Thursday, April 12, 2012

Gotta love dorm life!

I don't just live in a room with three other girls, I live in a dorm with about a hundred other girls.
Life gets crazy in the dorms sometimes...like last week, when my roommate strained something in her knee and had to wear this brace.
This isn't my roommate, but she lives down the hall and is practically a roommate: haha!





Studying much?

Nah, probably not! :)
Anyway, dorm life can be pretty interesting sometimes!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

I'm Thankful for...


Things that made me thankful TODAY:

1. Having a friend like Rebekah who would get me lunch when I couldn't go.
2. Getting an A in Christian School Music (I had to conduct a choir rehearsal)

3. Getting my absentee ballot in the mail finally
4. Finding out that there is no class on Friday
5. Finishing my homework for tomorrow
6. Singing in Voice Class and getting a good grade
7. Sitting in chapel with my friends
I had never thought to do this before, but just this week, I began listing the things each day that made me thankful. These are just a few of the things I came up with. I think doing this will help me to be more thankful in general, and also cause me to think about the things God does for me.

Monday, April 9, 2012

He is not here, for He is Risen!

Happy Resurrection Day!

I remember when I was young, I was part of a play at my church. I was an angel along with a girl named Lindsey and my speaking part was "He is not here, for He is Risen. Come see the place where the Lord lay." I was just thinking of that today and remembering how excited I was to have a part in the play: a speaking part at that...
If I got so excited about having a short speaking part in a play THEN, how much more excited should I be now about that very famous line I had?
It is amazing to think that I am "risen with Christ" into the newness of life.
I was recalling a verse today and just thought I would share it on here:
"Believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification." - Romans 4:24b-25
Sometimes I forget that the symbol of my faith is not ONLY the cross, but the open tomb that proves I serve a God who is ALIVE, not dead.
When I think of the many tombs in the world, several come to mind. The many Egyptian Mummy pyramids, and numerous cemetery's where famous people are buried.
The thing that sets Christianity apart from all other religions is what the grave does NOT contain.
I just thought of all of that today and though it is scattered, I wanted to share it.
Hope you all had a wonderful Resurrection Sunday!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

10 Things I will Always Remember about my Childhood...


1.
Eating frozen Whoopie Pies in the summer time
2.
Jumping on hay bales in the barn
3.
The smell of cedar on my pillow when I would go
to sleep (from the cedar chest)
4.
Playing dutch blitz with my whole family
5.
Riding in the back of our old blue pickup,
singing.
6.
Harvesting potatoes by hand behind the tractor
plow
7.
Having sour-grape eating contests with my
siblings
8.
Writing letters to my dad every night he went to
work
9.
Memorizing Bible verses as a family, using
Memlock
10.
Playing Hide and Seek inside the house with my
Dad and siblings.
These are only ten of the things I will always remember. As I started thinking about my childhood, so many good memories came to mind. I had to limit myself to only 10. So many things change as I get older, but one thing that will NEVER change is my love for my family. Things are different in many ways, but it doesn't take much thinking to just go back to my childhood days and remember all I have to be thankful for. It's more than I can even express.

Monday, April 2, 2012

More of my New Favorite Store

My favorite store now sells clothing. Who would've ever guessed that the 99 cent store sold brand new clothes for 99 cents...
I was shopping for note cards when my roommate brought this shirt to me and said it was "me."
Obviously, for 99 cents, it IS "me"...
haha! I was so happy about the deal I found.



Can't beat 99 cents...that's for SURE! :)

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Video

A Momentous Moment in my life:

YAY! It's APRIL... FINALLY