a good story line!)

life is harder on a bumpy road

So, after lots of searching through craig's list and looking at random garage sales in
hopes for a bike...I finally got one. At Walmart. For like 80 bucks.
I was so pumped!!
Now Mrs. Rachel who had her bike stolen could
finally roam free on her OWN bike!
So my mom and I went on the bike trail and after a little bit
IT HURT
The seat was incredibly uncomfortable and
the way the handlebars are positioned it just was bad news bears.
The bike could get you from point A to point B
but is it really worth it when you are groaning in pain the whole 3 miles??
I guess cheaper isn't always better.
On the flip side...I did find a TV stand for $1.50 at the DMACC garage sale. whoop!
Guess it looks like more bike searching while I find a ice pack for my behind....

Don't have enough change??

Consumed. I am consumed in my own life. Its all about me.
I stubbed my toe, my stomach hurts, I can't believe this computer is so slow,
how come I had to step in cow poop...blah blah blah.
We spend our lives too wrapped up in our own problems
that we can't even begin to recognize the problems of others.
They are there...right in front of you waiting to get your attention
like a parking meter that blinks expired
but instead of the word expired its blinking get over yourself.

There is more to life then just me and my silly problems.
I realize that this is a easy concept but also very difficult to remember.

For example, I was hung up over the fact that I didn't have the same job
next year and that I wasn't feeling good and that I couldn't get my
room clean.
Then I realized...that is no biggie.
My grandma has been sick for a year,
my friend's dad is out of a job
and trying to get back on his feet,
my other friend's mom is ill,
there are people who go days/weeks without a meal

And I'm worried about a stomach ache? really?

I saw a sign that said:
"Be the change you want to see in others"
That's good, but not good enough.
Notice other people are changing and having their own problems
and your life will change. Dramatically.
It won't be all about you. It will be about them.
Help them through the changes/challenges
and your life will never be the same

blogod

This is a blog. A blog about God. Therefore, it is called blogod.

I've been reading this really good book Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller.
After working at a bible camp for the first time this summer
it's really got me thinking about faith.
Therefore, I am reading this book. Which is amazing.
He has many good points, out of many here is one...

"The whole idea of everybody wanting to be somebody new was an important
insight in terms of liking God.
God was selling something I wanted.
Still, God was in the same boat as the guy selling the knives
and Juliet promising to make Romeo new.
Everybody exaggerates when they are selling something."

What is God selling and why is it different from all the other things
in this world that frantically are asking for our attention?
Simple. Knives, shoe brands, and stain remover
don't promise you something that God does.
He promises to make you new. To enlighten your life,
pick you up once you have fallen down,
and dust off the sin and brokenness of this world.

He is there even though you have hit rock bottom and even if you haven't.

Sometimes we lack faith and direction. I do all the time.
But there is no crisis in my life...
so I make up my own.

There is a lady that recently got done with chemo treatment
and battling cancer while taking care of her three kids and her husband.
She still says this:

"the will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you."

If God hasn't got your attention yet. He is now.
There is something more to life then just living it...
live it for Christ and let your heart overflow with love for Him.