a life that counts

so yesterday at church, our pastor spoke about David and finding the strength to carry and fight on.  We read from 1 Samuel 30 and went through David's life (how he was chosen King, then went through a lot of hardships, and finally was anointed King as God's vision was fulfilled)

At points in his life, David felt that there was no energy left to even care!  As I think about that, I realize that sometimes I'm in that same exact spot...I just don't want to care or do anything.  But the real question is how do we find strength?

2 Timothy 4:17 says "But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth."

and

Isaiah 40:30-31 (one of my favorites) "Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men 

stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar 

on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

David fought on because the Lord stood with him:

I continue to fight because the Lord stands with me.

a life that counts finds strength

routines

do you ever feel like your life is  a broken record?  just going and going...doing the same thing.  we get into these daily routines and forget to really live.  i feel like i get caught up in doing the same stuff that i start to live just to get by...i'm not living each day to its' fullest.

so how do we get out of that funk?

that daily routine?

just some thoughts...

yes or no

So the other night I watched Yes, Man.  I thought it was a pretty funny movie!  But it got me thinking.  The basic gist of the movie is that this guy (Jim Carey) always says no to people until he goes to this "Yes" meeting and vows to say yes to everyone and everything.  I think Jim Carey is hilarious, so I loved how the whole movie played out.

But anywayyyys.  I'm kind of the opposite of this guy.  I tend to always say yes...and I've thought to myself, why is this?  I think a lot of the reason is that I'm afraid to let people down and disappoint them.  I love doing things for people and helping out, but sometimes my life gets too busy that I don't even have time for myself.  I weasle my way around saying no (even if it's a legit reason!).  In the last few months I really have begun to actually say no, and I don't think it's a bad thing.

I think it's key to have a balance between saying yes and no.  You can't always say yes, because you'll lose a bit of yourself.  But you can't always say no, because then you're not really doing anything.  So that's what I'm working on.  Saying yes and no-because I believe that makes me healthier.

Are you a yes or a no person?  Or both?!

bye-bye teenager

today is my last day of being a teenager.

crazy!!!

any ideas on what to do on my last day?!

or my first day of non-teenaged years?!

dream on

do you ever have dreams that either seem totally real or ones that bug you...and you end up thinking about them way too much or what they could mean.

the other night i had one of those dreams that bugged me the entire next day.  i think that one of the biggest things that bothered me was that i felt helpless in my dream, and i started to be afraid that this was going to happen.  i've come so far in the past few months and for that to just be flushed away (like it was in my dream) scared me.

one of my best friends that i work with at camp in texas said, you know what kelly, satan is trying to get to you and you can't let him.  she's right.  satan knows what will make me anxious and cause me to worry and he knows just how to do it.  i guess this came in the form of a dream.  but satan's not winning this game!  

so anyways, i'm not listening to this dream.  it's in the back of my mind.

oh yeah and also.  you know what happens to me quite a bit?  i can't remember if someone said something and it was in my dream or in reality.  like if you call me in the middle of the night, i'll answer...but i'll be half asleep and so confused in the morning.

well GOOD NIGHT :)