Manic Monday

It's crazy how fast March has gone by. Today is the first official day of spring and the beautiful Gulf Coast sunset last night and the clear day I spent at the at the beach brings thoughts of summer, and endless praises to the Creator...even though I'm not exactly rejoicing over the wicked sunburn I've been enduring since this morning! With only about 37 days of school left, my mind can't help but to slip away into daydreams of days at the beach, sleeping in, working sports camps for choir tour, Super Summer, playing guitar all afternoon, teaching VBS, driving around the backroads of Woolmarket with music and the laughter of my friends filling my ears...makes me excited just thinking about it. In saying that, I have to be very careful to avoid complacency and apathy. My prayer is that the Lord will remain a steadfast and restless spirit within me; while I want to have fun this summer, I also don't want to lose sight of the plan for service He has laid out for me.

Since this blog's purpose is to keep those who don't talk to me every day infomed in my life, I intend to try to do that as frequently as possible. Disciple Now was great; prayers were definitely answered. Things went so well that some of the girls in the sophomore class decided that instead of going to parties on Saturday nights, they want us to do a bible study on Saturdays, as often as possible. I have been blessed to have been asked to lead them, or at least the first few to get everyone in the swing of things until someone else feels God calling them to lead. I must say it's a little intimidating; these girls are some of my best friends. They know my every flaw. But the great thing about it is that they love and support me, so I don't really have a reason to be nervous at all; so mostly I'm just excited. Throughout this week I'm going to be searching for what to talk about to start our studies; something else I'm very excited to study the Word for. Have us in your thoughts and prayers as we seek God together :)

Got my prom dress! It's between an emerald and forest green, the last color I had in mind, but I'm in love with it. Prom is a week from this weekend, and Josh and I barely have anything planned, so this week will probably be pretty crazy on my end trying to get everything together. Which brings me to a thought: guys have it SO easy when it comes to prom! All they have to do is put on a tux, drive, and pay. While we nitpick over hair, makeup, dress, nails, tan...(minus a few from this low maintance girl) Guys, if you think you have it rough, think again.

Everyone be praying for those in Japan and Libya today..my heart breaks for and with those people. Pray that they will somehow see God's love and mercy through these troubled times, and help us rise up and stand against the evil Satan has set out to steal, kill, and destroy us.