It is well with my soul

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,When sorrows like sea billows roll;

Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,

It is well, it is well, with my soul.

 It is well, with my soul,

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,

Let this blessed assurance control,

That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,

And hath shed His own blood for my soul. 

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well, with my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!

My sin, not in part but the whole,Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! 

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well,with my soul.

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,

The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;

The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,

Even so, it is well with my soul.

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well, with my soul. 

I miss singing hymns like this one with such sincere lyrics and beautiful meaning.  Even if this is not how I feel at the moment–with all the stress and franticness in life–this is what long for and by singing it I am reminded that I can place all–my entire being–in the hands of the lord whatever my lot may be. God will be faithful to his promises and I can rest in that. 

 

 

traditions

The little traditions we keep during christmas is what makes the holidays fun and memorable.such as me a Sue getting these slightly random candies called “Toffifay” every christmas and me remembering the stupid jingle from the commercial. Funny how much we can treasure the little things!!!  Merry Christmas!!!! 

My Not Quite New Years List

christmas is over and the new year is on the way. These aren’t necessarily my new years resolutions but they are some things I would like to do/learn how to do that I have been thinking about as of late.

• Learn how to cook
• Catch up on my bible studies
• Learn how to sew……eventually make a quilt!!!
• Read more
• Pray more
• Try new stuff that I’ve never done before or thats totally random ex: Ice skating, rock climbing, steal a sign……and so on
• When classes come, actually make a full out effort : )
• Save money to actually go on one of the trips Angela Scott keeps thinking of 
• And of course move out!!!

showdown

 I just now finished this book–as in just a minute ago–and I love it!! It kinda took me awhile to get through the first half of it because….basically it was really weird but then just weird enough to keep my interest and keep me reading. Then like half way through everything just fit together perfectly. So all in all I am in love with Ted Dekker!!!

Christmas is over…..sad

I enjoyed a relaxing holiday filled with family, food, movies, games, snow, and a overwhelming amount of sleep. Don’t you love christmas?well anyway, christmas eve was my last day of an exhausting week of working the midnight to 8:30 shift in the bakery at Costco. It wasn’t all that bad and now that it is over Im pretty sure that since Im a seasonal worker for costco that I am laid-off for a while and they might or might not call me back. which brings me to my next thing to do-find a new job. This is something that I am not looking forward to. I knew when I applied to costco that I would be laid-off after the holidays because of the cut in hours and that I could get called back but I don’t want to wait around for them to call me back. However, I am not excited to search for and start a new job. I just did that with costco why should I do it again!!! But oh well, what can ya do? But I am excited for the time off even if it includes looking for a new job. I am all about the not working. I would be perfectly happy if I never had to work another day in my life. But I do need money…errr!!! stupid money!!!well God is stretching me in areas where I need it the most. So I would love prayers for my situation. God knows what’s best for my life and I just pray that I will be granted the wisdom from above-james 3:17-so that I can yield to Gods will for my life and see how God can change me.

Chalk: Real Teaching Leaves a Mark

Has anyone seen this movie? Its a documentary of some teachers and I thought I was strangely hilarious!!
I recommend it, It reminds me of the office : )

Independence

I made lemon meringue pie yesterday funny cause we did half of it in dim light and without a mixer because of the power outage lol!!!I have been in a crafty, cooking, and other random stuff mood lately. Not sure why. But this phase and a few other things like getting a new job and quiting my other one has got me thinking. Every time I have a dilemma I have a bunch of people I can go to help me solve my problems. For a few examples:1: I am living at home2: My sister sue basically got me both my jobs3: My fam helped me buy my car4: I am taking all the same classes as my friend Angela ScottI find myself taking in new responsibilities always with help from my fam and friends……which makes me think……do I do anything all by myself without “how to” instructions from those who are dear to me?I yearn to be indepentdent with only God to lean on and then I see how I am frightened to have to figure things out by myself.I am greatly thankful for the people the lord has put into my life who have been way more than helpful, but has my fun and easy past crippled me for my future. I hope not. However, I pray that I will start to have the confidence to become independent and have only God to lean on and God to provide guidance. I see how I have turned to family and friends where I should have been kneeling in prayer to God so that He can reveal his will.How can I expect God to show me his will if I keep turning to others for guidance and do not wait on the Lord for and answer?

Confusion

sooo I just came back from my last day of speech class which I found out that I actually don’t need uughhhh!!!
Im tired of school. Mainly because Im tired of being confused……right now-actually the entire quarter-I have been consistently behind in my anatomy and physiology class.
because I was just enough behind to not be able to understand the lectuces without falling asleep : )
I would just ignore the teacher, by reading my book or texting.
so this quarter I have been incredibly confused!!!!
however because I have so much catch up work to do I have found a new friend–denial!
Now as the quater is coming to the end and my final is rapidly aproaching I find myself in quite a predicament.
And honestly Im fed up!!!

I hate being confused
I hate not being able to put everything into my school work
I hate just sliding by in my classes-with not a bad grade but not good either

I thought It would be different in college but I procrastinate just as much and slide by just as much

TODAY:
I went to my speech class that I do not need for my prereqs. I sat down to take my final for a class that I wasted a ton of money on. And I wrote complete nonsense, I was not venting per-say but I just wrote that I didn’t need the class anymore.
I can’t wait till my A&P class is over.
even though most of the time I always end up sleeping though my classes and procrastinating I still love begining a new class where I can hope to do better and challenge myself.
Im tired of being confused and hope I can work harder to avoid it in the future.

I am Legend

 SO…..I finished the book. I thought it was a great book and loved the ending!!! Then I saw the movie and even though it was completely not even close to being anything like the book-which would have been hard to do now that I think of it-I thought the movie was very entertaining and even though I liked the book’s ending…and well…the whole book better than the movie. I still thought that will smith is amazing and the movie was well worth seeing. all and all I liked the movie a lot, and loved the book